Africa

Male Egyptian Bus Driver Told He Is Pregnant

11:58am November 05, 2014

The driver was ordered to submit a urine sample. A TV channel says he turned in his wife's urine instead. The upside: his wife's urine sample was clean. The downside: he didn't know she was pregnant.

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Gloria Gxebeka (left) visits Leona Mqhayi and types her health information into a cell phone

Grannies Taking Care Of Grannies Is Good For Everyone

6:32pm November 04, 2014

by Anders Kelto

Who better to check on the health of older folks than other older folks? That's what AgeWell Global, an innovative program in South Africa, is doing.

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Harvard evolutionary biologist Daniel Lieberman has studied the evolution of running.

What Makes Kenya's Marathon Runners The World's Best?

5:57pm November 04, 2014

by Mary Brophy Marcus

Kenyan distance runners won both the men's and women's divisions of Sunday's New York City Marathon. A Harvard evolutionary biologist suggests some possible reasons why.

Lt. Col. Isaac Yacouba Zida, named by Burkina Faso's army as interim leader following the ousting of President Blaise Compaore, leaves after a meeting with diplomats on Sunday in the capital Ouagadougou.

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Burkina Faso Military Urged To Hand Power Back To Civilians

12:35pm November 04, 2014

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

The African Union has threatened sanctions against Burkina Faso's military if it doesn't return power to a civilian ruler. It took control after the long-time president resigned amid violent protests.

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American Ryan Boyette, left, works with Yassin Hassen, right, in an interview with a rebel in Sudan's Nuba Mountains. Boyette started the Nuba Reports website in 2011 and recruited Hassen to join as a citizen journalist.

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In A Remote Corner Of Sudan, An American Takes His Stand

9:55am November 04, 2014

by Michele Kelemen

Ryan Boyette arrived in the Nuba Mountains more than a decade ago and has made it his mission to document abuses he says the government carries out with regularity.

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Hope Fades For Release Of Nigerian Girls Held By Boko Haram

8:21am November 04, 2014

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Two weeks ago, Nigeria's military announced a ceasefire with the Islamist extremists group Boko Haram and said more than 200 girls abducted by the group would soon be free. But Boko Haram's leader has issued a video denying a truce and saying the girls have converted to Islam and been married off.

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A child receives a polio vaccine during National Immunization Days in the Nigerian city of Kano.

It Turns Out That Fighting Polio Is Good Training To Fight Ebola

4:31pm November 03, 2014

by Joanne Silberner

Nigeria knows how to beat back polio. And that's helped in the battle against Ebola. But other West African countries are struggling to beat the deadly virus — and neglecting anti-polio efforts.

Children play in the West Point neighborhood of Monrovia last week. West Point has been hit hard by Ebola. So local leaders formed their own Ebola task force, which goes door to door looking for cases.

How Liberia Is Starting To Beat Ebola, With Fingers Crossed

12:04pm November 03, 2014

by Michaeleen Doucleff

There's potentially some good news about Ebola: While cases are still rising in Sierra Leone, the outbreak shows signs of slowing in Liberia. Communities are banding together to get Ebola out.

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Man, that PPE is hot. And not in a good way. One challenge for the designers was to come up a way to give health workers more time in personal protective equipment without overheating.

Ebola Design Challenge Says Yes To The Wedding Dress Designer

10:32am November 03, 2014

by Linda Poon

There were engineers. And virologists. And one wedding dress designer. Together, they're trying to devise a better design for protective gear worn by health workers in the Ebola ward.

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Citizen Patrols Guard Borders From Ebola

10:04am November 02, 2014

The West African nation of Ivory Coast borders Liberia and Guinea, two countries hit by Ebola. But it hasn't yet recorded a case, in large part because farmers are patrolling the porous borders.

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