August 17, 20248:19 AM ET
Sudan’s civil war grinds on, with outside actors accused of fueling the conflict. A growing focus is on the United Arab Emirates, which denies the accusation.
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August 16, 20244:55 PM ET
NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan, Tom Perriello, about peace talks aimed at ending the Sudanese civil war, which has led to famine in parts of the country.
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August 16, 20244:41 PM ET
The government of Sudan has not made an official declaration of famine and denies that famine exists. Aid groups are concerned that without a declaration, international resources won’t be mobilized.
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August 14, 20243:34 AM ET
Peace talks aimed at ending Sudan’s war are expected to start in Geneva Wednesday — as the United Nations warns of an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe.
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August 11, 20248:38 AM ET
Nigeria had a terrible showing at the Olympics. Its athletes say they were failed by corruption and mismanagement by the nation’s sports officials.
August 7, 20245:41 PM ET
A popular book and TV series in Europe imagines the straight-laced former German chancellor Angela Merkel solving crimes in her retirement. We unpack the premise’s popularity. And an American has been jailed in Nigeria over a dispute the country has with the crypto-currency exchange Binance. Some say the man is effectively being held hostage.
August 7, 20244:03 AM ET
Kenya’s antigovernment protestors have a new soundtrack and words of poets to help galvanize their burgeoning movement.
August 3, 20242:14 PM ET
An ambulance is seen on the beach following an attack in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Saturday.
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At least 32 people were killed and 63 others were wounded in an attack that included a suicide bombing and gunfire in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, according to police.
The assault, which began late Friday, took placenear a hotel on Lido Beach, a popular hangout spot for Mogadishu residents. A police spokesperson said one soldier died and the rest of the deceased and injured were civilians.
Islamic extremist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the Friday attack. Three insurgents died in a gunfight with law enforcement while one was captured alive, according to police.
A woman reacts while walking in a street as smoke billows in the background from an explosive-laden car diffused by the Somali police in Mogadishu on Saturday.
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August 3, 20248:29 AM ET
Nigerians in several major cities are protesting government economic policies that are causing inflation and hunger.
August 2, 20245:43 PM ET
In Nigeria, even two meals a day is becoming unaffordable to many. Demonstrators are protesting food inflation of more than 40 percent, and fuel costs that have tripled. And in China, live-streamers digitally clone themselves, raising questions about the future of labor in the age of A.I.
Enlarge this imageLabour unionists march in the streets of Lagos, Nigeria on Friday to protest the soaring cost of living under the West African nation’s new president.
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Labour unionists march in the streets of Lagos, Nigeria on Friday to protest the soaring cost of living under the West African nation’s new president.
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