Thousands Flee After Anti-Immigrant Violence Strikes South Africa
NPR's Robert Siegel talks with South African journalist S'thembile Cele about how violence against immigrants has flared in South Africa.
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In Posthumous Riposte, Editor Of 'Charlie Hebdo' Targets 'Islamophobia'
Stephane Charbonnier, who was killed in the Jan. 7 attack on the French satirical magazine, says in a book completed two days before his death that the term plays into the hands of racists.
'To My Brave Sisters': Malala Speaks To Missing Nigerian Girls
Like the kidnapped girls, Malala Yousafzai was targeted by militant extremists for wanting an education. The activist wrote a heartrending letter to the girls on the anniversary of their abduction.
Hundreds Of African Migrants Feared Dead After Boat Capsizes In Mediterranean
Up to 400 migrants are missing and feared dead after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea Tuesday. Tens of thousands of migrants have attempted the hazardous journey from Africa to Europe and around 500 have died so far this year.
In A Spanish Enclave, Women Recruit Women To Join ISIS
The tiny Spanish territory of Ceuta has been the home of an all-female recruiting ring that helped persuade Muslim women to join the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, according to Spanish authorities.
Hundreds Of Nigerian Girls Still Missing A Year After Kidnapping
Last April, Islamist extremists abducted about 300 schoolgirls. #BringBackOurGirls campaigners refuse to let them be forgotten, and Nigeria's new president has called on the military to look for them.
Disease Detection Gets A Boost With Plans For A CDC In Africa
African health officials are partnering with the U.S. to build a continentwide Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The goal is a more rapid response to health emergencies, such as Ebola.
The Truth About Humanitarian Work: High Ideals Vs. Hard Realities
In this week's For the Record, we meet three humanitarian aid workers: one confronting the Ebola crisis, another trying to educate Syrian refugees and another who's stepped back from field work.
Egyptian Court Sentences U.S. Citizen To Life In Prison
Mohamed Soltan, 27, was among 36 defendants sentenced to life in prison. Fourteen others, including the leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, received death sentences.
Former Ebola Fighters Feel As If They Get No Respect
Many Liberians who helped battle the virus weren't full-fledged health workers. Now that the outbreak has subsided, they feel forgotten, neglected and stigmatized.