Africa

Children stand near the rubble of a burnt house after Boko Haram attacks at Dalori, in northeastern Nigeria, on Sunday.

World News

Boko Haram Attacks Village In Nigeria; Dozens Reportedly Dead

9:58pm January 31, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

A survivor told The Associated Press he heard the screams of children as militants firebombed the village of Dalori. It was the third attack this week suspected to have been carried out by the group.

"Market Symphony" is a new audio installation at the National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. The exhibition layers sound from a market in Lagos, Nigeria. The speakers are installed on enamelware trays which are often used in markets.

Arts

Symphony Of The City: Nigerian Artist Draws Songs From The Bustling Market

5:06pm January 31, 2016

by NPR Staff

Emeka Ogboh's exhibition, "Market Symphony," brings listeners the rich sounds of a Lagos market. "There are stories in the soundscape," he tells NPR's Michel Martin. "There are stories from the city."

A colored-in microscopic image of the parasite that causes African sleeping sickness (teal) among red blood cells.

No Sex Please, We're Sleeping Sickness Parasites

4:44pm January 29, 2016

by Maanvi Singh

Researchers have uncovered a juicy tidbit that could be the parasite's undoing.

Amnesty International cross-referenced video footage and satellite imagery to determine the exact location of an apparent mass grave in Burundi.

World News

Satellite Images Indicate Mass Graves In Burundi, Amnesty Says

5:13pm January 28, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Security forces killed scores of people in Burundi in December. Now Amnesty International says images suggest that victims were buried in mass graves, possibly to cover up the extent of the killings.

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Nigerian Billionaire Banks On Young Entrepreneurs To Combat Poverty's Threat

7:29pm January 27, 2016

by Nick Schifrin

Nigerian billionaire banker Tony Elumelu is promoting what he calls "Africapitalism." To combat terrorism and social ills, he's funding young entrepreneurs, from car mechanics to caterers.

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Manyang Reath had never seen snow until he moved from Sudan to Richmond, Va., in 2005. Here he is in 2008, embracing it.

#SnowOuttaMyElement: Global South Emigres Recall Their First Flakes

6:55pm January 27, 2016

by Maanvi Singh

The blizzard of 2016 made us wonder: What happens when people who emigrated from unsnowy climes have their first encounter with the white stuff?

Nyumah (left) and Sahr, just a few days after the dramatic bonﬁre ceremony that restored their friendship.

Fambul Tok: Forgiveness And 'Family Talk' In Sierra Leone

1:20am January 26, 2016

by NPR Staff

Following 11 years of brutal civil war, perpetrators and victims are forging peace around bonfires across Sierra Leone.

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World News

5 Years After Protests Began Against Mubarak, Where Does Egypt Stand?

2:25pm January 25, 2016

Steve Inskeep talks to Rabab el-Mahdi of The American University in Cairo about the uprising that removed Hosni Mubarak as president — only to usher in a new wave of dissatisfaction and instability.

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Sex Won't Make You Dance Better; Sex In A Pool Won't Prevent Pregnancy

10:35am January 25, 2016

by Jane Otai

That's what health care educator Jane Otai had to tell a group of teenage girls to correct their mistaken ideas about being sexually active.

Al-Qaida Militants Target Westerners In West Africa

11:59am January 24, 2016

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

First Mali, now Burkina Faso. West Africa has become the latest target for Al Qaeda, and it's mostly Westerners the militants have killed.

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