Africa

Spread Of Coronavirus Accelerates Across Africa

7:41am April 22, 2020

by Pien Huang

Millions of people in African countries are at high risk for COVID-19, without good access to doctors or medical equipment. Health officials are focusing on preventing the disease's spread.

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George Baraina Dos Santos, photographed at a camp for the homeless in Standfontein, Cape Town, South Africa. The city's homeless population were broght here by the government as part of the city's corona virus response, but many say they felt safer on the

Health & Safety

PHOTOS: Lockdown In The World's Most Unequal Country

5:23pm April 21, 2020

by Tommy Trenchard

Since South Africa went into lockdown in late March, the country's social divisions have been brought into sharper focus than ever.

Uganda's Bobi Wine, left, and Puerto Rico's Bad Bunny have released songs about the coronavirus.

Bad Bunny And Bobi Wine Are Among The Global Artists Singing About Coronavirus

7:01am April 19, 2020

by Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

They're using music to raise awareness about COVID-19 — and how to reduce its spread. Researchers say that songs can help transmit important information during a disease outbreak.

World News

With Weddings And Celebrations Off In Europe, Kenyan Flower Growers Struggle

4:20pm April 17, 2020

by Eyder Peralta

The COVID-19 lockdown in Europe means no weddings, funerals, or dinner parties — drying up the market for flowers and the livelihood of Kenyan farmers who export their blooms.

People chant slogans as a young man recites a poem, illuminated by mobile phones, at a protest in Khartoum, Sudan in June 2019.

World Press Photo Winner Captures Poetic Moment At A Protest

3:28pm April 17, 2020

by Austin Horn

Images of a young man reciting poetry at a protest in Sudan and an immersive 360 project from Hong Kong were among the winners of World Press Photo awards.

A man carries a box of protective masks to emergency workers Thursday in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. The West African country has seen relatively few confirmed cases of the coronavirus to this point — but global health officials fear that won't alway

U.N. Agency Fears 'Vulnerable' Africa May Suffer At Least 300,000 COVID-19 Deaths

1:22pm April 17, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

And that's the best-case scenario laid out by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. The commission said the continent, in the worst case, may see up to 3.3 million deaths this year alone.

A photo taken last month by Nairobi resident Osman Siddiqi shows One Africa Place, a bullet-shaped glass high-rise in Nairobi, framed by the jagged, snowcapped peaks of Mount Kenya, which many residents said they have never seen from the capital city.

From Nairobi, A Rare, Clear Glimpse Of Mount Kenya Drives Disbelief On Social Media

5:50pm April 14, 2020

by Eyder Peralta

A photo on social media showing Africa's second-highest mountain from Nairobi made many Kenyans cry foul. But the photo — shot on a day free of pollution, because of COVID-19 restrictions — is real.

Recently adopted Chadian twins Claira (left) and Ariella play peekaboo to pass the time in Yaoundé, Cameroon, with their new parents, David and Michaela Parker, as they await their adoption visas. The 23-month-old girls cannot currently travel to America

'We'd Have To Abandon Our Daughters': Pandemic Delays International Adoptions

1:51pm April 14, 2020

by Ashley Westerman

Americans overseas trying to complete international adoptions have urged the government to expedite their children's visas so they can return as a family.

World News

Roundup: What The Coronavirus Response Looks Like In France, Kenya And Brazil

4:40pm April 13, 2020

NPR correspondents in Paris, Nairobi and Rio de Janeiro relay how the countries they cover have adapted to life in the age of the coronavirus.

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In 2014, Martha Phillips, an American nurse, traveled to West Africa during the Ebola crisis to provide medical care. Treating Ebola not only taught her how to stay safe around a deadly virus but also how to manage the stress and sadness of working during

Coronavirus Nurses Ask An Ebola Veteran: Is It OK To Be Afraid?

3:55pm April 13, 2020

by Will Stone

Nothing could have prepared Martha Phillips for her work with Ebola patients in West Africa. Now she is sharing advice with nurses in the U.S. as they tend to those stricken with COVID-19.

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