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BUCHANAN, Liberia – On paper, the pitch was simple: A green energy company backed by $217 million in U.S. government loans would convert one of Africa’s poorest countries into the world’s first biomass-driven economy. But the plan to help Liberia collapsed amid questionable business decisions and oversight. The company, Buchanan …

A 90-year-old Kenyan woman is proving you’re never too old to learn, by going back to primary school with six of her great-great-grandchildren. Priscilla Sitienei is believed to be the oldest primary school student in the world, the BBC reported this week. Determined to learn how to read and write …

EL-ARISH, Egypt – An Egyptian army official says an armored military vehicle struck a roadside bomb during a raid on militant hideouts in northern Sinai Peninsula and the explosion killed one officer and wounded another. The official says Thursday’s bombing took place in the town of Sheik Zweid. No one …