Africa

The African natural gas industry is booming as Europe looks to replace Russian supplies. But some worry new African gas projects don't make financial sense in a warming world.

The scramble for gas after the Ukraine war means a push for new gas projects across Africa. Some worry these projects don't make sense. And they could worsen climate change for the continent.

It is unclear what led to the deaths of the young people, who were reportedly attending a party to celebrate the end of winter school exams.

A spokesperson for the Spanish government's office in Melilla said about 2,000 people tried to enter, but many were stopped by Spanish and Moroccan forces on either side of the border fence.

At the last G-7, President Biden announced a plan for the West to counter China's influence in low- and middle-income countries. But not much has happened since. This year, there's a relaunch.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Phil Clark, a professor of international politics at SOAS University of London, about what a British deal to move asylum-seekers to Rwanda means for the African country.

Patrice Lumumba was the first democratically elected prime minister of the Congo, and was assassinated in a Belgian-supported coup. Can the return of his remains help them reconcile over colonialism?

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Congolese historian Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja about Belgium's efforts to reconcile over colonialism.

There are reports of an attack in the Ethiopia's Oromia region leading to scores of deaths. Yet details of what happened are hard to verify.

Witnesses blamed a rebel group for the attack on ethnic Amhara people. The rebel group blamed the military and a local militia.

Hunger and drought are overwhelming the Horn of Africa again, threatening a humanitarian catastrophe and a warning from aid agencies of an "explosion of child deaths."

After visiting Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania, two trainees in medicine and public health at Johns Hopkins reflect on disparities in the quality of medical and surgical care provided to refugees.