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Rwandans Remember Hundreds Of Thousands Of Genocide Victims

5:11am April 08, 2019

by Jackie Northam

This week it will be 25 years since the genocide in Rwanda took the lives of more than 800,000 people — mostly from the minority Tutsi tribe — over a three-month period in 1994.

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African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat (from left), Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Rwandan first lady Jeannette Kagame and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker light the flame of remembrance at the Kigali Genocide Memorial i

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Rwanda's Genocide Victims Remembered 25 Years Later

7:51pm April 07, 2019

by Francesca Paris

Some 800,000 Rwandans, mostly from the country's Tutsi minority, were killed in the mass slaughter. President Kagame said the country is "wounded and heartbroken, yes. But unvanquished."

An American woman and her driver, kidnapped in Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park, have been rescued, Ugandan police said on Sunday.

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American Woman And Her Driver Freed From Kidnappers, Ugandan Police Say

6:25pm April 07, 2019

by Francesca Paris

Police said four men abducted the pair from their vehicle at gunpoint last week and demanded $500,000 in ransom.

Officials at Kruger National Park in South Africa said a suspected rhino poacher was killed by an elephant and his remains eaten by lions. Pictured here, an elephant in the park in 2016.

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Suspected Rhino Poacher Killed By Elephant, Eaten By Pride Of Lions In South Africa

5:42pm April 07, 2019

by Francesca Paris

Park officials said all that was left at the scene were "a human skull and a pair of pants." Many on social media have called the incident karma.

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Understanding The Fighting Factions In Libya

11:45am April 07, 2019

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Mansour El-Kikhia of the University of Texas at San Antonio about Gen. Khalifa Haftar, whose forces in Libya are advancing on the government in Tripoli

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Gen. Khalifa Hafter is Libya's former top army chief. He now leads the Libyan National Army, which is advancing toward the U.N.-backed government in Tripoli.

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U.N. Urges An End To Fighting In Libya As Opposition Army Heads Toward Tripoli

3:48pm April 06, 2019

by Jenny Gathright

Both the Libyan National Army, led by strongman Khalifa Hafter, and the U.N.-backed government in Tripoli are supported by various militias. Many are worried about a major military showdown.

Rwandan Man Convicted Of Lying About Role In Genocide

8:33am April 06, 2019

by Jackie Northam

Twenty-five years after the start of the genocide in which 800,000 people were killed, a Rwandan man in Boston was convicted for lying on his asylum application about his participation.

Democratic Republic of Congo Sees A Recent Surge In Ebola Infections

6:31pm April 05, 2019

by Nurith C Aizenman

The World Health Organization says there's been a marked increase in new cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo. More than 1,100 people have become infected during the eight-month epidemic.

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Mozambique Health Officials Race To Vaccinate Against Cholera After Cyclone Idai

4:27pm April 05, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Dr. Ilesh Jani, director general of Mozambique's National Institute of Health, about the massive cholera vaccination campaign underway in the wake of Cyclone Idai.

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Ethiopian Airlines CEO Weighs In On Preliminary Investigation Of Deadly Crash

4:27pm April 04, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde GebreMariam about a preliminary investigation that found the crew of their crashed 737 Boeing Max 8 performed all recommended procedures.

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