Africa

Sudan crisis: Escalating violence in al-Fasher is causing grave fears

5:16am May 09, 2024

The war that began last year has killed thousands of people and caused a great displacement crisis. In al-Fasher, one of the regional capitals of Darfur, there are reports of attacks on civilians.

Many in Kenya are angry with the government's response after months of heavy rains

10:57pm May 08, 2024

by Emmanuel Igunza

Kenya has endured months of record rainfall with no sign the deluge will stop any time soon. With over 200 killed in flash floods, many Kenyans think the government has been slow to react.

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The scene of a collapsed building in George, South Africa, on Tuesday.

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5 workers dead, dozens still missing after a building collapsed in South Africa

4:40am May 07, 2024

by The Associated Press

Rescue teams worked searching for dozens of construction workers buried under the rubble after a multi-story apartment complex that was being built collapsed in a coastal city in South Africa.

What lies ahead for the presidential election in Chad

4:53pm May 03, 2024

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

The African country of Chad goes holds its presidential election in the next few days — one of the first military led governments in the region to do so. Will the vote bring stability or more chaos?

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A man swims from a submerged church compound, after the River Tana broke its banks following heavy rains at Mororo, border of Tana River and Garissa counties, northeastern Kenya, April 28. Heavy rains pounding different parts of Kenya have led to dozens of deaths and the displacement of tens of thousands of people, according to the United Nations.

As Kenya's flood toll rises, Human Rights Watch says officials must step up efforts

6:17pm May 02, 2024

by The Associated Press

Human Rights Watch accuses Kenyan authorities of not responding adequately to ongoing floods that have killed more than 170 people since the start of the rainy season.

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30 years of democracy in South Africa

5:26pm April 28, 2024

This weekend marks 30 years since Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa, officially ending the country's era of apartheid. NPR's Scott Detrow talks with journalist Redi Thlabi.

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Cult leader charged with murder in Kenya

8:12am April 28, 2024

by Ayesha Rascoe

A cult leader in Kenya was charged with murder after the discovery last year of more than 400 bodies in a remote forest. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to journalist Carey Baraka about the case.

A photo of Ajmal Khan on his way to Western Europe to find work, taken by a travel companion and sent by Khan to his family in Afghanistan via WhatsApp. The 17-year-old drowned when crossing the Drina River in Tuzla, the third largest city in Bosnia-Herzegovina — part of a common route for migrants as they headed toward wealthier European countries.

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An Afghan migrant, age 17, drowned in a Bosnian river. Here's how citizens responded

7:57pm April 27, 2024

On the risky journey from the Global South to Europe, migrants often perish. In a town in Bosnia-Herzegovina, near a river where dozens have drowned, citizens seek to provide closure to the families.

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How South Africa's 'Born frees' — those born after apartheid — could impact its election

8:31am April 27, 2024

by Kate Bartlett

Three decades since the first democratic election in South Africa, will the generation that has never known apartheid turn out to vote, or has politics left many of them too disillusioned?

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People queue to cast their votes In Soweto, South Africa April 27, 1994, in the country's first all-race elections. South Africans celebrate "Freedom Day" every April 27.

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South Africa remembers an historic election every April 27, Freedom Day

4:36am April 27, 2024

by The Associated Press

South Africans celebrate their "Freedom Day" every April 27, when they remember their country's pivotal first democratic election in 1994 that announced the official end of apartheid.