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May 9, 202411:47 AM ET
Enlarge this imageDaniel Ojukwu is an investigative journalist in Nigeria.

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Daniel Ojukwu is an investigative journalist in Nigeria.

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LAGOS, Nigeria — An investigative journalist in Nigeria has been arrested by police and held without charge for over a week, leading to growing fears for his safety. His case has also ignited criticism from media and advocacy groups on the worsening climate for independent journalism in Africa’s most populous country.
Police arrested 26-year-old Daniel Ojukwu on May 1 in Lagos. He was reported missing the following day by his colleagues at Nigeria’s Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), after friends and family were unable to reach him by phone. FIJ hired private investigators who found his last location before he was arrested, leading journalists to demand a..

May 9, 20245:15 AM ET

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.

May 8, 20245:28 PM ET

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.

May 7, 20244:40 AM ET
Enlarge this imageThe scene of a collapsed building in George, South Africa, on Tuesday.

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

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Rescue teams worked through the night searching for dozens of construction workers buried for more than 12 hours under the rubble of concrete after a multi-story apartment complex that was being built collapsed in a coastal city in South Africa.
Authorities said early Tuesday that the death toll had risen to five, while 49 workers remained unaccounted-for in the mangled wreckage of the building, which collapsed on Monday afternoon. Authorities said a further 21 workers had been rescued from the rubble and taken to various hospitals, with at least 11 of them suffering severe injuries.
The collapse happened in the city of George, about 400 kilometers (250 miles) east of Cape Town on South Africa’s south coast.
More than 100 em..

May 3, 20244:53 PM ET

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?

May 2, 20246:17 PM ET
Enlarge this imageA 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.

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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.

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Human Rights Watch accused Kenyan authorities on Thursday of not responding adequately to ongoing floods that have killed more than 170 peopl..

April 28, 20245:26 PM ET

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.

April 28, 20244:38 PM ET
Enlarge this imageBodyguards keep close watch as Nelson Mandela celebrates his victory in the South African presidential elections of 1994. As the head of the African National Congress, he helped to build the country’s new multiracial government and to establish the free elections in which he won his presidency.

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Bodyguards keep close watch as Nelson Mandela celebrates his victory in the South African presidential elections of 1994. As the head of the African National Congress, he helped to build the country’s new multiracial government and to establish the free elections in which he won his presidency.

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Three decades ago, South Africa held its first democratic election, closing the door on the apartheid era.
And Nelson Mandela was elected its first Black president.
Today, the country is still led by Mandela’s political party – the African Nation..

April 28, 20248:04 AM ET

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.

April 27, 20248:12 AM ET

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?