Africa

Attacks on Sudan's hospitals, clinics put millions at risk

5:11am July 11, 2024

by Fatma Tanis

Health-care facilities have been under attack by both sides in Sudan’s year-long civil war. Aid groups are trying to shore up care with mobile clinics but fear the need is too great.

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It's the biggest election year in modern history. Will democracy prevail?

4:45pm July 03, 2024

This year, more than half the world's population lives in countries that are choosing leaders. And those choices will tell us a lot about the state of democracy around the world.

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Sudan’s civil war continues to pay a heavy toll on the country’s children

10:15pm July 02, 2024

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell about her visit to Sudan and what she saw about the toll the country's civil war has had on children.

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Sudan is on the brink of famine after a year of civil war

4:15pm June 30, 2024

by Ayesha Rascoe

International aid organizations say Sudan is at risk of famine. NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Alan Boswell from the International Crisis Group about the impact of the country’s civil war.

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These are the major elections NPR correspondents are watching

12:31pm June 30, 2024

by International Desk

2024 is an extraordinary year of global elections, with dozens of national votes worldwide. Here are some of the ones we are closely following.

Godfrey Otunge, commander of the Kenyan police in Haiti, attends a ceremony during a visit by Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille, to the base of the newly arrived Kenyan police force at their base in the Clercine neighborhood of Port-au-Prince on June 26. Kenyan police arrived in violence-ravaged Haiti on June 25 on a long-awaited mission to help wrest the Caribbean nation from powerful gangs.

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Can Kenyan Police Stabilize Haiti?

2:25pm June 27, 2024

The first 400 Kenyan police arrived in Haiti this week, part of a multinational force that will attempt to bring stability back the country. Gangs control most of Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince. But the Kenyan police arrived in Haiti as the same police force was firing on protesters in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. We hear about what is happening both in Haiti and in Kenya.

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Kenya's president has withdrawn the controversial tax bill after deadly protests

10:17pm June 26, 2024

by Emmanuel Igunza

Kenya's president axed the bill after large demonstrations, in which rights groups say police shot at protesters and more than 20 people were killed. But protesters vow to march on.

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