Al-Shabab Attack In Kenya Is Deadliest Since 1998 U.S. Embassy Bombing
Authorities say nearly 150 staff and students died when al-Shabab militants stormed a university campus in northeast Kenya. Four militants were also killed.
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U.S. Ends Freeze On Military Aid To Egypt
Certain U.S. weapons stopped flowing to Egypt in 2013 when a democratically elected president was overthrown. Renee Montagne talks to the Tamara Cofman Wittes of the Brookings Institution.
Kenya Copes With Deadliest Attack Since 1998 Embassy Bombing
Students are debating whether to return to Garissa University College. A teachers union says the school should shut down.
The Kids Brainwashed By Boko Haram Were Silent For Good Reason
That's how children cope with a fearful situation. We learn more about the 84 boys rescued from a school reportedly influenced by the terrorist group, which is notorious for kidnapping youngsters.
What Happens To Kids Who've Been Under The Influence of Boko Haram?
Around 80 children were reportedly rescued from a Quranic school in Cameroon. Christopher Fomunyoh of the National Democratic Institute describes efforts to help them.
Nigerian President-Elect Calls Himself A 'Converted Democract'
NPR's Melissa Block talks with Max Siollun, a Nigerian historian, about Nigeria's new president, Muhammadu Buhari. He is a former dictator who ruled Nigeria for 20 months in the 1980s.
Female Parliamentarians Urge Washington To Return Attention To Libya
Women elected to Libya's parliament visited Washington, D.C., recently to talk about the political chaos in the country and the erosion of women's rights.
Al-Shabab Militants Attack University In Kenya
Al-Shabab militants attacked a college in Garissa, Kenya, killing nearly 150 people, wounding about 80 and holding others hostage. It was reminiscent of their 2013 attack on a Nairobi shopping mall.
Kenya Says Operation Against Al-Shabab Militants Is Over; 147 Dead
The Islamist militants had taken hostages at a university campus in Garissa. In 2013, militants from the same group carried out a similar operation on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, the capital.
Al-Shabab Militants Cross Border To Storm University In Kenya
Gunmen have attacked a university in eastern Kenya, killing at least 14 people. The militant group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility. NPR's Gregory Warner offers the latest from Nairobi.