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Nigerian Security Forces Open Fire On Protesters In Lagos

6:55am October 21, 2020

by Eyder Peralta

The largest protests in Nigeria in decades have shut down Lagos, Africa's largest city. For nearly two weeks, young people have been protesting police brutality and the lack of opportunity.

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News Brief: Google Faces Lawsuit, COVID-19 Vaccine, Nigeria Protests

5:32am October 21, 2020

The Justice Department files an antitrust suit against Google. U.K. researchers move ahead with a challenge trial for a COVID-19 vaccine. And, Nigerians protest police brutality and economic hardship.

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Nigerian Security Forces Open Fire During Protest Against Police Brutality

5:33pm October 20, 2020

by Eyder Peralta

Nigerian security forces opened fire on protesters on Tuesday in Lagos, the country's largest city, after the demonstrators broke curfew and refused to clear the streets.

Claude Mabowa, pictured in 2019, is an Ebola survivor from Congo who lost family members to the virus.

Ebola Never Went Away. But Now There's A Drug To Treat It

5:02pm October 20, 2020

by Jason Beaubien

Regeneron — the pharmaceutical company developing COVID-19 treatments — has received FDA approval for the first drug aimed at another infectious disease that's been in the headlines.

Fartuun Adan (right) and Ilwad Elman, the mother and daughter named winners of this year's $1 million Aurora Prize for their efforts to help former child soldiers and others in their native Somalia.

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No It's Not A TV Movie: Death, Renewed Determination, A $1 Million Prize

1:37pm October 19, 2020

by Diane Cole

The patriarch/peace activist was assassinated in Somalia. His wife and 3 daughters fled. Mom (and one child) returned to build on his work. Now they've won the Aurora Prize — which has its own twist.

Portraits Of Resilience: How 19 Women Around The Globe Face The Pandemic

6:13pm October 09, 2020

by NPR Special Report

Women often bear a heavier burden at times of crisis. They take care of the kids, the house, the survival of families. NPR photographed and interviewed 19 women over 3 weeks. Here are their stories.

Suspects (left to right) Hassan Hussein Mustafa, Liban Abdullahi Omar, and Mohamed Ahmed Abdi standing in the dock during their appearance for their case at the Milimani court in Nairobi on Wednesday. Abdi and Mustafa were found guilty, while Omar was acq

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2 Men Found Guilty For Aiding Mall Attack In Kenya That Left 67 Dead

4:14pm October 07, 2020

by Reese Oxner

A Kenyan court found two suspects guilty and acquitted another for their roles in the 2013 attack. The men were charged with conspiring to commit terrorism and aiding a terrorist group.

Dola Banerjee homeschools her children in New Delhi in August.

New U.N. Tracker Looks At How Countries' COVID-19 Responses Are Helping Women

2:19pm October 05, 2020

by Maria Godoy

A new database from U.N. Women and UNDP looks at how 206 countries and territories are responding to women's needs during the pandemic. And the results are mixed.

Sudan Faces More U.S. Demands After Suggestion It Could Be Taken Off Terrorism List

4:42pm October 01, 2020

by Michele Kelemen

After Sudan's longtime dictator was ousted last year, chances improved for the country to be removed from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism. Last-minute hurdles, however, could delay it.

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Olasupo Shashore, an author and historian and former attorney general in Lagos State, produced and narrated the new Netflix documentary series Journey of an African Colony: The Making of Nigeria. He's shown above in Lagos, Nigeria.

A Nigerian Finds Hard Truths — And Hope — In Netflix Series On Nigeria

10:40am October 01, 2020

by Ifeanyi Nsofor

Ifeanyi Nsofor reviews the documentary series, Journey Of An African Colony, which confronts a painful past — including involvement in the slave trade — and celebrates the nation's independence.