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The remains of Staff Sgt. Dustin Wright are transferred at Dover Air Force Base, Del., in October. Wright and three other American soldiers were killed in an ambush in Niger.

Pentagon Report: Multiple Failures Led To Deaths Of 4 Troops In Niger

3:17pm May 10, 2018

by Greg Myre

The investigation finds the troops weren't fully prepared, the mission changed and higher-level commanders weren't properly informed. The soldiers died in an ambush by militants linked to ISIS.

Rescuers carry a victim's body from a residential area after the Patel dam burst its bank at Solai.

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Dam Collapse Leaves More Than 40 People Dead In Kenya

11:30am May 10, 2018

by Eyder Peralta

The current rainy season has been devastating for the whole East African region. More than 140 people have been killed, and hundreds of thousands have been displaced.

A health worker walks at an Ebola quarantine unit last June in Muma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, after a case of Ebola was confirmed in the village.

Congo Declares New Ebola Outbreak After 2 Confirmed Cases

11:35am May 09, 2018

by Scott Neuman

At least 17 people showing signs of hemorrhagic fever died in the country and a later analysis from samples taken in the region confirmed that at least two people had contracted Ebola.

Members of the 3rd Special Forces Group, 2nd battalion salute the casket of U.S. Army Sgt. La David Johnson at his burial service in Hollywood, Florida, on Oct. 21. Johnson and three other U.S. soldiers were killed in an ambush in Niger on Oct. 4.

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Pentagon Niger Ambush Report Will Not Assign Blame For Soldiers' Deaths

7:01am May 09, 2018

by Tom Bowman

NPR has obtained details of the report, to be released Thursday, on the deaths of four American soldiers in Niger last October. The report identifies no single failure leading to their deaths.

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Stella Nyanzi arrives at the High Court in Kampala, Uganda, in April 2017. She had been jailed for "cyber-harassment" of the president.

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She Strips, She Swears, She Goes To Jail ... For The Good Of Her Country

2:43am May 09, 2018

by Eyder Peralta

Stella Nyanzi makes headlines in Uganda for protests about everything from corruption to sanitary pads. She's lost her job, landed in jail — and been brought to court to see if she's out of her mind.

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Thomas Mapfumo, holding a copy of a July 1984 edition of a magazine featuring his cover story. After 18 years in self-imposed exile, one of Zimbabwe's most popular and outspoken musicians, has returned home.

Thomas Mapfumo, 'Lion Of Zimbabwe,' Returns From Exile With Triumphant Homecoming

10:00pm May 07, 2018

by Banning Eyre

Mapfumo performed a homecoming show in the country last month, after spending over a decade-and-a-half in self-imposed exile.

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A quarter million Herero are estimated to live in Namibia today, with the population growing in recent years.

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Why The Herero Of Namibia Are Suing Germany For Reparations

5:16pm May 06, 2018

by Daniel A. Gross

Twice the targets of systematic racism — an "extermination order" by German colonizers, then brutal segregation by South Africa — they're still fighting to regain what they lost.

Clothes of genocide victims whose bodies were exhumed hang at the site of a recently-discovered mass grave near the capital Kigali, in Rwanda on Thursday, April 26, 2018.

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In Rwandan Mass Graves, There Are Few Ways To Identify The Dead. Clothing Is One

1:32pm May 03, 2018

by Audie Cornish

Near the capital of Rwanda, four new mass graves have been discovered with more than 2,000 bodies. Forensic anthropologist Melissa Connor says the process is particularly challenging in the country.

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Melvine Ouyo is a reproductive health nurse at Family Health Options Kenya. She visited Washington, D.C., to discuss how the clinic has lost funding because it would not agree to the terms of President Trump's executive order banning U.S. aid to any healt

Kenyan Clinic Rejects Trump Abortion Policy, Loses $2 Million In U.S. Aid

4:08pm May 02, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

The president has banned U.S. aid to any health organization in another country that performs or promotes abortion. Kenya's oldest provider of reproductive health services has already lost funding.

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Twin Suicide Bombings In Northeast Nigeria Kill At Least 28 People

1:49pm May 02, 2018

The blasts on Tuesday targeted worshippers at a mosque in the town of Mubi. No group has claimed responsibility, but the attack reportedly bears the hallmarks of Boko Haram militants.