Africa

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

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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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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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A researcher holds a container with female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. This species transmits the Zika virus.

The Zika Virus Takes A Frightening Turn — And Raises Many Questions

5:05pm January 22, 2016

by Jason Beaubien

Concern continues to grow over the outbreak of Zika virus in Latin America. The virus has been linked to severe brain damage in babies.

Looking for scraps of lead to sell, young people in the town of Kabwe dig through the toxic tailings left behind from 100 years of mining.

What Flint, Mich., And Kabwe, Zambia, Have In Common

4:10pm January 22, 2016

by Susan Brink

They may be half a world away from each other, but both are dealing with the awful effects of lead poisoning.

People carry away a body from Lido beach in Mogadishu, Somalia, after an attack on a beachfront restaurant.

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Militants Kill At Least 17 In Attack On Somali Beachfront Restaurant

11:14am January 22, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Gunmen holed up in a restaurant after firing on diners and passers-by. The militant Islamist group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the violence.