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Chad's Former President Convicted Of War Crimes In Senegal Trial

4:29pm May 30, 2016

Chad's former President Hissene Habre has been convicted of crimes against humanity, including rape and sexual slavery, during his rule. He has been sentenced to life in prison. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Reed Brody of the Human Rights Watch, who has been working on this case.

Migrants in an overcrowded boat, which was about to capsize, are rescued by Bettica and Bergamini ships of Italian Navy at Sicilian Strait, between Libya and Italy, in Mediterranean sea on Wednesday.

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More Than 700 Migrants Feared Dead In Three Separate Mediterranean Shipwrecks

12:01pm May 29, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

In one case, migrants saw rescuers and rushed toward them, causing the boat to flip. In another, a large boat cut the line to a smaller boat it was dragging when it began to take on water.

A woman walks between two of the tents that house the hospital wards. Most of the camp's residents are women and children.

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Reporter's Notebook: 'Embedded' With Doctors Without Borders

7:00am May 28, 2016

by Marc Silver

Correspondent Jason Beaubien talks about his week at the Doctors Without Borders hospital in South Sudan.

In this 2014 photo, prisoners are closely guarded at Chikurubi Maximum Prison in Harare, Zimbabwe. According to state media, at least 200 male inmates were freed from this prison as a result of President Robert Mugabe's pardons.

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Zimbabwe Pardons Thousands Of Prisoners Because Of Overcrowding, Food Shortages

1:45pm May 27, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The move by President Robert Mugabe has reportedly emptied one women's prison of all but two inmates serving life sentences. All juveniles are said to have been pardoned.

The price of tomatoes at Nigerian markets is going higher and higher as moths and their larvae wipe out much of the crop.

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A Moth Nicknamed 'Tomato Ebola' Ravages Nigeria's Tomatoes

6:27pm May 26, 2016

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

The president has declared a tomato state of emergency in the northern sector.

'High Highs And Deep Lows': 5 Days With Doctors Without Borders In South Sudan

6:10pm May 26, 2016

In the past year, dozens of hospitals run by the medical aid group Doctors Without Borders, also known as MSF, have been attacked. NPR spends a week with two doctors in a hospital inside an enormous refugee camp in South Sudan to find out why they work in dangerous places, and what the work is like.

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These are some of the 500 people who work at the MSF hospital: medical staff, construction workers, administrative personnel who keep the place running. Some are foreigners; others are South Sudanese refugees who live in the camp.

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Five Days And Five Nights With Doctors Without Borders

8:50pm May 25, 2016

They're in a crowded refugee camp, running the only hospital in a war-torn corner of South Sudan.

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Aid Groups In Ethiopia Reshape Approach In New Era Of Climate Change

4:32pm May 25, 2016

by Gregory Warner

Ethiopia has long been associated with extreme drought that leaves millions in need of food. That's still the case, as the Horn of Africa suffers its worst drought in 50 years. But experts say that is exactly why the world needs to rethink its approach to aid in the age of climate change.

A scene from the movie Timbuktu, nominated in 2014 for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

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Dear Hollywood, This Is How You Make A Movie With African Characters

2:22pm May 25, 2016

by Bob Mondello

Sean Penn's new movie set in Africa got booed at Cannes. Critics said its African characters were "bleeding wallpaper." Here are 4 films that give African characters (and actors) their due.

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Niger Faces Catastrophic Humanitarian Situation, President Says

11:20am May 24, 2016

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Attacks by the extremist group Boko Haram have created a potential humanitarian catastrophe around Africa's Lake Chad. Despair is mounting among the displaced in Niger who are requesting aid.

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