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After Friday's earthquake, Morocco mountain town acts as a hub while rescuing people

4:44pm September 11, 2023

by Lauren Frayer

A mountain town in Morocco is still trying to rescue people from the rubble after the powerful earthquake Friday while it also serves as a hub for aid groups trying to get to even more remote places.

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A man walks past rubble caused by the earthquake in the village of Tafeghaghte, near Marrakech, Morocco, on Monday.

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Hope for survivors is fading after Morocco's strongest quake in more than a century

11:34am September 11, 2023

by The Associated Press

Survivors with shovels have been working alongside bulldozers to dig through remote villages flattened by the monstrous earthquake that has claimed more than 2,400 lives since Friday.

Rescuers race to Morocco's Atlas Mountains to attend to quake victims

7:23am September 11, 2023

Rescue teams are pulling survivors from buildings collapsed by Friday's powerful earthquake. The death toll has surpassed 2,100 people — and is expected to rise.

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Education group reports quake damage to 6 boarding houses it runs in Morocco

7:23am September 11, 2023

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Sonia Omar, CEO of Education for All, which runs an all-girls school in Morocco's Atlas Mountains that was hit by Friday's powerful earthquake.

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Morning news brief

5:57am September 11, 2023

The death toll from the earthquake in Morocco surpasses 2,100 people. The FDA is poised to green light a new set of COVID boosters. President Biden is wrapping up his Asia trip with a stop in Vietnam.

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How does Morocco's earthquake look to a nurse who's helping the injured?

5:10am September 11, 2023

NPR's Michel Martin talks to John Johnson, a nurse practitioner with Doctors Without Borders, about the weekend earthquake in Morocco that killed more than 2,100 people.

Sudanese soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces unit are shown south of Khartoum, Sudan, on June 29, 2019. The U.S. imposed sanctions Sept. 6, 2023, on a Sudanese Rapid Support Forces paramilitary commander for acts of violence and human rights abuses committed by his troops in their conflict with Sudan's army.

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Dozens die from a drone attack on an open market in Sudan as rival troops battle

12:22am September 11, 2023

by The Associated Press

More than 55 others were wounded in the attack in Khartoum's May neighborhood, where paramilitary forces battling the military were heavily deployed, the Sudan Doctors' Union said in a statement.

Villagers inspect the rubble of collapsed houses in Tafeghaghte, southwest of Marrakesh, on Sept. 10.

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Moroccan rescue teams face challenges in reaching earthquake victims in the mountains

8:30pm September 10, 2023

by Juliana Kim

Remote villages in the Atlas Mountains are among the hardest hit by Friday's earthquake that killed more than 2,100. Crews are struggling to reach communities amid aftershocks and damaged roads.

Funerals are underway with death toll expected to rise in Morocco earthquake

4:49pm September 10, 2023

by Lauren Frayer

It was a day of aftershocks, funerals and frantic rescues Sunday in Morocco. More than 2,100 people are confirmed dead since Friday's earthquake.

John Chiti is a Zambian musician and police commissioner. He also has albinism, a pigmentation condition that has shaped his life. His story inspired the film "Can You See Us?" — now streaming on Netflix.

Health & Safety

He's a singer, a cop and the inspiration for a Netflix film about albinism in Africa

8:59am September 10, 2023

by Ari Daniel

"Can You See Us?" is the story of a boy growing up with albinism in Zambia. His father spurns him, his peers attack him. It's based on the life of John Chiti, who spoke to NPR about his experiences.

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