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Meet ZiG, Zimbabwe's latest baffling currency

7:30pm May 21, 2024

by Kate Bartlett

The ZiG is Zimbabwe's latest currency — yet another attempt to unravel the economic catastrophes of the past decades. According to many there, it's every bit as baffling as its predecessors.

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A long drought in Zambia has left people with no crops or money for food

7:30pm May 21, 2024

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Cindy MCcain, executive director of the World Food Programme, about her current trip to Zambia, where people are enduring a severe drought and going hungry.

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Ex-South African President Zuma is banned by a court from running for Parliament

11:42am May 21, 2024

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

South Africa's constitutional court has ruled that former president Jacob Zuma, one of the most divisive political figures in the country, is not allowed to participate in next week's election.

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Former South African President Jacob Zuma arrives at Orlando stadium in the township of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, for the launch of his newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party's manifesto Saturday, May 18, 2024.

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Jacob Zuma banned from running in South Africa's election

11:14am May 20, 2024

by Kate Bartlett

Former South African president Jacob Zuma has been barred from contesting in next week's elections, South Africa's top court ruled Monday.

Rwanda's post-genocide transformation has been remarkable, but uneven.

Rwanda is transforming and growing — but at what cost?

5:00am May 20, 2024

Rwanda's post-genocide transformation has been remarkable, but uneven. And it prompts many questions, including: what type of leader is needed to help a country grow and heal?

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Supporters of Niger's ruling junta gather for a protest in Niamey, Niger, on Aug. 3, 2023.

U.S. troops and equipment will leave Niger by mid-September, the Pentagon says

6:33pm May 19, 2024

by The Associated Press

Niger's decision to kick out American forces dealt a blow to U.S. military operations in the Sahel. U.S. troops and some gear already have begun leaving the country.

Paramedic Papinki Lebelo waits for a police escort before responding to an emergency call-out in the Red Zone neighborhood of Philippi East in Cape Town, South Africa. Due to a rise in attacks on paramedics, large parts of the city are only accessible to ambulance crews when they have a police escort. This severely delays response times.

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'There is no respect anymore' as ambulances come under attack in South Africa

8:10am May 19, 2024

by Tommy Trenchard

That's what one paramedic says of the targeting of ambulance crews. Criminals are after phones and wallets along with medical equipment and drugs. We ride along with a Cape Town crew in a Red Zone.

Josephine Dusabimana says she rescued 12 people during the Rwandan genocide.

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As a brutal genocide raged around her, Josephine smuggled 12 people to safety

5:01am May 13, 2024

During the Rwandan genocide in 1994, Josephine Dusabimana smuggled ethnic Tutsis out of the country as neighbors attacked neighbors and almost a million people died.

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Ltesekwa Lekuuk, Paris's half-brother and a fellow moran, heads toward the mountain campsite where Paris had been living until a few weeks ago.

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Kenya's Samburu boys share a sacred bond. Why one teen broke with the brotherhood

5:48pm May 12, 2024

by Nurith Aizenman

After initiation rites – including circumcision – the boys leave their families to take charge of the herds, driving them high into the mountains. It's a way of life that climate change is testing.

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Isabella Mogeni, 54, from the neighborhood of Mukuru kwa Reuben, looks on as bulldozers destroy homes in the slum area on May 3.

In Kenya's flooded slums, people mourn their losses and slam their leaders

1:25pm May 10, 2024

by Emmanuel Igunza

The government has declared May 10 a day of mourning to mark the deaths from disastrous floods and pledged to help. But some say the authorities aren't doing enough. And the rains keep falling.

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