Scientific dynamic duo aims to stop the next pandemic before it starts
Two scientists, one Nigerian and one American, created a cutting-edge surveillance network to catch the next emerging disease before it becomes a pandemic.
Africa
Morocco quake survivors face futures in encampments without plumbing, electricity
Survivors of the Morocco earthquake grapple with the prospect of long stays in tent cities.
France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador, Macron says
The change comes after Niger's democratically elected president was deposed in a coup. French troops pulled out of neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso in recent years after coups there.
Risk factor for Parkinson's discovered in genes from people of African descent
An effort to diversify genetic studies has led to a discovery about Parkinson's disease in people of African descent.
How corruption within Libya's warring factions worsened the impact of floods
NPR's Scott Simon asks Atlantic Council researcher Alia Brahimi how corruption in Libya contributed to the devastation wrought by recent flooding there.
World's oldest wooden structure defies Stone-Age stereotypes
Archaeologists dug into a riverbank in Zambia and uncovered what they call the earliest known wood construction by humans. The half-million year-old artifacts could change how we see Stone-Age people.
Despite appearance at the U.N., Sudan's conflict threatens to engulf parts of Africa
Sudan's army chief addressed the United Nations in an effort to burnish his image as statesman, while his rival posted his own attempted address online from Sudan.
Ghana arrests demonstrators protesting against the country's economic crisis
Police in Ghana have arrested protestors demonstrating against the cost of living and the economic crisis gripping the country, once seen as a model economy in Africa.
Fans of a rising Nigerian music star are protesting after his untimely death
The sudden death last week of 27-year-old rapper Mohbad has led to an outpouring of grief and anger across Nigeria, and put the treatment of musicians by powerful labels into sharper focus.
Libyan poet Mustafa al-Trabelsi, who warned of flood risks, died in Derna flood
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to poet Khaled Mattawa, who reads the work of poet Mustafa al-Trabelsi, who warned of the flood devastation to come in Libya.