'Respect The Robot': Giant Robots Oversee Traffic In Kinshasa
Two giant robots have directed traffic in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo since 2013. This week three others joined them.
Africa
Why Is The VP Of Sierra Leone Running The Country By Laptop?
He quarantined himself because his bodyguard died of Ebola. The virus is still taking a toll, with 81 new cases last week. Maybe it's because people are no longer being careful.
North Korea: Attack On U.S. Ambassador Is 'Deserved Punishment'
Pyongyang said it welcomed the attack on Ambassador Mark Lippert, who was assaulted in Seoul by a knife-wielding political activist who said he opposed joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises.
Boko Haram Ramps Up Attacks Despite Effort To Repel Them
In Nigeria, the Islamist extremists are using more girls and young women in suicide bombings. It's unclear whether the children are taken from among the hundreds the militants have kidnapped.
How To Help Children Orphaned By Ebola
More than 16,000 children have lost a parent to Ebola. Almost all of these children have found a home with a relative, but they still have basic needs such as food and clothes for school.
Jawbone Fossil Fills Big Gap In Human Evolution, Scientists Say
Writing in Science, scientists say the 2.8 million-year-old fossil appears to belong to an individual from the beginning of the ancestral line that led to humans.
Life After Death
The world is starting to forget about Ebola. The village of Barkedu can't.
Liberia's President: Ebola Re-Energized Her Downtrodden Country
In an exclusive interview, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf remembers how Liberia was "the poster child of everything that could go wrong." But people lived up to the local proverb: "Go fix it."
The Brother Went To Fight Ebola. So Did His Sister. Mom Was 'A Wreck'
He's an epidemiologist. She's a nurse. And both of them felt compelled to head off to West Africa to battle the virus.
While New England Gets Snow, West Africa Gets Sand
A hot wind blows from the Sahara Desert across West Africa each winter. This year, the clouds of sand are so thick that flights are grounded, cocoa trees are suffering and everyone has a cough.