Africa

Sudanese President Avoids Arrest In South Africa For War Crimes

7:59pm June 15, 2015

NPR's Melissa Block interviews David Crane, the former prosecutor of the special court for Sierra Leone, about how President Omar al-Bashir was indicted by the ICC for war crimes in Darfur.

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Street hawkers have taken over so many sidewalks in Harare's city center that some vendors are turning their cars into makeshift shops.

Zimbabwe To Street Vendors: Pack Up, Clean Up, Ship Out!

7:54pm June 15, 2015

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

The government says thousands of vendors must pack up their wares, move off the streets and pay rent to sell from designated zones. The vendors say: How will we be able to earn a living?

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Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir (center), seen here next to Congo's president Denis Sasso-Nguesso (right) and Prime Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Abdelkader Taleb Oumar, escaped an arrest order in South Africa.

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Sudanese President Flies Home After South African Court Orders His Arrest

5:12pm June 15, 2015

by Bill Chappell

President Omar al-Bashir was indicted by the International Criminal Court in 2009 on charges that he committed war crimes and genocide in Darfur, where 300,000 people died.

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U.S. Airstrike In Libya Kills Algerian Militant

2:11pm June 15, 2015

by Dina Temple-Raston

Pentagon officials have confirmed that the leader of al-Qaida's arm in North Africa Mokhtar Belmokhtar was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Libya over the weekend. He was notorious for taking hostages.

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Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir speaks to the crowd after a swearing-in ceremony at green square in Khartoum, earlier this month. A South African court has ordered al-Bashir, who is attending an African Union summit in Johannesburg, to be detained

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South African Court Orders Sudan's President Detained For War Crimes

6:34am June 15, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The court's decision to prevent visiting President Omar Hassan al-Bashir from leaving the country is at odds with the South African leader's promise of immunity.

An old one hundred trillion Zimbabwean dollar note on top of a pile of other old Zimbabwean notes of various denominations in Harare, Thursday. Starting next week, Zimbabweans will be able to exchange their trillions for up to $5 U.S.

Big Change Yields Small Change As Zimbabweans Turn In Their Trillions

9:13am June 13, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The country's massively hyperinflated currency will be phased out beginning next week at a rate of $5 U.S. for every 175 quadrillion Zimbabwean dollars.

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Threats Of Renewed Civil War Forces Thousands To Flee Burundi

10:31am June 12, 2015

by Gregory Warner

More than 120,000 people have fled unrest in Burundi. While there is currently no war in the East African nation, the fear of one has gotten residents to move to a refugee camp in neighboring Rwanda.

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Three varieties of Kenyan purple tea from What-Cha: silver needle purple varietal white tea (from left), hand-rolled purple varietal oolong, steamed purple varietal green tea-style tea.

Tea Tuesdays: Kenyan Farmers See Green In The Color Purple

11:05am June 10, 2015

by Jeff Koehler

Kenya has spent 25 years developing a purple "supertea" with high levels of antioxidants. The hope is that the tea will appeal to health-minded consumers and revive the country's struggling industry.

The coffin of Theogene Niyondiko, who was shot dead by police during an opposition demonstration last Friday, is carried in Burundi's capital Bujumbura on Tuesday. Protesters have been demonstrating against President Pierre Nkurunziza, who plans to run fo

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The Trouble That's Brewing In Burundi

12:35am June 10, 2015

by Gregory Warner

Protesters are marching against the president's plan for a third term. Some 100,000 refugees have fled. The fear is that one of the world's poorest countries could slip back into civil war.

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Officials Estimate Nearly Half A Million Migrants Await The Journey To Europe

6:56pm June 08, 2015

by Lauren Frayer

Nearly 6,000 migrants were rescued after attempting to make it to Europe from North Africa. A British naval officer says there are indications that as many as 500,000 migrants could be waiting in Libya for the means to make the crossing.

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