Africa

Voters wait to cast their ballot outside a polling station in Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday.

World News

Congolese Hold Their Breath, Wondering If This Presidential Election Will Be Credible

6:52pm December 30, 2018

by Gabriela Saldivia

Election day delays kept polling stations open for hours after they were supposed to close in the capital Kinshasa, with one of the big issues attributed to new voting machines.

DR Congo Votes In Long-Delayed Election

5:37pm December 30, 2018

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

President Joseph Kabila long resisted giving up power, but the Democratic Republic of Congo voted Sunday in a presidential election meant to usher in the country's first democratic transfer of power.

Health & Safety

After 2 Children Drown In Pit Latrines, South Africans Wait For Government To Step In

5:37pm December 30, 2018

by Krista Mahr

A quarter century after the end of apartheid, South African elementary schools still lack many basics, including safe toilets. The government says it's committed to addressing the problem.

Protective equipment for Ebola care is left on the ground next to ransacked tents by demonstrators at the Ebola transit centre in Beni, following a demonstration last week against the postponement of elections in the territory of the Beni and the city of

American Flown To Nebraska After Possible Ebola Exposure

11:55am December 30, 2018

by Samantha Raphelson

The University of Nebraska Medical Center is monitoring an American health care worker who may have been exposed to the Ebola virus after treating patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

World News

Congolese Head To Polls, Except In Some Ebola-Hit Areas

8:00am December 30, 2018

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Congolese finally vote today in a long-delayed presidential election, the first democratic transfer of power in a country plagued by violence. Voting was postponed again in Ebola-hit areas.

World News

Journalist Dies In Self-Immolation, Prompting Protests In Tunisia

8:00am December 30, 2018

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Chaima Bouhlel about protests in Tunisia after the self-immolation of a journalist. Bouhlel is a former president of Al Bawsala, a local watchdog group.

World News

Congo Grappling With Ebola, Ongoing Violence, Presidential Election

8:24am December 29, 2018

NPR's Debbie Elliott asks New York Times reporter Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura about another deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

World News

Upset Over Rising Prices, Protesters In Sudan Take To The Streets

7:53am December 27, 2018

by Eyder Peralta

Rising prices, shortages of basics and growing frustration with Sudan's long-serving president have fueled a week of anti-government protests that are spreading across the country.

Queue Listen Now

News Brief: Trump Visits Iraq, Migrant Children's Health, Sudan Protests

5:05am December 27, 2018

President Trump makes his first trip to an active combat zone. The Department of Homeland Security promises changes to protect migrant children. Police In Sudan fire live ammunition at protesters.

World News

Many Congolese Believe Christmas Spirit Won't Arrive Until After Elections

5:40am December 25, 2018

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

The Christmas spirit is lacking in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the country waits to see if the long-delayed presidential election, now rescheduled for Dec. 30, will really happen.