Africa

Health & Safety

Despite Warnings, South Africans Are Using An Animal Medication To Treat COVID-19

6:08am September 13, 2021

by Eyder Peralta

The South African government is trying to discourage the use of Ivermectin, an anti-parasitic animal medication, as an anti-COVID-19 therapeutic. But some doctors are prescribing it anyway.

Patrick returned to Malawi in November 2020. He and Fiona aren't certain when they can see each other again but are looking forward to their reunion and wedding.

Health & Safety

Whatever Happened To ... Pandemic Wedding Plans Of A Malawian And A Nederlander?

7:01am September 11, 2021

by Nick Schonfeld

Patrick Phiri of Malawi met Fiona ten Have of the Netherlands met and fell in love. He proposed to her. She said yes. But the pandemic stymied their wedding plans. How are they doing now?

Podcast Host On Escaping Nigeria's Twitter Ban

6:12pm September 09, 2021

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with podcast host Chika Uwazie about leaving Nigeria due to a political atmosphere which set off a social media crackdown, threats and economic consequences.

Angeline Murimirwa, executive director of the girls' education group Camfed in Africa, at a pub in Oxford, England, in 2018. In August, Camfed was awarded the $2.5 million 2021 Hilton Humanitarian Prize.

Whatever Happened To ... The Woman Whose Mission Is To Get African Girls In School?

2:52pm September 09, 2021

by Marc Silver

Angeline Murimirwa leads Camfed, a group that has given scholarships to 4.8 million girls in Africa. And now the group has been awarded the $2.5 million Hilton Humanitarian Prize.

South Africa Struggled To Get COVID Vaccines After Richer Countries Stockpiled Doses

4:40pm September 06, 2021

by Eyder Peralta

South Africa, after initial struggles to obtain sufficient vaccine for its population, is finally administering the COVID-19 vaccine to hundreds of thousands of citizens.

People celebrate in the streets with members of Guinea's armed forces after the arrest of Guinea's president, Alpha Conde, in a coup d'etat in Conakry on Sunday.

World News

Guinea's Military Declared A Coup. What Happens Next Is Uncertain

12:48pm September 06, 2021

by Chris Benderev

Members of Guinea's military arrested the country's president Sunday. Col. Mamady Doumbouya, the coup's leader, said he was dissolving the country's constitution and government.

Joel Charny, who's been a humanitarian aid worker for 40 years, talks to students at a camp for internally displaced people in northern Sri Lanka in 2005. It's one of his favorite photos, he says, "because this is what I did hundreds of times: interview p

A Retiring Aid Worker Reflects On How To Repair The World — Without Wearing A Halo

7:00am September 06, 2021

by Malaka Gharib

Joel Charny, who worked in humanitarian aid for 40 years, speaks candidly about how humanitarianism has changed — and why people shouldn't treat aid workers as if they wear haloes.

Witnesses say heavy gunfire has erupted near the presidential palace in Guinea's capital and went on for hours. It was not immediately known whether President Alpha Conde, seen above in August 2019, was home at the time the shooting began.

World News

After Reports Of Gunfire In Guinea, Army Colonel Says Government Has Been Dissolved

2:12pm September 05, 2021

by The Associated Press

The dramatic developments Sunday bore all the hallmarks of a West African coup d'etat. After seizing the airwaves, a group of mutinous soldiers vowed to restore democracy to Guinea.

Shugri Said Salh recounts her journey from a goat- and camel-herding nomad in Somalia to a nurse and mom of three in California in her memoir, The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert.

A Onetime Nomad Reflects On The Beauty And Harshness Of Life In The Somali Desert

7:00am September 04, 2021

by Lucy Sherriff

Shugri Said Salh recounts her journey from goat- and camel-herding nomad in Somalia to nurse and mom of three in California in her memoir, The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert.

Doctors administer the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to patients at the Wazir Akbar Khan hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan in July.

The Troubled History Of Vaccines And Conflict Zones

7:23am August 29, 2021

by Madeline Dexter

History has shown that it's possible to pause war and conflict to distribute lifesaving vaccines for diseases such as Guinea worm and smallpox. Can the world do the same for the COVID-19 vaccine?