World | Africa
Senseless deaths mount in Congo. Dignified mourning helps salve the pain.As violence devastates eastern Congo, communities are coming together to mourn the dead and remember each life cut short by war.
First LookTwo American friends went to the Congo on vacation. Then they got swept up in a coup.Three American travelers, including two 21-year-olds from Utah, face the death penalty for participating in a failed coup against Congo’s president. One of the Americans is the son of the coup’s leader, who was killed during the assault.
East Africa’s mpox responders fight stigma with ‘love and dignity’Drawing on lessons from past epidemics like HIV and COVID-19, communities in East Africa are fighting stigma around mpox to stop the disease’s spread.
In the shadow of war, life begins anew in a Congolese maternity wardA maternity ward in eastern Congo is a testament to both the trauma of war and how, in spite of it, life carries stubbornly on.
First LookThink moving day is hard? How African vets brought a grumpy elephant to his new home.The last aging captive elephant in South Africa showed signs of deep unhappiness after his partner died in 2020. Veterinarian Amir Khalil and his team, experts at coaxing elephants, were called to move 4-ton Charley to a wild elephant reserve.
Boko Haram made them child soldiers. Will their communities take them back?As former child soldiers flee Boko Haram in Nigeria, their communities are grappling with how to deal with their return.
In Congo, embroidery artist stitches an archive of warCongolese embroidery artist Lucie Kamuswekera stitches tapestries of her country’s wars so that they will not be forgotten.
Liberia’s civil war ended in 2003. Now it wants to try its war criminals.A special court will be established in Liberia to try crimes committed during the country’s two civil wars.
In Nigeria, anti-government protests unite a divided countryRecent anti-government protests united Nigerians across religious and ethnic lines, creating possible new political alliances.
First LookZimbabwe schoolchildren walk to school as lions and hyenas prowl. Now, a new program teaches them how to stay safe.Increased wildlife activity near bush paths in Zimbabwe has left rural schoolchildren feeling unsafe on their long walks to school alone. Rangers have stepped in to provide safety training to encourage the students to continue coming to school.
How a currency became a lightning rod for anti-French sentiment in West AfricaA movement against the CFA, the French-backed currency of several African countries, is growing, spurred by leaders who see it as a vestige of colonialism.
Why a Nigerian village has welcomed thousands of refugeesA village near Nigeria’s border with Cameroon has opened its arms to refugees fleeing civil war in that country.
How women led a dramatic about-face on FGM in GambiaOn July 15, Gambia’s legislature voted to uphold a ban on female genital mutilation, a vote watched by the world.
African women didn’t see themselves in travel guides. So they made their own.A new generation of African women travel bloggers are redefining what adventure travel looks like in Africa and who gets to experience it.
Where Hezbollah stands, and what’s at stake, after battering by Israel
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The ExplainerTrump speaks on ‘migrant crime.’ The reality: It’s not rampant, but a real concern.
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After hurricanes, FEMA confronts a different kind of flood: Misinformation
