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Cerrone Has Taken the Legendary Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou For an Acidic Spin

10.06.16

By Angus Harrison
Drugs

The VICE Morning Bulletin

03.21.16

By VICE Staff
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Niger Declares State of Emergency in Region Under Attack by Boko Haram

10.15.15

By Reuters News Agency
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Burkina Faso General Is Really Sorry About That Whole Coup Thing

09.21.15

By Lucie Aubourg
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Burkina Faso Coup Leaders May Bow to Protesters and Reinstate Interim Government

09.19.15

By Reuters News Agency
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Chad’s President Says Boko Haram Has Been ‘Decapitated’ and Will Soon Be Defeated

08.12.15

By Pierre Longeray
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Protesters Torch Embassy and Houses in Gabon After Opposition Leader’s Death

04.13.15

By Mikey Aveline
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Boko Haram Calls on Locals to Boycott Nigerian Election After Latest Attack

02.14.15

By Olivia Becker
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Five African Countries Declare ‘War’ Against Boko Haram

05.17.14

By Liz Fields
Drugs

New Cocaine Routes Are Ruining West Africa

07.10.13

By Joseph Cox

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3 Comfort Books for Your Quarter-Life Crisis Era

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More Genres (And Artists) I Would Add to the ‘Dad Rock’ and ‘Cigarette Mom’ Musical Canon

Dad Rock and Cigarette Mom genres often boil down to a simple concept: mainstream music that white people like. Here’s more of that.

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North Carolina Man Must Pay Back the Millions He Acquired in First-Ever Streaming Fraud Case

Michael Smith used AI-generated songs and bots to scam millions from streaming platforms since 2017, and now must face the music.

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By Lauren Boisvert
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Life

Norovirus Turns Cruise Ship Into a Poop-and-Vomit Wonderland. Here’s How This Keeps Happening.

Cruise ships may be affordable and accessible, but the trade-off is spending your vacation on a giant floating petri dish of disease.

8 hours ago

By Luis Prada
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NASA’s Hubble Caught a Comet Breaking Up in Real Time, and the Images Are Wild

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers captured detailed images of a comet as it began to tear itself apart.

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By Luis Prada