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NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell about her visit to Sudan and what she saw about the toll the country’s civil war has had on children.
June 30, 20247:59 AM ET
International aid organizations say Sudan is at risk of famine. NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Alan Boswell from the International Crisis Group about the impact of the country’s civil war.
June 30, 20246:00 AM ET
Elections have consequences.
2024 is an extraordinary year of global elections. Over 60 countries and billions of people are voting in their national elections. They include the world’s three largest democratic countries: India, the United States and Indonesia.
This great democratic exercise takes place at a time when concerns of democratic backsliding are on the rise, with technology turbocharging the process.
Throughout 2024, NPR’s international correspondents are offering sound-rich storytelling and views from voters, thinkers and players. We also provide a global perspective to November’s U.S. presidential election.
Here are some of the elections we have covered since January, and upcoming elections that our correspondents are closely following.
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Bangladesh Parliamentary, Jan. 7
Election campaigning in Bangladesh was marred by violence, a government crackdown on critics and opponents, and the proliferation of AI-generated disinformation..
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Enlarge this imageGodfrey Otunge, commander of the Kenyan police in Haiti, attends a ceremony during a visit by Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille, to the base of the newly arrived Kenyan police force at their base in the Clercine neighborhood of Port-au-Prince on June 26. Kenyan police arrived in violence-ravaged Haiti on June 25 on a long-awaited mission to help wrest the Caribbean nation from powerful gangs.
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Godfrey Otunge, commander of the Kenyan police in Haiti, attends a ceremony during a visit by Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille, to the base of the newly arrived Kenyan police force at their base in the Clercine neighborhood of Port-au-Prince on June 26. Kenyan police arrived in violence-ravaged Haiti on June 25 on a long-awaited mission to help wrest the Caribbean nation from powerful gangs.
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June 26, 20244:50 PM ET
Kenyan President William Ruto gives an address at the State House in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday. He said he won’t sign into law a finance bill proposing new taxes a day after protesters stormed parliament and several people were shot dead.
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NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan President William Ruto says he will not sign into law a controversial tax bill that has sparked widespread protests across the country, but activists said demonstrations will continue.
More than 20 people died in the protests Tuesday, according to the Kenya Human Rights Commission, which said some were shot by police. Protesters stormed into and set fire to parts of the nation’s parliament buildings.
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June 26, 20244:34 AM ET
The situation remains tense in Kenya after protesters were killed when police fired on crowds demonstrating against proposed tax increases
June 25, 20244:30 PM ET
The war between two armed groups in Sudan has been going on for over a year and has engulfed much of the country. About 12 million people are internally displaced, there is a potential for famine in many parts of the country and there are again fears of genocide in Darfur. The International Rescue Committee has put Sudan at the top of their emergency watchlist and their report says that the international community has failed in Sudan. We talk to the IRC country director about the dire situation.
June 25, 20241:08 PM ET
Kenyan police open fire on protestors as they storm parliament, in wisdespread demonstrations against sweeping tax rises.
Protesters scatter as Kenyan police spray water canon at them during a protest over proposed tax hikes in a finance bill in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, on Tuesday.
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NAIROBI, Kenya — Several people were killed and hundreds injured as thousands of demonstrators stormed Kenya’s parliament to protest a controversial tax bill on Tuesday.
Police responded with tear gas, rubber bullets and live rounds.
At least three of the dead were shot as protesters overwhelmed police as they entered and set fire to parts of the parliament buildings.
Addressing the nation, Kenyan President William Ruto called the storming of parliament promised to prevent it from happening again “at whatever cost.”
The protests forced lawmakers to flee the legislature where earlier they had debated and passed the unpopular bill.
The legislation proposes to significantly increase the cost of goods and services in Kenya to help pay off fore..
June 25, 20244:41 AM ET
NPR’s Leila Fadel talks to Eatizaz Yousif of the International Rescue Committee about the group’s latest report, which says there is limited time to avert a catastrophe of historic scope in Sudan.