Africa

Ebola Is Spreading In The Congo 1 Year After The Disease Was Detected There

4:20pm August 01, 2019

by Eyder Peralta

Ebola is spreading to the largest city in eastern Congo. Exactly one year after the disease was first detected in the country, a third person has been diagnosed with the in the city of 2 million.

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Health workers in Congo carry the coffins of Ebola victims to a burial site.

Health & Safety

Ebola Outbreak In Congo Enters Year 2. Is An End In Sight?

1:08pm August 01, 2019

by Jason Beaubien

The crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now entering its second year. Medical workers discuss causes for optimism — and pessimism.

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News Brief: Democrats Debate, Ebola In Congo

5:15am August 01, 2019

We look back at the big moments from Wednesday's Democratic debate. Also, we look at why the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been so difficult to contain.

Ethiopians Plant 350 Million Trees As Part Of 'Green Legacy' Program

7:52am July 31, 2019

by Eyder Peralta

In one day, Ethiopians planted more than 350 million — that's million with an M — trees. It was an effort to combat climate change and deforestation. The program has been dubbed Green Legacy.

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Study Asks If War Makes A Person More ... Or Less ... Religious

10:29am July 30, 2019

by Diane Cole

The researchers looked at responses of 1,709 people in three countries that have undergone prolonged, brutal conflict. The findings hold encouraging news — and a cautionary note.

World News

Tunisians To Choose New Leader After First Democratically Elected President Dies

4:25pm July 29, 2019

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Sarah Yerkes of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about the death of Tunisia's president last week. He led the post-Arab Spring transition to democracy.

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Ashes smolder on the ground in the northeast Nigerian village of Budu on Sunday, after an attack this weekend by suspected Boko Haram fighters on a funeral procession left 60 people dead.

World News

Suspected Boko Haram Attack On Nigerian Funeral Procession Kills At Least 60 People

1:57pm July 29, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

The militant group has been waging an insurgency in Nigeria and surrounding countries for a decade, killing tens of thousands of people and displacing about 2.4 million others.

Environment

Hydroelectric Dam Project Could Threaten Tanzanian Game Reserve, Conservationists Say

8:00am July 28, 2019

by Halima Gikandi

The president of Tanzania has ordered that a major game reserve be split in two, and has banned hunting in the larger part of the reserve.

Rescued migrants sit on the coast of Khoms, some 100 kilometres (60 miles) from the Libyan capital Tripoli, on July 26, 2019. About 145 migrants were rescued by the Libyan coastguard, and survivors had reported that about 150 people remained missing.

World News

150 Migrants Feared Dead In Mediterranean's Worst Loss Of Life This Year

12:58pm July 26, 2019

by Josh Axelrod

"Our death rate is rising alarmingly," a U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees spokesperson says. Aid agencies continue rescue efforts off the shore of Libya, hoping to save anyone else who survived.

Computer illustration of malignant B-cell lymphocytes seen in Burkitt's lymphoma, the most common childhood cancer in sub-Saharan Africa.

How To Bring Cancer Care To The World's Poorest Children

11:44am July 26, 2019

by Patrick Adams

For children in developing countries, cancer care is largely out of reach. But new research is challenging assumptions that it's too costly and complicated.