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  • Global Health

11 Original NPR Comics That Brought Joy, Hope And Help During The Pandemic

In 2020, NPR created and published more than a dozen comics for the pandemic — everything from how to explain it to kids to how to help the older people in your life.

December 23, 2020
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By:
  • Malaka Gharib
Released students from the Government Science Secondary school in Kankara, in Nigeria's northwestern Katsina State, are led into the Government House upon their release on Friday.

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  • World

Scores Of Kidnapped Nigerian Schoolchildren Rescued

The children were rescued after being abducted on Saturday in the second mass kidnapping of schoolchildren in Nigeria's Katsina state in eight days.

December 21, 2020
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By:
  • Kat Lonsdorf
Nigerian government officials say that more than 300 schoolboys, who had been abducted in an attack claimed by Boko Haram, have been freed.

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  • Africa

'A Huge Relief': 344 Schoolboys Released After Abduction In Nigeria

Last week's attack, claimed by Boko Haram, recalled the Islamist group's abduction of 276 girls in 2014. Unlike that attack, though, this fraught chapter ended relatively quickly, and with happy news.

December 18, 2020
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By:
  • Colin Dwyer
GPB  NPR

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  • Family

The Secret To Success? Having A Big Sister

A new study suggests big sisters have a powerful impact. (Sorry, big brothers, you don't make as much of a difference.) But there are also potential downsides for the sisters.

December 17, 2020
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By:
  • Nurith Aizenman
Dr. Chizoba Barbara Wonodi is director of Johns Hopkins University's International Vaccine Access Center for Nigeria.

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  • Global Health

Is Mass Vaccination The Best Strategy For All Countries? A Doctor's Surprising View

Dr. Chizoba Barbara Wonodi of Johns Hopkins University explains why a strategy to vaccinate everyone may not be the best approach to fighting the virus in lower-income countries such as Nigeria.

December 14, 2020
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  • Michaeleen Doucleff
People in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, browse newspapers with headlines featuring the 2020 U.S. general election results. After 27 years, the State Department has removed Sudan from a list of state sponsors of terrorism.

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  • Africa

Sudan, Which Once Sheltered Bin Laden, Removed From U.S. Terrorism List

The U.S. Embassy in Khartoum announced that the statutory 45 days had lapsed since President Trump gave Congress notice of Sudan's removal from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.

December 14, 2020
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  • Eyder Peralta
Ethiopians wait for food distribution in front of a warehouse at Um Raquba refugee camp in Gedaref, eastern Sudan, on Dec. 1.

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  • World

'I Have Lost Everything': Ethiopian Refugees Flee For Their Lives

Last month, the Ethiopian government launched an offensive against a rebellious regional government. The ensuing conflict has killed hundreds, and almost 50,000 Ethiopians have crossed into Sudan.

December 12, 2020
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  • Eyder Peralta
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seen Thursday with U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, thanked Morocco's King Mohammed VI "for taking this historic decision to bring a historic peace between us."

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  • Africa

Morocco Becomes Latest Arab Country To Normalize Ties With Israel

It's the fourth such pact brokered by the Trump administration in recent months between Israel and Arab countries in the Middle East and Africa.

December 10, 2020
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  • Avie Schneider
Children climb a tree on the grounds of a school in La Rivera Hernandez, a neighborhood in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, that is notorious for high levels of violence in a city that has some of the highest homicide rates in the world.

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  • Photography

PHOTOS: Despite War And Violence, Kids Still Find 'Moments Of Playfulness'

Photojournalist Danielle Villasana shares images from 'Entitlements,' a new exhibit that showcases the resilience and perseverance of children living through war and conflict around the world.

December 06, 2020
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  • Rosemary Misdary
A child plays in front of a hotel damaged by mortar shelling last month in Humera, in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. On Wednesday, U.N. officials announced they had reached a deal with Ethiopian leaders to allow humanitarian groups access to the disputed region.

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  • Africa

Ethiopia, U.N. Reach Deal To Allow 'Unimpeded' Access For Aid Groups In Tigray

The U.N. humanitarian agency announced the agreement Wednesday. Since fighting began in the disputed region roughly a month ago, tens of thousands of residents have fled for Sudan.

December 02, 2020
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By:
  • Colin Dwyer
An error at the IRS caused thousands of non-Americans living overseas to mistakenly receive $1,200 stimulus checks last spring.

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  • Investigations

IRS Says Its Own Error Sent $1,200 Stimulus Checks To Non-Americans Overseas

The IRS now says its own error caused thousands of non-Americans living overseas to mistakenly receive $1,200 stimulus checks — and the mistake could happen again if more stimulus money goes out.

November 30, 2020
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By:
  • Sacha Pfeiffer
People attend a funeral for those killed by suspected Boko Haram militants in Zabarmari, Nigeria on Sunday. Officials say armed men on motorcycles reportedly killed at least 70 rice farmers and fishermen while they were harvesting crops in northern Borno state.

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  • Africa

Scores Killed In Massacre Of Farmers In Nigeria

Residents say scores of agricultural workers were slaughtered in Borno state on Saturday. Boko Haram is active in the area.

November 29, 2020
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By:
  • Jason Slotkin
Nana (left) gets her birth control implant checked by Dr. Jean Rangomana during the Marie Stopes International mobile clinic in Besakoa, Madagascar, on April 9, 2018. Abortion is illegal under all circumstances in Madagascar, and Trump administration policies led to shortages of birth control there, health workers say.

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  • Global Health

Under Trump, New Anti-Abortion Rules Shook Fragile Health Systems Around the World

President-elect Joe Biden inherits a global health landscape changed by the Trump administration more than under any Republican president since Ronald Reagan.

November 24, 2020
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By:
  • Sarah Varney
GPB  NPR

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  • Weather

Somalia's Strongest Tropical Cyclone Ever Recorded Could Drop 2 Years' Rain In 2 Days

Tropical Cyclone Gati made landfall in Somalia on Sunday. It's the first recorded instance of a hurricane-strength system hitting the country.

November 22, 2020
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By:
  • Matthew S. Schwartz
From left to right: Naomi Ochoa, Crystal Watts and Danielle Demetria East

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  • Global Health

'Slow Down,' 'Don't Quit': Advice From 7 Women Who Overcame Their Pandemic Struggles

Nominated by NPR readers, we highlight the story of seven women who overcame personal struggles through the pandemic – and how they found the strength to pull through.

November 22, 2020
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  • Rosemary Misdary
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