The run up to Kenya's election is messier than normal. Voters wonder if it's for show
Ahead of an election next Tuesday, Kenya's presidential race has been full of twists and turns that have shocked voters.
Africa
The Arab Spring's last experiment in democracy is over
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Shadi Hamid, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, about Tunisia's new constitutional referendum that gives President Kais Saied near total power.
Who is Viktor Bout, the prisoner the U.S. may trade for Brittney Griner?
Bout is a Russian who was the world's most notorious arms dealer in the 1990s and early 2000s. He's serving a 25-year prison sentence in Illinois, but could be freed as part of a U.S.-Russia swap.
Russia and the West are vying for influence in Africa and Ukraine is a big reason why
Russia's foreign minister and France's president are visiting this week along with visits by U.S. officials in what some say is the most intense competition for influence there since the Cold War.
A big pink diamond has been discovered in an Angola mine
The rare stone is the largest one discovered in over three centuries — weighing just under a pound. Similar diamonds have been purchased in the past for tens of millions of dollars.
Tunisians vote in favor of constitution that gives the president sweeping powers
NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Mai El-Sadany, managing director of the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy, about the outcome of a constitutional referendum in Tunisia.
Projected win of Tunisia's constitutional referendum poses a threat to democracy
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Aymen Bessalah, policy analyst at Tunisia-based nonprofit Al Bawsala, about what the constitutional referendum means for democracy in the North African country.
The Horn of Africa is facing drought and food shortages
Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Samantha Power, administrator of the United States Agency for International Development about food shortages and drought in the Horn of Africa.
Russia's Lavrov visits Egypt as part of Africa diplomacy trip
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is in Cairo for talks Sunday with Egyptian officials as his country seeks to break diplomatic isolation and sanctions by the West over its invasion of Ukraine.
What these teen girls do — and don't — have time for might surprise and inspire you
On top of schoolwork and chores, these four Girl Up "teen advisers" sometimes give up their favorite hobbies to try and "save the world." They talk about their activism — and their role models.