A man looks at the smoke rising next to the Army General Command in Khartoum, Sudan, on April 16, 2023. Faiz Abubakr hide caption
Africa Africa
Africa
Sudanese refugees who have fled from the war in Sudan get off a truck loaded with families arriving at a transit center for refugees in Renk, South Sudan, on Feb. 13. Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Paul Rusesabagina in 2019. Nicolas Maeterlinck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
His story inspired 'Hotel Rwanda.' Now he's speaking out against the government
Smoke is seen rising from Khartoum's skyline, Sudan, Sunday, April 16, 2023. The Sudanese military and a powerful paramilitary group have been battling for control of the chaos-stricken nation. Marwan Ali/AP hide caption
Albert Rudatsimburwa, a freelancer journalist reporting in the East African region poses for a portrait in his home. Jacques Nkinzingabo for NPR hide caption
Joel Breman trains scientists in malaria diagnosis in Côte d'Ivoire, 1986. Breman died this month at age 87. Courtesy of the Breman family. hide caption
A worker separates bags of donated blood at a campaign organized by the Rotary Blood Bank in New Delhi, India. Money Sharma/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Didas Kayinamura (left) and Rachel Mukantabana (right) talk about the legacy of the Rwandan genocide thirty years later. Jacques Nkinzingabo for NPR hide caption
In this Rwandan village, survivors and perpetrators of the genocide live side by side
Didas Kayinamura (left) and Rachel Mukantabana (right) talk about the legacy of the Rwandan genocide thirty years later. Jacques Nkinzingabo/NPR hide caption
Learning To Live As Neighbors In The Shadow Of A Brutal, Violent History
A shattered father recounts his kidnapping and the struggle to negotiate with the kidnappers for the release of his children. Terna Iwar for NPR hide caption
For one Nigerian family, freedom after a kidnapping hasn't ended their terror
Former US President Bill Clinton, left, and South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa arrive to lay a wreath at a ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, held at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, in Kigali, Rwanda, Sunday, April 7, 2024. Rwandans are commemorating 30 years since the genocide in which an estimated 800,000 people were killed by government-backed extremists. Brian Inganga/AP hide caption
The Nkamira Transit Center in western Rwanda is home to more than 6,000 refugees who fled violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Jacques Nkinzingabo for NPR hide caption
Reading glasses are easy to come by in Western countries. But getting a pair in the Global South can be a challenge. A new study shows the surprising benefits that a pair of specs can bring. Maica/Getty Images hide caption
Glasses aren't just good for your eyes. They can be a boon to income, too
The Nkamira Transit Camp is home to more than 6,000 refugees fleeing violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Jacques Nkinzingabo for NPR hide caption
South Africans have had to line up for water as the country's largest city, Johannesburg, confronts a collapse of its water system affecting millions of people. Jerome Delay/AP hide caption
Johannesburg's water crisis is the latest blow to South Africa's 'world-class city'
In Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta, oil bunkering — the practice of siphoning oil from pipelines — has transformed parts of the once-thriving delta ecosystem into an ecological dead zone, according to the U.N. Environment Programme. Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco / Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto hide caption
Mercy me: Photos show what humans have done to the planet in the Anthropocene age
In this image taken from video provided by eNCA, a bus carrying worshippers headed to an Easter festival plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass and burst into flames in Limpopo, South Africa, on Thursday killing multiple people, authorities said. AP hide caption
The palms of a patient with mpox during an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1997. The country is now seeing a dramatic spike in mpox — with a strain that is deadlier than the one that sparked the global outbreak in 2022. CDC/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption
Major mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is a worry to disease docs
Supporters of presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye gather outside his campaign headquarters, in Dakar, Senegal. Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP hide caption
Little-known opposition leader in Senegal is named the next president
Community members gathered to discuss the events surrounding the kidnappings in their community at The Kawu District Palace which represents the seat of authority in the Kawu (spelled Kau on google maps). All official guests, meetings and pronouncements are made from the Palace. Terna Iwar for NPR hide caption
Parents wait for news about the kidnapped LEA Primary and Secondary School Kuriga students in Kuriga, Kaduna, Nigeria, on March 9, 2024. Nearly 300 schoolchildren abducted from their school in northwest Nigeria's Kaduna state have been released, the state governor said Sunday, March 24, more than two weeks after the children were seized from their school. Sunday Alamba/AP hide caption
Opponents of the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) gather outside the National Assembly in Banjul, The Gambia, on March 18, 2024. Lawmakers voted to advance a highly controversial bill that would lift the ban on FGM. Muhamadou Bittaye/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Supporters celebrate the release of Senegal's top opposition leader Ousmane Sonko and his key ally Bassirou Diomaye Faye outside Sonko's home in Dakar, Senegal, Thursday, March 14, 2024. Sylvain Cherkaoui/AP hide caption
Rahima Banu had the last recorded case of naturally occurring variola major smallpox, a deadly strain of the virus, in 1975. At left: Banu in her mother's arms as a small child. At right: Banu today, close to 50 years old, lives in a small village in Bangladesh with her husband, Rafiqul Islam, and their children. Michael Schwartz/CDC, Céline Gounder/KFF Health News hide caption