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Olivia Wilde is doing some major good!!

Most folks would just stop at doing the minimum of help for those less fortunate around the world, but not Olivia!

Even though she's already a board member for the Artists for Peace and Justice organization, which provides education and health services in Haiti, she wants to work closely with Jeffrey Sachs, the director of research group The Earth Institute, to improve healthcare in Africa!

Here's what she says:

Tags: activism, africa, charity, haiti, healthcare, inspiration, olivia wilde

Prince Harry is all about doing good these days, and we couldn't be happier to see him do it.

Just the other day we were talking about how he's taken the reigns in Princess Diana's land mine clearing charity — and now we're hearing that he has also mentioned her while talking about another project, which hopes to raise £2.5 million to build the Mamohato Centre, which will provide psychological care and peer mentoring for children and young people with HIV/AIDS.

Can you think of anything else that could ever be more important?

Here's some of what Prince Harry has said:

Tags: africa, aids, charity, children, hiv, inspiration, lesotho, prince harry

Since One Direction's Harry Styles and Liam Payne witnessed malaria in Ghana not too long ago, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan decided it was their turn to do their part in Africa.

But instead of dealing with the heartbreak of disease, the men visited the Ghanan slums to meet with children who scavenge for copper through rubbish just to make a little bit of change.

On a daily basis, the boys rummage through sharp objects and even human feces just to snatch up some scraps, and while this is definitely sad, Louis and Niall still wanted to show us how they live their lives.

And if you think this is as sadsies as we do, you can support the children by simply clicking here and donating to the Comic Relief charity.

Ch-ch-check out the video (above) for more deets.

Tags: africa, comic relief, copper, ghanan slums, harry styles, liam payne, louis tomlinson, niall horan, one direction

Ever since Lance Armstrong's doping scandal crashed down around him, he hasn't said a word.

He was stripped of all his Tour de France titles and lost millions of dollars worth of endorsements.

We don't blame him for wanting to crawl under a rock.

But if anyone could coax someone out from their hole beneath a boulder… it'd be Oprah Winfrey!

We previously mentioned that Oprah was going to get the exclusive chance to interview Lance.

Not only will the interview air on OWN, Oprah's network, it will also be live-streamed online at oprah.com on January 17th at 9pm.

But wait! There's more!

Tags: africa, dope, drugs, europe, france, global, interview, lance armstrong, millions, national, network, oprah winfrey, own, question, scandal, tlc

Nelson Mandela has been discharged from the hospital!

Apparently the former South Africa President will be returning to his Houghton home, where he will continue to receive medical care — so while he's out of the hospital, he isn't out of the woods. He was diagnosed with a lung infection and underwent gallstone surgery.

Lung problems are par-for-the-course for Nelson, having even had TB before!

We hope he gets better soon!

[Image via AP Images.]

Tags: africa, better, course, diagnosed, hospital, infection, medical, president, problem, problems, south africa, surgery

We feel like we really shouldn't have to clear up the air on something like this but you never know… stranger things have happened.

Several online African newspapers were reporting that Mike Tyson had a sex change! Ha!

A joke article was written on a UK website that said he would now be called Michelle and he was doing fine after the 16-hour sex change operation.

Apparently, several websites in Africa didn't realize it was a joke and started picking up the story as if it were real!

Tags: africa, funny, health, mike tyson, news, newspaper, online, operation, reports, sex, sex change, website, woman

Alicia Keys is not only a super talented musician… she's philanthropic too!

She used her piano skillz to help raise a ridiculous $1.3 million dollars for charity!

Tags: africa, aids, alicia keys, benefit, change, charity, child, donations, health, help, hiv, incredible, kids, million, money, new york, new york city, organization, sick, star, support, world