Africa

"What can't be faked is the scenes of unbridled joy at the reunion with the parents and their daughters." - Stephanie Busari

Arts

Stephanie Busari: What Happens When Real News Is Dismissed As Fake?

9:24am June 23, 2017

by NPR/TED Staff

Stephanie Busari discusses the flip-side of fake news: denying real news. She recounts the kidnapping of Nigeria's Chibok schoolgirls and how some Nigerians believed the news was a government hoax.

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Dickson "Chinx" Chingaira, a Zimbabwean revolutionary and musician died of cancer last week at the age of 61.

Music & Culture

The Conflicted Legacy Of Zimbabwean Musician And Revolutionary 'Chinx' Chingaira

7:40pm June 22, 2017

by Frank Chikowore

Dickson "Chinx" Chingaira, who died last week at the age of 61, fought and sung for President Robert Mugabe, who has wielded despotic power in the country since 1980.

Dead Canary Islands date palms, killed by red palm weevils, line a road in La Mersa, Tunis, Tunisia.

Red Palm Weevils Wreak Havoc On Palm Plantations Across The Globe

7:00am June 22, 2017

by Maanvi Singh

Thanks to globalization and climate change, the pest has spread to 60 countries, attacking coconut, date and oil palm plantations, and costing millions of dollars in damages.

A volunteer brings daily food rations for people who fled the conflict in the Kasai region earlier this month. They are at a camp for internally displaced persons in Kikwit, Democratic Republic of Congo.

World News

Report: More Than 3,000 Killed In Violence In Central Congo

6:24pm June 20, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

The violence in the Kasai region erupted last August when the military killed a local chief. The Catholic Church reported the death toll, and the U.N. says the situation there has grown more complex.

World News

I Spent 4 Days In Jail In South Sudan. I Won't Stop Reporting On The Crisis There

2:03pm June 20, 2017

by Eyder Peralta

NPR's East Africa correspondent Eyder Peralta was seized by armed men and imprisoned without charge just after he'd been given permission to report in South Sudan, ravaged by civil war since 2013.

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Coffee is thought to have originated in Ethiopia. Coffea arabica, or coffee Arabica, the species that produces most of the world's coffee is indigenous to the country.

Ethiopia's Coffee Farmers Are 'On The Front Lines Of Climate Change'

8:17pm June 19, 2017

by Courtney Columbus

A new study says that Ethiopia could lose more than 50 percent of its coffee growing regions to climate change. But, higher altitude areas could become more suitable for coffee in the coming decades.

Linda Fortune's family was forced out of District Six when she was 22. Growing up, the family often ate crayfish her father caught as a hobby. "If you had an overabundance of fish, you would share it with the neighbors," she recalls.

South Africa's District Six Cookbook Helps Preserve A Lost Community

2:33pm June 19, 2017

by Alan Greenblatt

By the 1980s, 60,000 people had been forcibly removed from this mixed-race section of Cape Town. But the area's food traditions reflect the spirit of helpmekaar, an Afrikaans term for mutual support.

A satellite view of Le Campement resort in Dougourakoro, just east of Mali's capital, Bamako.

World News

Security Forces Respond To 'Ongoing Attack' At Luxury Resort In Mali

4:27pm June 18, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The country's ministry of security says its forces are responding to a deadly attack at Le Campement Kangaba, just outside Mali's capital. Officials there say at least two people are dead.

World News

Economic Collapse And Government Paranoia In South Sudan

7:45am June 18, 2017

by Eyder Peralta

Fighting in South Sudan has led to violence and famine throughout the country and has spawned the fastest-growing refugee crisis in the world.

Carl Manlan, his wife, Lelani, and their two kids, Liam and Claire.

Health & Safety

From Africa To Geneva And Back: Why A New Dad Returned To His Roots

7:00am June 18, 2017

by Marc Silver

Carl Manlan and his wife started their family in Switzerland. It's a great place to raise kids, he says. So why did they decide to move back to their native Africa?