Mar 30 Watch Watch full interview with Linda Thomas-Greenfield on Nigeria’s elections By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 19 Armed with a map and other tools, Nigerians push for peaceful elections By Larisa Epatko Nigeria has a history of corrupt and violent elections. With another presidential election coming on March 28, one group working to head off the violence is the Search for Common Ground. Continue reading
Feb 25 Obama selects first U.S. ambassador to Somalia since 1991 By Larisa Epatko President Obama has nominated Katherine Dhanani, a long-time diplomat with a specialty in African affairs, to be the first U.S. ambassador to Somalia since 1991. Continue reading
Feb 17 Watch 6:37 Author Alexandra Fuller on how growing up in Africa inspired a ‘very honest’ divorce memoir By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 13 On World Radio Day, how one woman in South Sudan found her voice on air By Larisa Epatko When Hellen Samuel first became a radio journalist in South Sudan in the mid-1980s, it wasn’t easy. She's now encouraging women to get involved. "When you are determined, nothing will deter you from your dreams."… Continue reading
Jan 18 How exactly do you count Africa’s elephants? By Connie Kargbo Ask any researcher or conservationist how many elephants are in Africa and you will be hard-pressed to get an exact number. But now, in what is being heralded as the largest survey since the 1970s, scientists will try to answer… Continue reading
Jan 18 Watch 8:10 As Africa’s elephant population dwindles, project aims to count them all By PBS News Hour The Great Elephant census, an ambitious two-year initiative funded by an American philanthropist for $7 million, aims to count all of the elephants on the continent of Africa in order to save the species through conservation efforts. But as elephant… Continue watching
Jan 15 Not Trending: Nigeria’s generous new literature prize boosts African writers By News Desk Here's a story that isn't dominating the headlines, but deserves a close look: Three African authors are nominated for a relatively new fiction literature prize, and the finalist will walk away with £15,000 and a continental book tour. The Etisalat… Continue reading
Jan 11 Child suicide bombers kill more than 20 in two Nigerian market blasts By Andrew Mach Two young girls strapped with explosives in northeast Nigeria blew themselves up Sunday, killing three other people in the second apparent attack in two days using child suicide bombers. Continue reading