Africa

Memory from Malawi, left, and Achie from Ethiopia became best friends in a New York minute.

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If These Two Teenagers Ran The World, We'd All Jump For Joy

5:11pm March 17, 2015

by Diane Cole

Memory from Malawi and Achie from Ethiopia met at the U.N. last week. Now they're best friends in real life and on Facebook, bound by their determination to build a better world for girls.

When There's Art On The Bus, You'll Get To Your Stop Sooner

1:33pm March 17, 2015

by Gregory Warner

A decade ago Kenya banned the practice of covering minibuses — called matatus — with wild images. The concern: window blockage. Now the art is making a comeback, and powerful bus owners are behind it.

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Tarkpor Mambia in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. He says he "literally froze" during his first American winter in 2013, but is getting used to the cold weather.

Mr. Mambia Goes To Washington: To Honor His Sister, Who Died Of Ebola

6:17pm March 13, 2015

by Laura Starecheski

Tarkpor Mambia of Liberia is now a student in Massachusetts. When he learned of his sister's death, he was determined to go to the nation's capital to put a human face on global health issues.

Thembi Jakiwe is a 12-year-old in South Africa who needs 180 very painful injections to get rid of her tuberculosis.

A 12-Year-Old Girl Shows Us What It's Really Like To Face TB

8:29am March 13, 2015

by Nsikan Akpan

After you hear her story, you'll never think the same way about the disease. That's the goal of Visual Epidemiology, a company that makes videos about individual battles instead of the big picture.

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Life Expectancy Drops Dramatically For Syrians Ravaged By War

10:40pm March 11, 2015

A report released Tuesday by the U.N. and a Syrian research group attempts to quantify the devastating effects of the war. Most striking: average life expectancy has dropped by 20 years, to age 55.

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He's 14. He Was A Child Soldier. He's Suicidal. How Can He Be Saved?

5:35pm March 11, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

Rates of post-traumatic stress disorder are high among teens in northern Uganda, a new study shows. Counselors, teachers and parents can help. So can walking on eggs — literally.

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Nigeria's Boko Haram Pledges To Back Islamic State

9:58am March 11, 2015

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. This comes just as Chad and Niger have launched an offensive against Boko Haram in Nigeria.

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African Nations Join Coalition To Fight Boko Haram

9:58am March 11, 2015

Chad, Niger and others began an offensive against extremist fighters in Nigeria. Renee Montagne talks to Comfort Ero, African program director for the International Crisis Group, about the offensive.

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Thousands of Ethiopian opposition activists demonstrate in Addis Ababa on June 2, 2013. The demonstrations were organized by the newly formed Blue Party opposition group.

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Ethiopia's Blue Party Tries To Reacquaint Nation With Dissent

12:53pm March 10, 2015

by Gregory Warner

The movement's slow, strategic approach is a necessity in a country where one party controls almost every seat in parliament, journalists are routinely jailed and rallies are broken up by police.

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A Film From Mali: The Day Before The Music Died

8:34am March 09, 2015

by Aaron Cohen

The Last Song Before the War presents the glorious sounds of the 2011 Festival in the Desert, held shortly before Islamic extremists took over the region and banned music.