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Scott Baldauf

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With journalist's arrest, has Afghan election season begun?

By Scott Baldauf | 08/02/12

The arrest of journalist Dr. Hussain Yasa raises concerns that Afghanistan's upcoming 2014 election could see a return of intimidation by all political parties.

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Why aid money has returned to Malawi

By Scott Baldauf | 07/13/12

Aid donors, such as the US Millennium Challenge Corporation, have reinstated aid projects that had been suspended because of authoritarian policies of Malawi's previous leader.

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Nigeria plane crash: Was age of aircraft an issue?

By Scott Baldauf | 06/04/12

A commercial airliner crashed into a crowded suburb of Nigeria’s largest city, Lagos, Sunday, killing all 153 people on board and an unknown number of residents on the ground.

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Assault on Kabul: Taliban claim attacks as show of strength

By Scott Baldauf and Zubair Babakarkhail, Christian Science Monitor | 04/16/12

Teams of insurgents struck within Kabul and three other cities in coordinated attacks on Sunday in what Taliban are calling the insurgency's opening salvos of the spring fighting season.

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Will new talks between Sudan and South Sudan end oil dispute?

By Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor | 03/05/12

South Sudan seceded in July 2011, and the two countries have been fighting, rhetorically and militarily through proxies, ever since.

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In Nigeria, Somalia, and Afghanistan: what is a foreign fighter?

By Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor | 02/28/12

Many foreign fighters in Somalia are actually members of the Somali diaspora who have been recruited to fight in their cultural homeland.

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Will a London conference help set Somalia on path to peace?

Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor | 02/23/12

After two decades of despair, there are tangible signs of progress in Somalia.

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Ugandan minister raids gay-rights workshop

Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor | 02/16/12

The Ugandan minister of ethics has accompanied police to shut down a workshop in Entebbe for gay rights activists and to arrest its organizer.

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Somalia's Al Shabab launches suicide attack ahead of talks

By Scott Baldauf | 02/10/12

A suicide car bomb attack, apparently aimed at two Somali lawmakers in the heart of the government-controlled center of Mogadishu, has left 15 people dead.

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With oil pipeline attack, Niger Delta rebels announce return

By Scott Baldauf | 02/07/12

Nigeria now has two major internal threats to deal with.