Mar 28 Watch One of Africa's biggest stars uses empowering song to lift up women and girls By PBS News Hour Benin-born Angelique Kidjo has made the empowerment of women and girls a part of her music and life's work for decades. The Grammy winner has attracted a global following with her mix of African and Western music styles and lyrics… Continue watching
Mar 27 In Central African Republic, a 'very desperate situation' in makeshift camps By Larisa Epatko Next to the airport in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, a makeshift tent camp is crammed with tens of thousands of people who have fled the deadly clashes between Muslims and Christians that have persisted since a… Continue reading
Mar 24 Watch Healing the psychological scars crippling Liberia in the wake of civil war By PBS News Hour After 14 years of civil war, more than 40 percent of Liberians suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. But most have nowhere to turn; the cash-strapped West African nation has only one psychiatrist for 4 million people. Special correspondent Molly Knight… Continue watching
Mar 24 U.S. doubles effort to search for fugitive warlord Kony By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The U.S. is sending military aircraft and more forces to assist in the hunt for fugitive African warlord Joseph Kony, more than doubling the number of American troops and airmen on the ground to 250. Continue reading
Mar 18 'Learning together' to grow a business in the plains of Tanzania By Larisa Epatko When Hailey Chalhoub and Eliza Madden, both 22, were sent to Tabora in northeastern Tanzania to help its residents with a nascent food processing business, they had their marching orders: make a profit. Continue reading
Feb 28 Africa's last polar bear is depressed By Robert Pursell Zookeepers at the Johannesburg Zoo in South Africa have been working diligently in an effort to cheer up Wang -- the last polar bear on the African continent. Continue reading
Feb 26 5 cookstoves used around the world By Larisa Epatko The key to designing a safe and efficient cookstove – that people actually will want to use – is to look at what they like to eat, advocates have discovered. Continue reading
Feb 25 Watch Boko Haram militants suspected in murderous attack on Nigerian school By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 25 Background Briefing: What Is Boko Haram? By Council on Foreign Relations Suspected members of the hardline Islamist group Boko Haram attacked a school in Damaturu, Nigeria, early Tuesday morning, burning or shooting 29 boys, but sparing the female students, news outlets reported. The Council on Foreign Relations offers this backgrounder on… Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch Nations inflamed by Arab Spring yield different fates By PBS News Hour Three years ago, protests in Tunisia ignited a regional revolution known as the Arab Spring that has produced decidedly mixed results. Jeffrey Brown examines the outcome for Tunisia as well as the ongoing turmoil in Libya and Egypt. Continue watching