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News Articles: Africa

On July 6, volunteers dispense medication at a makeshift emergency clinic, set up in a former school in eastern Sudan, for people displaced by conflict.

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  • News

Attacks on Sudan's hospitals, clinics put millions at risk

Health-care facilities have been under attack by both sides in Sudan’s year-long civil war. Aid groups are trying to shore up care with mobile clinics but fear the need is too great.

July 11, 2024
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By:
  • Fatma Tanis
Three young spectators cover their faces from rubber debris and smoke at the spinning field, at Wheelz N Smoke arena, on July 7, in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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  • Africa

From convict to cabinet: South Africa’s new sports minister promotes gangland motorsport

South Africa's new sports minister once drove getaway cars in bank heists. Now he's in government, with plans to bring the dangerous pastime of car spinning into the mainstream.

July 11, 2024
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  • Kate Bartlett
GPB News NPR

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  • World

These are the major elections NPR correspondents are watching

2024 is an extraordinary year of global elections, with dozens of national votes worldwide. Here are some of the ones we are closely following.

June 30, 2024
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  • International Desk
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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  • Africa

Kenya's president has withdrawn the controversial tax bill after deadly protests

Kenya's president axed the bill after large demonstrations, in which rights groups say police shot at protesters and more than 20 people were killed. But protesters vow to march on.

June 26, 2024
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By:
  • Emmanuel Igunza
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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  • Africa

Kenya's parliament burns and police shoot at protesters against new taxes

Thousands of protesters against a new finance bill entered parliament in Nairobi and legislators fled, in the most direct assault on the government in decades in Kenya.

June 25, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Bruce Onobrakpeya, a towering figure in modernism, in his home/studio in Lagos, Nigeria. At 91, he has his first Smithsonian solo show.

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  • Global Health

At 91, Nigerian artist who reimagined the crucifixion is celebrated at Smithsonian

Bruce Onobrakpeya was unafraid to challenge the conventions of the art world — and was celebrated for it. This giant of African art is basking in the joy of his first Smithsonian solo exhibition.

June 23, 2024
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  • Emmanuel Akinwotu
South Sudanese who fled from Sudan sit outside a nutrition clinic at a transit center in Renk, South Sudan, May 16, 2023. Fighting in Sudan has displaced 10 million people, according to U.N. figures.

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  • World

Nearly 120 million people were displaced around the world in 2023, UNHCR report says

The U.N. office on refugees found that by the end of last year, 1 in 69 people had been forced from their homes -- either within their own country or across an international border.

June 13, 2024
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  • Willem Marx
GPB News NPR

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  • Africa

This chef in Rwanda wants to create a revolution in African cuisine

Meza Malonga, a restaurant in Rwanda's capital Kigali, serves innovative Afro-fusion cuisine. Chef Dieuveil Malonga opened it in 2020, after years of working in high-end European restaurants.

June 03, 2024
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  • Matt Ozug,
  • Juana Summers,
  • and 1 more
Girls at a primary school in Sheno, Ethiopia. In partnership with UNICEF, the Sheno Primary School developed a program to educate both girls and boys about menstruation — and provide sanitary pads. A new UNICEF report says that only 39% of the world's schools offer such instruction.

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  • Global Health

Teaching girls (and boys) about menstruation takes moxie

A pioneering program in Ethiopia teaches all students about this "taboo" topic. A new UNICEF report, released on “World Menstrual Hygiene Day," assesses how countries respond to menstrual issues.

May 31, 2024
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By:
  • Melody Schreiber
The popularity of basketball in Rwanda can be seen on courts around the country.

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  • Sports

Basketball is booming in Rwanda — and the NBA is there for the ride

The popularity of basketball in Rwanda can be seen on courts around the country, and some young players see it as a path to a bigger future.

May 28, 2024
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By:
  • Juana Summers,
  • Matt Ozug,
  • and 1 more
A woman wearing a shirt of African Congress for Transformation party looks at other parties' election posters in Sharpeville, South Africa, on March 21.

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  • World

What to know about South Africa's May 29 elections

Pollsters and analysts say these could be the most pivotal elections since the country's first democratic vote 30 years ago, in 1994. Here's what's at stake.

May 24, 2024
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  • Kate Bartlett
GPB News NPR

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  • Politics

Biden names Kenya a major non-NATO ally during state visit

It’s been more than 15 years since an African leader was granted a White House state visit. President Biden is trying to upgrade the U.S. relationship with Kenya.

May 23, 2024
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By:
  • Asma Khalid
Kenya's President William Ruto (third from left) and his wife Rachel Ruto (in red) are flanked by Carter Center executives and U.S. Ambassador to Kenya (second from right) Meg Whitman outside the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum during the African leader's visit to Atlanta on May 20, 2024.

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  • World

Kenyan president arrives in Atlanta ahead of Biden talks in D.C.

President William Ruto and first lady Rachel Ruto of the Republic of Kenya met with leaders at the Carter Center and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta Monday before convening with other city officials and heading to Washington, D.C., where the East African leader is scheduled for talks with President Joe Biden.

May 21, 2024
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  • Kristi York Wooten
Former South African President Jacob Zuma arrives at Orlando stadium in the township of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, for the launch of his newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party's manifesto Saturday, May 18, 2024.

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  • Africa

Jacob Zuma banned from running in South Africa's election

Former South African president Jacob Zuma has been barred from contesting in next week's elections, South Africa's top court ruled Monday.

May 20, 2024
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  • Kate Bartlett
Rwanda's post-genocide transformation has been remarkable, but uneven.

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  • Africa

Rwanda is transforming and growing — but at what cost?

Rwanda's post-genocide transformation has been remarkable, but uneven. And it prompts many questions, including: what type of leader is needed to help a country grow and heal?

May 20, 2024
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  • Matt Ozug,
  • Juana Summers,
  • and 1 more
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