Fire Festival Is A Really Big Day In Northern Ghana Today
And for one Peace Corps volunteer, it's a chance to join in the local culture — and to try to learn to ululate.
Africa
South African Students Clash With Police At Education Protests
Violent protests have shut down most South African universities in recent weeks as students nationwide protest high tuition fees. They pledge to continue the violence until tuition fees are scrapped.
PHOTOS: Students, Police Clash In South Africa Over Free Tuition Demands
Fires, stone-throwing, tear gas and water cannon filled the campus of the University of the Witwatersrand on Monday, when the school was supposed to reopen after weeks of unrest.
Ethiopia Declares State Of Emergency Amid Continuing Protests
Ethiopia's government has declared a state of emergency following months of anti-government protests by the Oromo people, who say they are marginalized.
Ethiopia Declares Emergency, After New Outburst Of Protests And Violence
One week after a deadly stampede touched off accusations of abuses, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn says the declaration is necessary to protect both property and citizens' lives.
The Lemba Jews Of Zimbabwe Are Having A Hopeful New Year
DNA has proven that these sub-Saharan Africans have Semitic origins. But what does it mean to be a black Jew in Zimbabwe?
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A Photographer Gives Cameras To Child Brides. Their Images Are Amazing
Stephanie Sinclair has been taking photos of child brides for nearly 15 years. Now, she's teaching girls rescued from early marriage how to photograph each other.
Ghana Wants To Remove Statue Of Gandhi Over Racism Controversy
Professors campaigned to have the statue at the University of Ghana removed over Mohandas Gandhi's "racist identity." Now the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it wants to move it — for its protection.
A Doctor Who Treats Rape Survivors Is Shortlisted For Nobel Peace Prize
Dr. Denis Mukwege opened a hospital in Eastern Congo to help women give birth safely. His first patient was a rape survivor. And she changed his life.
Photographer Witnesses Death On A Migrant Boat
NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Aris Messinis, a photographer for Agence France-Presse, about his photographs showing the African migrants who died on the way to Italy after being crushed in boats.