Africa

South Africa Halts AstraZeneca's COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

6:55am February 08, 2021

by Nurith Aizenman

New results from a COVID-19 vaccine trial in South Africa suggest the vaccine that was developed by AstraZeneca may not be as effective against the variant found there.

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A Moroccan nurse holds a syringe containing a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Jan. 29. Morocco is one of the many countries that will receive COVID-19 doses as part of the COVAX initiative.

Global Initiative To Start Shipping Vaccines To Africa, Where Supplies Are Low

6:58pm February 05, 2021

Dr. Katherine O'Brien of the World Health Organization says poor countries are able to get their populations vaccinated — they just need the doses.

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World Health Organization Expert On The Global Landscape Of COVID-19 Vaccinations

4:18pm February 05, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Dr. Katherine O'Brien, of the World Health Organization, about the global landscape of COVID-19 vaccinations and why the WHO sent 90 million doses to Africa.

Africa's Hit Science Show For Kids Is Coming To The U.S.

10:48am February 05, 2021

by Amy Fallon

African TV execs say it's unlike any show for kids that's been produced and broadcast on the continent — especially with its focus on women presenters and scientists.

How Kenya Escaped The COVID-19 Pandemic's Worst Effects — And What's To Come

4:31pm February 04, 2021

by Eyder Peralta

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with NPR's Eyder Peralta, who lives in Nairobi, about why Kenya hasn't been hit as hard with COVID-19 as other countries around the world.

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Dr. Eugene Richardson in a helicopter during the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, where he worked as a clinical lead for Partner in Health's response to the outbreak. He is the author of the new book Epidemic Illusions: On the Coloniality of Global Public

A Doc Was Mad That People Die From Preventable Diseases. So He Wrote A Book About It

2:02pm February 04, 2021

by Joanne Lu

Harvard professor Dr. Eugene Richardson explores colonialism's impact on global health in Epidemic Illusions: On the Coloniality of Global Public Health.

Women in Lukodi, Uganda, celebrate after hearing on a radio that the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, found Dominic Ongwen guilty of war crimes, including a massacre in their village back in 2004.

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Ugandan Child Soldier-Turned-Rebel Commander Is Convicted Of War Crimes

10:31am February 04, 2021

by Bill Chappell

A former child soldier, Ongwen was the first LRA commander to face trial for the group's terror campaign. The charges include numerous crimes against girls and women, including forced pregnancy.

With the sun setting off the coast of northern Honduras, Ella Guity watches her daughters, Jirian and Eleny, swim in the warm Caribbean waters of the village of Rio Esteban, home to a group with African and indigenous roots known as the Garifuna. Ella had

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PHOTOS: The Pandemic Sends A Single Mom In The Big City To A Simpler, Happier Life

7:44am January 30, 2021

by Tomas Ayuso

Ella Guity lived in the capital of Honduras with her daughters and mother. COVID-19 was surging. She sent them all to the fishing village where she grew up. Could she — should she — go too?

Friends of the Earth supporters unfold a banner on Friday outside the district court in The Hague, Netherlands, where the court delivered its judgment in a long-running case in which four Nigerian farmers are seeking compensation and a cleanup from energy

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Shell Ordered To Compensate Nigerian Farmers Affected By Oil Spills

3:01pm January 29, 2021

by Merrit Kennedy

"Finally, there is some justice for the Nigerian people suffering the consequences of Shell's oil," said Eric Dooh, one of the Nigerian farmers who sued Shell.

Indigenous health care workers treat patients last week at a campaign hospital set up in the Parque das Tribos neighborhood of Manaus, Brazil. Oxygen shortages at hospitals in Brazil's Amazon prompted authorities to airlift patients to other states.

Why Scientists Are Very Worried About The Variant From Brazil

5:16pm January 27, 2021

by Michaeleen Doucleff

They don't yet understand why the coronavirus variant called P.1 has spread so explosively there. Its set of mutations seem especially dangerous. And this week P.1 was confirmed in the U.S.