Africa

Here's what life is like in a city in the grip of Sudan’s brutal war

12:42pm November 01, 2024

The Sudanese city of Omdurman lives in the shadow of war, facing daily shelling and battered medical services. But some people are trying to eke out a return to life, however precarious.

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At least 78 people dead after boat capsizes in eastern Congo, official says

2:03am October 04, 2024

The governor of the South Kivu province said the death toll was provisional and the number of fatalities could rise further. He said there were 278 people on board, according to local authorities.

Sudan peace talks are scheduled to get underway in Geneva

3:34am August 14, 2024

by Leila Fadel

Peace talks aimed at ending Sudan's war are expected to start in Geneva Wednesday -- as the United Nations warns of an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe.

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Nigerian athletes say mismanagement by the country's officials cost them the Olympics

8:38am August 11, 2024

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

Nigeria had a terrible showing at the Olympics. Its athletes say they were failed by corruption and mismanagement by the nation's sports officials.

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Crypto-currency Captive in Nigeria; German Chancellor Turned Fictional Crime Sleuth

7:08pm August 07, 2024

A popular book and TV series in Europe imagines the straight-laced former German chancellor Angela Merkel solving crimes in her retirement. We unpack the premise's popularity. And an American has been jailed in Nigeria over a dispute the country has with the crypto-currency exchange Binance. Some say the man is effectively being held hostage.

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Protests against Kenya's president have sparked a new wave of music, poetry and art

4:03am August 07, 2024

by Emmanuel Igunza

Kenya's antigovernment protestors have a new soundtrack and words of poets to help galvanize their burgeoning movement.

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Islamic extremist group kills 32 people in attack on beachfront in Somalia's capital

4:18pm August 03, 2024

by Juliana Kim

The attack took place Friday night near a hotel in a popular beachfront destination in Mogadishu. Nearly all of the people killed and injured were civilians, police said.

Thousands take to the streets in Nigerian cities to protest government policies

8:29am August 03, 2024

by Scott Simon

Nigerians in several major cities are protesting government economic policies that are causing inflation and hunger.

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"We are hungry!" Nigerians Protest Soaring Food and Fuel Costs

6:15pm August 02, 2024

In Nigeria, even two meals a day is becoming unaffordable to many. Demonstrators are protesting food inflation of more than 40 percent, and fuel costs that have tripled. And in China, live-streamers digitally clone themselves, raising questions about the future of labor in the age of A.I.

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Children in northern Nigeria are suffering from acute malnutrition, aid groups say

4:41am August 02, 2024

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

Nigeria has one of Africa's largest economies but is seeing record rates of child malnutrition. Aid groups call it a nearly unprecedented crisis.

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