One of the world’s poorest countries, Somalia is coping with conflict, a historic drought and a devastating food crisis. But there’s another side to the country. Just take a look at the capital city. (Image credit: Luke Dray for NPR)
Young Nigerians are leaving the country in increasing numbers in search of a better life. It’s a trend that even has it’s own word — Japa — Yoruba for “to run, or escape.”
Senegal is widely seen as a peaceful and stable democracy in West Africa, but the arrest of a prominent journalist has sparked unrest and fears that government critics are being targeted.
Afrigen is the linchpin of global project to use mRNA technology to empower low-resource countries to make their own vaccines against killer diseases from TB to HIV. What will it take to succeed? (Image credit: Tommy Trenchard for NPR)
This week’s handover is Germany’s first step in fulfilling its agreement with Nigeria to release all 1,130 Benin Bronzes from German museums. (Image credit: Olamikan Gbemiga/AP)
The calls for South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign follow allegations that Ramaphosa tried to conceal the theft of a huge sum of cash stuffed into couches at his farm in 2020. (Image credit: Nardus Engelbrecht/AP)
After two years of catastrophic and brutal conflict, Ethiopia’s warring sides have agreed to a permanent cessation of hostilities.
As he moves on from Africa to take up his next posting in Mexico, NPR’s Eyder Peralta has one last love letter to a favorite part of Nairobi, Kenya: roadside plant nurseries.
Kenya has inaugurated William Ruto as president. The Christian leader has humble roots as a chicken seller.
Ruto also seemed to have mended fences with his former boss, outgoing president Uhuru Kenyatta, asking him to keep leading talks on regional crises. His ascent concluded a markedly peaceful election. (Image credit: Brian Inganga/AP)