'Braai Day' Aims To Bring S. Africans Together Over Barbecue
Nelson Mandela is officially "improving," though still in critical condition at a South African hospital. His long battle with a lung infection has South Africans anxiously contemplating their...
View ArticleWhat A Chatty Monkey May Tell Us About Learning To Talk
The gelada monkey, also known as the bleeding heart baboon, makes a gurgling noise or wobble sound that scientists say is close to human speech — at least in how much facial coordination it...
View ArticleDid Kenyan Soldiers Loot Mall During Fight With Terrorists?
More than a week after Islamic militants stormed an upscale mall in Nairobi, Kenya, President Uhuru Kenyatta has vowed to set up a commission to look into lapses in intelligence and security. At least...
View ArticleTarget Of U.S. Raid In Somalia Called A Top Attack Planner
A Kenyan intelligence official says that the "high-value terrorist leader" whose residence was targeted in a Navy SEAL raid Saturday was the senior al-Shabab leader Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir, who...
View ArticleKenyan President Faced Justice With Help Of Secret Envelope
Kenya's deputy president William Ruto is back before the International Criminal Court in The Hague on Monday.
View ArticleProtesters Call For Justice In Brutal Gang Rape In Kenya
The gang rape of a 16-year-old Kenyan schoolgirl — and the lack of punishment given to the alleged rapists — has sparked outrage in the country and beyond.The attack was so violent it left the girl in...
View ArticleHow One Kenyan Tribe Produces The World's Best Runners
Kenyan Wilson Kipsang won this year's Berlin Marathon in 2 hours, 3 minutes and 23 seconds — an average of 4:42 per mile. It was easily the fastest marathon time ever recorded, an incredible feat for...
View ArticleIn Kenya, Corruption Is Widely Seen, Rarely Punished
Editor's Note: One out of three Africans paid a bribe in the past year to obtain a government document, get medical care, place kids in school or settle an issue with police, according to a recent...
View ArticleSouth Africans Celebrate Mandela On National Day Of Prayer
The day of prayer and reflection for Nelson Mandela began Sunday morning at the African Gospel Church in Orlando, an area of Soweto, Mandela's hometown.The anti-apartheid icon died Thursday night of...
View ArticleThe Afterlife Of American Clothes
This story is part of the Planet Money T-shirt project.Jeff Steinberg had a maroon and white lacrosse jersey that he wore for years. It said "Denver Lacrosse" on the front and had his number, 5, on the...
View ArticleMandela's Home Town Prepares For Thousands Of Visitors
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Audie Cornish.MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: And I'm Melissa Block.Nelson Mandela will be buried on Sunday in his childhood...
View ArticleHIV Treatment Keeps A Family Together And Growing In Kenya
Daniel and Benta Odeny married late by African standards: Both were in their 30s. And they'd only just hit their third anniversary when Benta started coughing blood.The cough lasted a couple of weeks....
View ArticleUganda Passes Anti-Gay Bill That Includes Life In Prison
Uganda's Parliament ignored Western criticism and passed a bill on Friday that punishes acts of homosexuality with prison terms that can include life in prison.The bill has been a source of controversy...
View ArticleClashes Continue In South Sudan Despite Calls For Cease-Fire
It was a somber Christmas day in South Sudan. Despite an appeal for a Christmas cease-fire from the African Union, government soldiers and rebels clashed in an oil-rich part of the country.At a church...
View ArticleU.N. Refuge Prepares For Possible Attack In South Sudan
The president of South Sudan spent Friday in a peace summit with regional heads of state, discussing the crisis that erupted last weekend after an alleged coup attempt.
View ArticleRebel Leader Skeptical Of South Sudan Cease-Fire Offer
A senior official in South Sudan said Saturday that government troops will attack the main rebel stronghold if rebels turn down a proposed cease-fire.The government had offered the truce on Friday to...
View ArticleHow I Almost Got Arrested With A South Sudanese Ex-Minister
The unmarked, unpaved streets of Juba, the capital of South Sudan, can be tough for an outsider to navigate.By the time I found the house of Peter Adwok Nyaba, the country's former minister of health,...
View ArticleIn Eastern Congo, Complex Conflicts And High-Stakes Diplomacy
In June last year, soon after Secretary of State John Kerry named his old Senate colleague Russ Feingold as the first American special envoy to the Great Lakes, one of Feingold's former constituents...
View ArticleWill Helping Muslims Flee Central African Republic Aid 'Cleansing'?
It is almost impossible to buy soap anymore in most small towns in the Central African Republic. Same with sugar, powdered milk, batteries, baby formula.
View ArticleJewels Lie Beneath The Violence In The Central African Republic
Morning Mass began with a hymn on a recent Sunday at the Infant Jesus Catholic Church in the Central African Republic town of Bouar. The Rev. Dominic Mbarta fretted about his sermon. The previous...
View Article