Africa

Chris Bertish enters the English Harbour at Antigua on Thursday, a flare trailing behind him in celebration. He paddled more than 4,050 nautical miles to reach this point.

In An International First, Surfer Conquers The Atlantic Alone On A Paddleboard

2:20pm March 09, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Chris Bertish set out from Morocco to become the first to make the crossing alone on a stand-up paddleboard. On Thursday, after 93 days, he paddled into the West Indies, with a whole ocean behind him.

Judith Ausah (left) and Evelyn Sewodey create solar panels at the Lady Volta Vocational Center for Electricity and Solar Power in Ghana. "At first, I thought it was man's work," says Ausah, whose 2-month-old daughter stays in the school nursery. "But I ca

Giving Power To Women In Ghana

10:43am March 08, 2017

by Ginanne Brownell Mitic

A school is teaching them to be electrical engineers — and to defy local stereotypes that engineering is a man's job.

Somali Students Help Teachers Learn What It's Like To Be A Refugee

6:30am March 07, 2017

by Robbie Feinberg

Research shows that schools treat black and white children differently. But in one town in Maine, Somali students are leading workshops on their culture for teachers and administrators.

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A 5-year-old child cries as a nurse struggles to find a vein for an injection at a health clinic last month in Shada, Somalia. The child's family lost all their animals to drought and traveled more than 100 miles in search of a better situation.

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Drought Threatens To Drive Famine In Somalia As Hunger Kills More Than 100

12:23pm March 05, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

On Saturday, Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire said 110 people died of malnourishment or disease in a single region over a two-day span. About half the country is at risk of famine.

Families wait near tents last month after they were left homeless following deadly floods in Zimbabwe.

World News

About 250 People Killed, Thousands Homeless After Floods Strike Zimbabwe

5:08pm March 03, 2017

by Nicole Hernandez

Officials in Zimbabwe, which faced a severe drought last year, have declared a national disaster and appealed to international donors for $100 million to help flood-stricken areas.

Farmer Georges Kouamé Koffi holding two cocoa pods. Chocolate is made from the almond-sized cocoa beans contained in the pods.

A Dip In Global Prices Creates Cocoa Crisis For Ivory Coast's Farmers

4:46pm March 03, 2017

by Alex Duval Smith

Ivory coast is the world's largest cocoa producer. But a bumper crop combined with a fall in the global demand for chocolate and a dip in cocoa prices are hurting the country's cocoa farmers.

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South Sudan's Civil War Sparks Africa's Largest Refugee Crisis

8:17am March 03, 2017

by Eyder Peralta

Nearly half a million South Sudanese have fled into northern Uganda since last July, carrying with them signs of abuse, famine and tales of ethnic violence.

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James Harris holds his newborn son, Jeremiah Solomon Karwah.

Health & Safety

A Husband Loses His 'Best Friend' — Salome Karwah, Ebola Hero

2:08pm March 01, 2017

by Ashoka Mukpo

She survived the virus and made the cover of Time magazine as an 'Ebola fighter.' Now she's dead at 28, leaving behind a husband and their four young children.

Liberian Nurse Who Recovered From Ebola Dies In Childbirth

8:49am February 28, 2017

Steve Inskeep talks to Aryn Baker of Time magazine about a Liberian nursing assistant, who cared for Ebola patients, but who died earlier this month after childbirth because no one would help her.

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Africa's Great Civilizations Have Been Suppressed, Gates Says

8:39am February 27, 2017

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Harvard's Henry Louis Gates Jr., who sets out to change what known about those civilizations with his African history series that airs Monday night on PBS.

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