Africa

What led to the deadly attack on a popular hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu?

5:05am August 23, 2022

Terror group Al Shabab was responsible for last week's 30-hour siege at a hotel. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Omar Mahmoud of the International Crisis Group about why the group remains powerful.

Hikers stand by tents along a trekking route on Mount Kilimanjaro in 2014. The Tanzanian government has installed high-speed internet service on the slopes of the mountain.

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Mount Kilimanjaro climbers can share slope selfies in real-time thanks to new Wi-Fi

11:33am August 22, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Tanzanian authorities installed the high-speed broadband network on the slopes of Africa's tallest mountain last week and say it should reach the summit by the end of this year.

High-speed internet on Mount Kilimanjaro will allow climbers to post selfies

6:50am August 22, 2022

Tanzania's Information Ministry is installing high-speed internet on Africa's highest mountain. Right now climbers can use it at roughly 12,200 feet. Connectivity to the summit comes later this year.

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Soldiers patrol outside the Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Saturday.

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At least 20 people are dead after gunmen stormed a hotel in Somalia's capital

1:17pm August 20, 2022

by The Associated Press

In addition, at least 40 people were wounded when Islamic militants stormed a popular hotel in Mogadishu, engaging in an hours-long exchange of fire with security forces.

Arts

African fashion rules in British museum show, from chic dashikis to mud-dyed cloth

9:01am August 20, 2022

by Willem Marx

A new exhibit at Victoria and Albert Museum corrects the misperception that high fashion belongs to Western designers. The fierce garments attest to the motto of a Ghanaian: "West is not always best."

The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaks in Brussels on Feb. 18. Ethiopia's government is criticizing Tedros' statement that the crisis in the country's Tigray region is "the worst disaster on Earth" and his assertion

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Ethiopia denounces WHO head for saying crisis ignored because of Tigrayans' skin color

11:56am August 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

Ethiopia's government is criticizing as "unethical" the statement by the World Health Organization's director-general that the crisis in the country's Tigray region is "the worst disaster on Earth."

The doctor to detect the monkeypox outbreak tried to warn about how it was spreading

4:44pm August 16, 2022

by Michaeleen Doucleff

Back in 2017, a doctor in Nigeria noticed how fast a local outbreak of monkeypox was spreading. He tried unsuccessfully to warn the world that Nigeria's outbreak could spread globally.

News brief: Georgia election probe, Alaska House seat, Kenyan election results

6:07am August 16, 2022

An update in the Georgia probe against former President Trump and his allies. Sarah Palin faces Alaska voters again in a special election for Congress. William Ruto wins Kenya's presidential election.

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In Kenya's presidential election, William Ruto is declared the winner

5:06am August 16, 2022

Kenya endured a tense night after it was announced that Ruto had narrowly defeated his rival in the country's presidential election. Across the capital Nairobi, scenes of celebration mixed with anger.

Elephants at a water pan in Hwange National Park in north western Zimbabwe. The sanctuary has a capacity for 15,000 elephants, but it currently hosts more than 45,000 according to ZimParks, the country's wildlife management authority.

Drought is driving elephants closer to people. The consequences can be deadly

7:06pm August 15, 2022

by Tendai Marima

Zimbabwe's elephant population is growing, but climate change makes rainfall unpredictable. Animals travel farther in search of water now and often end up clashing with villagers for scarce resources