A 40-Day Vegan Fast, Then At Last, A January Christmas Feast
An Ethiopian kitchen can be a place of both succulence and self-denial.In the kitchen of Abyssinia, a popular Ethiopian eatery in Nairobi, the owner, Abebe, demonstrates how his cook prepares the dish...
View ArticlePolice Fire Tear Gas On Kenyan Kids Protecting A Soccer Field
Hundreds of elementary schools were protesting the illegal seizure of their playground by a private developer in Nairobi, Kenya, when police fired tear gas into the crowd.The incident sparked outrage...
View ArticleA Former Child Soldier Will Stand Trial In The Hague For War Crimes
He came to the International Criminal Court in The Hague Monday. He is the first member of Uganda's notorious Lord's Resistance Army who will stand trial for war crimes committed as a rebel...
View ArticleIt's Been A Hard 12-Step Road For Zanzibar's Heroin Addicts
Could a 12-step program, with its Christian roots, help addicts recover on a conservative Muslim island in the Indian Ocean?Suleiman Mauly was desperate to find out. He'd been using heroin in his...
View ArticleEthiopia's Blue Party Tries To Reacquaint Nation With Dissent
Feven Tashome is a study in blue. The 21-year-old's toenails are painted a rich cobalt, her scarf is baby blue and her leather handbag is ultramarine.
View ArticleWhen There's Art On The Bus, You'll Get To Your Stop Sooner
Picture yourself standing at a bus station in Nairobi, Kenya. The unwritten rule is that none of these minibuses (shared taxis, called matatus) will leave until they have enough passengers. That can be...
View ArticleMeet Chef Chane, Ethiopia's Version Of The Infamous 'Soup Nazi'
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View ArticleVanilla, Nutmeg Spice And Everything Nice On A Zanzibar Farm
Let's start with a spice quiz. One is a bean discovered in Mexico. One's a tree native to India. One's the seed of a fruit discovered in Indonesia.Today vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg can all be found in...
View ArticleDon't Torpedo The Dam, Full Speed Ahead For Ethiopia's Nile Project
I once met a popular spoken word poet in Ethiopia who was asked by a government official to write a poem about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. (He politely explained that he didn't do poetry about...
View ArticleWhy Are Chinese Artists Representing Kenya At The Venice Biennale?
There's something sketchy at this year's Venice Biennale — the international art exhibition sometimes dubbed the Olympics of the contemporary art world.When you come to the Kenyan pavilion, almost all...
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Al-Shabab Militants Cross Border To Storm University In Kenya
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: The Islamist group that for years controlled Somalia before that country's government took it back has now...
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Kenya's Security Problem With Al-Shabab Doesn't Stop At Borders
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Linda Wertheimer. When Islamist militants took over a Nairobi...
View ArticleAfter Global Protests, Kenyan Court Sentences 3 Men Who Raped Teen
At 16, Liz was beaten and repeatedly raped, then thrown unconscious into a pit latrine in Busia County, in Western Kenya. The local police doled out their own brand of "punishment": They ordered the...
View ArticleThey Speak Hebrew And Keep Kosher: The Left-Behind Ethiopian Jews
In the half darkness of an adobe hut in Gondar, Ethiopia, 20-year-old Gezahegn ("Gezi") Derebe pulls out an acoustic guitar. As on many evenings when the power goes out, he entertains his family by...
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Kenya Pushes For Close Of Word's Largest Refugee Camp
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: A temporary respite came for nearly a quarter million Somali refugees.
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Unannounced And Unprecedented: Kerry Makes A Stop In Somalia
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: This next story will test the ability of the British to keep calm and carry on.DAVID GREENE, HOST: London is...
View ArticleAmericans Among The Many Families Escaping Chaos In Yemen
Traveling with the State Department in Africa, you feel like you're traveling in countries without people. Traffic-clogged roads are cleared in advance by security services. The two-hour drive from...
View ArticleAbove The Law, A Militia Threatens To Push Burundi To The Brink
A quiet street in Burundi's capital can change in an instant. In recent months, antigovernment protesters in this tiny, east African country have developed a flash mob approach to demonstrations,...
View ArticleObama Thinks Solar Power Will Boost Kenya; Kenyans Aren't So Sure
When Jackline Mumbua decided to go solar, she knew the cost would be steep. The 35-year-old housewife in Machakos, Kenya, can barely cover the expenses of raising three school-age children on the...
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