Africa

Rwandan Activist's Phone Is 1 Of About 150,000 To Be Infected With Spyware

6:05am July 21, 2021

NPR's Noel King talks to activist Carine Kanimba whose phone was infected with spyware. Her father is an imprisoned dissident, whose story inspired the film Hotel Rwanda.

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Inequity Is Behind The Violent Unrest In South Africa

5:17pm July 18, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with South African political analyst and broadcaster Eusebius McKaiser about the roots of the looting and protests currently playing out in the country.

Zambian neurosurgeon, John Baptist Mukasa, passed away on TKTK.

Pandemic Loss: Pioneering Ugandan Neurosurgeon Was A 'Servant Of The People'

7:23am July 17, 2021

by Adela Wu

John Baptist Mukasa is one of the 4 million-plus people around the globe who have died because of this pandemic. His death is a reminder of the devastating toll of COVID-19.

Eswatini's King Mswati III addresses the United Nations General Assembly in 2019.

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Pro-Democracy Protests Continue In Eswatini, Africa's Last Absolute Monarchy

6:03pm July 16, 2021

by Tendai Marima

King Mswati III has ruled the country formerly known as Swaziland for 35 years. On Friday, he called the protests "satanic." Pro-democracy sentiment is growing, and analysts say turmoil will continue.

Haitian Police Hold President's Palace Security Chief In Assassination Investigation

5:02am July 16, 2021

by Jason Beaubien

The head of assassinated Haitian president Jovenel Moise's security detail has been arrested as the investigation increasingly focuses on the failure of Moise's guards to protect him.

South Africa Sees Violent Week, Unrest After Arrest Of Former President

5:02am July 16, 2021

by Eyder Peralta

South Africa has experienced its worst spasm of violence since the end of apartheid as supporters of former president Jacob Zuma protest his jailing on corruption charges.

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Nigerians Are Being Kidnapped For Ransom — But This Time It's Not Boko Haram

4:28pm July 14, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Joe Parkinson, the Africa Bureau Chief for The Wall Street Journal, on the kidnapping crisis in Nigeria. One data company says more than 1,300 were kidnapped in June.

In his new book for young teenagers, Charles Kenny points out signs of global progress, including the growing number of kids in school. Above: The Oloo Education Center aims to provide an education to kids in Kibera, a poor community in Nairobi, Kenya. Wh

Two 14-Year-Olds Grill An Author About The Future Of Humanity

2:11pm July 13, 2021

by Malaka Gharib

In his new book for Gen Z readers, Charles Kenny explains why despite all the gloom and doom, the world is getting better for billions. NPR turned to two Gen Zers to help ask him the tough questions.

Sierra Leone's minister of education and chief innovation officer David Moinina Sengeh is a man of many talents. He's using mobile phone technology to improve daily life, he invented a way to make a prosthetic limb with a computer-assisted technique and h

This Education Minister Is A Renaissance Man (And He's Got A Music Video To Prove It)

7:17am July 10, 2021

by Jason Beaubien

Sierra Leone's education minister and MIT graduate David Moinina Sengeh is shooting for the moon when it comes to his country's future, from schools to health-care to ... space travel.

Africa Faces A 3rd Wave Of COVID-19 Driven By The Delta Variant

4:24pm July 09, 2021

by Nurith Aizenman

Africa just marked its worst pandemic week ever and its third wave of COVID-19 — largely driven by the delta variant. Vaccine shipments to the continent are moving slowly.