Africa

Escaping Boko Haram In 'A Gift From Darkness'

7:57am January 21, 2018

Writer Andrea Hoffmann tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro the story of Patience Ibrahim, a teenager captured and brutalized by Boko Haram. Ibrahim and Hoffmann co-authored the book A Gift from Darkness.

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Queen Elizabeth II dances with Ghanaian president Kwame Nkrumah at a ball in Accra, Ghana, in 1961.

'The Crown' Says One Dance Changed History. The Truth Isn't So Simple

7:00am January 21, 2018

by Tim McDonnell

What the Netflix show gets right — and wrong — about Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Ghana in 1961.

Thai police process suspected wildlife trafficker Boonchai Bach, who was arrested after an X-ray inspection last month of a bag on a flight from Ethiopia revealed the rhino horns.

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Animal Trafficking 'Kingpin' Arrested in Thailand

2:07pm January 20, 2018

by Amy Held

Boonchai Bach is accused of heading a network that dealt in large quantities of poached elephant ivory, rhinoceros horn and other endangered species.

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In Tunisia, Self-Immolation Has Become A Common Form Of Suicide

5:58am January 19, 2018

by Ruth Sherlock

Seven years ago a Tunisian fruit seller set himself on fire in protest. The uprisings he helped start have long faded but self-immolation has taken hold as an act of desperation among Tunisians.

Victoria Falls sits on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. Photos of beautiful scenes from Africa and Haiti have been flooding the Internet in response to President Trump's reported slur.

Are Photos Of 'Beautiful' Africa The Best Response To Trump's Vulgar Slur?

3:21pm January 17, 2018

by Joanne Lu

The online backlash to the president's alleged insult was a wave of photos highlighting the positive side of places he mentioned. Now there is a backlash to the backlash.

Trump Comments Ignite Immigrants In Philly To Unite

10:02am January 17, 2018

by Laura Benshoff

African and Caribbean immigrants in Philadelphia are organizing following disparaging comments attributed to President Trump that he made about their homelands.

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Chinese construction workers carry reinforcing rods on a building site in Algiers, Algeria.

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Trump's Insults Will Nudge African Nations Closer To China

4:16pm January 16, 2018

by Ismail Einashe

The danger for the U.S. is that Trump's reported slurs make China an even more enticing partner for African nations, writes British-Somali journalist Ismail Einashe.

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A Government Born In Protest, Faces Widespread Protest

8:11am January 16, 2018

Tunisians overthrew a dictator in 2011, an event that began the Arab Spring. Steve Inskeep talks to Tunisia's Ambassador to the U.S. Faycal Gouia about what's driving the demonstrations.

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With Its Economy In Crisis, Tunisia Sees Protests Across The Country

4:24pm January 15, 2018

by Ruth Sherlock

Tunisia celebrated the seventh anniversary of when the country ousted a dictator on Sunday. But current economic problems are touching off new protests about unemployment and poverty.

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Poor Economic Conditions Spur Protests Across Tunisia

5:24am January 15, 2018

by Ruth Sherlock

Violent protests against Tunisia's austerity measures continued in the country, as demonstrators also marked the seventh anniversary of the Tunisian revolution.