Zika Isn't The Only Outbreak; Nigeria Struggles To Rein In Lassa Fever
Spread mainly by rodents, Lassa is a perennial but small problem. Yet a current outbreak has claimed over 100 lives and is proving difficult to quash.
Africa
'Mad Max' Is Mad About Namibia, But Some Namibians Are Mad At The Crew
The success of the Oscar-winning film is good for the country's film industry. But critics say the crew didn't take good care of dunes and animal habitats.
U.S. Military To Expand Operations Against ISIS In Libya
NPR's Kelly McEvers interviews Claudia Gazzini, Libya analyst for the International Crisis Group, about how ISIS gained a foothold there.
Airbnb Is Changing The Way Tourists Get To Know Africa
Globe-trotters used to stay in hotels, eat in hotels, buy gifts in hotels. Airbnb is shaking things up — and has given one Tanzanian an unexpected new career.
Demolition Of Timbuktu's Cultural Sites Spurs War-Crimes Trial At The Hague
"Humanity's collective conscience was shocked by the senseless destruction of its common heritage," a prosecutor says. "Words of condemnation are not enough."
Why An Ebola Body Collector Will Be Watching The Oscars Tonight
Garmai Sumo is a 29-year-old mom and health worker who collected bodies of Ebola victims during the epidemic — and the main character of an Oscar-nominated documentary.
Boko Haram Abductees Face Tough Return
Nigerian women and girls, forced into marriages with Boko Haram fighters, are being rejected upon returning home. Rachel Harvey of UNICEF talks about the stigma they face.
Living In A Camp By A Ruined City, They're Strangers In Their Own Land
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon is urging both sides in the South Sudanese civil war to resolve their differences. In the meantime, some 2 million people are living in limbo in the brutalized nation.
Mom Inspires Daughter To Be A Doctor Who Really Makes People Better
"It's not good to just be a doctor," said the mother. The daughter, encountering HIV patients suffering from depression in Uganda, lived up to her mother's vision.
South Sudan Faces New Obstacles To Implementing Peace Deal
In the latest step toward peace to end South Sudan's civil war, Vice President Riek Machar agreed to return to the country as long as he's allowed to bring his own troops to the capital.