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Before the government banned motorcycle taxis in several busy districts in Lagos, these vehicles, known as o<em>kadas, </em>were a welcome option for commuters. Now they're out of luck — and so are the drivers, who risk having their bike impounded and facing arrest if they violate the ban.

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It's definitely not a good year to be a motorcycle taxi driver in Nigeria

They've been banned in many districts in bustling Lagos. Commuters who rely on the taxis are in a pickle. And the drivers can't earn a living. What's behind this prohibition?

August 26, 2022
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  • Pelumi Salako
Hikers stand by tents along a trekking route on Mount Kilimanjaro in 2014. The Tanzanian government has installed high-speed internet service on the slopes of the mountain.

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Mount Kilimanjaro climbers can share slope selfies in real-time thanks to new Wi-Fi

Tanzanian authorities installed the high-speed broadband network on the slopes of Africa's tallest mountain last week and say it should reach the summit by the end of this year.

August 22, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
Soldiers patrol outside the Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Saturday.

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It took Somali forces more than 30 hours to end a hotel attack that killed 21 people

More than 100 people were also wounded. The Islamic extremist group al-Shabab, which has ties with al-Qaida, claimed responsibility for the attack.

August 21, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
From left: a blue dashiki, from the Intsinzi Collection from Rwandan design studio Moshions, an outfit from the Chasing Evil= collection by womenswear brand IAMISIGO led by Bubu Ogisi out of Kenya, were a part of the 'Africa Fashion' exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, UK.

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  • Art & Design

African fashion rules in British museum show, from chic dashikis to mud-dyed cloth

A new exhibit at Victoria and Albert Museum corrects the misperception that high fashion belongs to Western designers. The fierce garments attest to the motto of a Ghanaian: "West is not always best."

August 21, 2022
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  • Willem Marx
The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaks in Brussels on Feb. 18. Ethiopia's government is criticizing  Tedros' statement that the crisis in the country's Tigray region is "the worst disaster on Earth" and his assertion that the lack of attention from global leaders may be due to Tigrayans' skin color.

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  • Africa

Ethiopia denounces WHO head for saying crisis ignored because of Tigrayans' skin color

Ethiopia's government is criticizing as "unethical" the statement by the World Health Organization's director-general that the crisis in the country's Tigray region is "the worst disaster on Earth."

August 18, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Supporters of Kenya's president-elect William Ruto hold posters of him as they gather while waiting for results of Kenya's general election in Eldoret, Kenya, on Monday.

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  • Africa

William Ruto is declared the winner of Kenya's presidential election

The elections had been hailed as step forward for Kenyan democracy, with politicians focused on economic issues rather than tribal mobilization. Across Nairobi, scenes of celebration mixed with anger.

August 16, 2022
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  • Eyder Peralta
Elephants at a water pan in Hwange National Park in north western Zimbabwe. The sanctuary has a capacity for 15,000 elephants, but it currently hosts more than 45,000 according to ZimParks, the country's wildlife management authority.

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  • Climate

Drought is driving elephants closer to people. The consequences can be deadly

Zimbabwe's elephant population is growing, but climate change makes rainfall unpredictable. Animals travel farther in search of water now and often end up clashing with villagers for scarce resources

August 15, 2022
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  • Tendai Marima
A priest prays for unidentified civilians killed by Russian troops in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Aug. 11. Eleven unidentified bodies exhumed from a mass grave were buried in Bucha that day.

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  • World

Russia-Ukraine war: A weekly recap and look ahead (Aug. 15)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

August 15, 2022
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  • NPR Staff
Emergency personnel work at the site of a fire at the Abu Sefein church that killed over 40 people and injured at least 14 others, in the densely populated neighborhood of Imbaba in Cairo.

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  • Africa

A fire at a church in Cairo kills 41 people and injures 16 others

A fire ripped through a church in a densely populated neighborhood as congregants worshipped, the Coptic Church said. It was one of the worst fire tragedies in Egypt in recent years.

August 15, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The award-winning novelist Chibundu Onuzo has lately been thinking about her life in London and her visits to Nigeria, where she was born: "What do I love most about my trips to Lagos? I lose my self-consciousness there. If I stand out, it's for something other than my skin color."

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  • Opinion

My brother made it in Lagos — and taught me lessons about my life in London

The author Chibundu Onuzo reflects on her older brother's path to success after leaving the U.K. for their native Nigeria — and wonders whether she should consider joining him.

August 13, 2022
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  • Chibundu Onuzo
The first voters in the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, look into one of the many polling rooms at Olympic Primary just minutes before voting commences on Tuesday.

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  • World

Voters cast their ballots in Kenyan presidential election with low turnout

The presidential election in Kenya drew low voter turnout on Tuesday pitting opposition leader Raila Odinga against Deputy President William Ruto.

August 09, 2022
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  • Eyder Peralta and
  • Nickolai Hammar
<em>Vision divine du 11 Mars 1948</em>, is a series of eight drawings by Ivoirian artist Frédéric Bruly Bouabré. They depict a vision that Bouabré said he experienced that year: "seven colored suns" creating a "circle of beauty around their 'mother-sun.' " This piece and other works from Bouabré are part of an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art.

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  • Art & Design

A vision of 7 suns led a self-taught Ivoirian artist to draw the everyday and the holy

The Museum of Modern Art shows the colorful works of Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, a prolific artist from the Ivory Coast who documented his Bété culture — and even created a pictograph language.

August 09, 2022
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  • Max Barnhart
Kenyan presidential candidate George Wajackoyah on the campaign trail in Kenya on Aug. 5.

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  • World

In Kenya, promises of marijuana paradise electrify the electorate

One of Kenya's presidential candidates is promising to legalize weed. His long-shot campaign has entertained, but it might also mark a different kind of politics for the East African nation.

August 08, 2022
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  • Eyder Peralta
The Horniman Museum's collection of artifacts from the ancient kingdom of Benin includes 12 brass plaques, ceremonial objects and a key 'to the king's palace'.

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  • Art & Design

A London museum agrees to return more than 70 pieces of looted Nigerian art

The Horniman Museum promised to repatriate a trove of artifacts, which include objects known as Benin bronzes, looted from West Africa during a British military invasion in 1897.

August 07, 2022
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  • Emma Bowman
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  • Music

'Scream for Me, Africa!': How the continent is reinventing heavy metal music

Africa's metalheads have a bold vision. We talk to Edward Banchs, author of a new book about Africa's metal scene, and to a heavy metal singer in Botswana known as "Vulture."

August 07, 2022
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  • Malaka Gharib
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