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Africa Update: Nigeria Rejects AFRICOM This week: Nigeria says no to the U.S. African Command (AFRICOM), the International Monetary Fund is set to cancel much of Liberia's debt, and Ian Smith, the last white leader of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) dies at 88.

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For analysis of news and events from Africa, Farai Chideya talks with Emira Woods, co-director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies.

This week: Nigeria says no to the U.S. African Command (AFRICOM), the International Monetary Fund is set to cancel millions of Liberia's debt, and Ian Smith, the last white leader of Rhodesia — now Zimbabwe — dies at 88.