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Goats and Soda
Jacqueline Muna Musiitwa, left, and her mom, Anne Sikwibele, at the airport in Lusaka, Zambia, in November. Musiitwa, who lives in Washington, D.C., is worried that her mom may not be able to visit the U.S. for Christmas. In an effort to stem the spread

Opinion: I want my mom to see her grandkids for Christmas. Travel bans make it tough

Dec 09, 2021
Jacqueline Muna Musiitwa was planning for her mom to fly from Zambia to the U.S. for Christmas. Ever-changing travel bans are making it seem like a holiday dream that won't come true.
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Goats and Soda
It seemed as if the 2005 album by Kenneth Kaunda, <em>We Shall Fight HIV/AIDS, </em>had vanished. But then ... it was found! Here's what could be the sole surviving copy, now being remastered for re-release this year.

They Found It! The Long-Lost Album By Zambia's President: 'We Shall Fight HIV/AIDS'

Sep 26, 2021
Kenneth Kaunda spoke out about HIV when African leaders would not even acknowledge its existence. He sang about it, too, in a 2005 album that made a splash, then vanished. And so a search began.
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Goats and Soda
Sister Astridah Banda produces a live radio show called "COVID-19 Awareness Program" in Zambia to share crucial information about the coronavirus in local languages.

Who Do People Trust For Coronavirus Info? In Zambia, It's Nuns On The Radio

Jun 04, 2020
Sister Astridah Banda noticed that most of the information about the coronavirus was being shared in English in a country where 70 languages are spoken. That gave her an idea.
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Goats and Soda
Looking for scraps of lead to sell, young people in the town of Kabwe, Zambia, dig through the toxic tailings left behind from 100 years of mining.

Whatever Happened To ... The Kids Whose Lead Levels Were Off The Charts?

Aug 29, 2019
They live in the lead-contaminated village of Kabwe, Zambia. A World Bank loan for lead cleanup offered reason for hope. A new report assesses the current situation.
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Parallels
Senegalese can study Mandarin at the Confucius Institute in Dakar, at Senegal's University of Dakar.

Trump's Insults Will Nudge African Nations Closer To China

Jan 16, 2018
The danger for the U.S. is that Trump's reported slurs make China an even more enticing partner for African nations, writes British-Somali journalist Ismail Einashe.
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The Two-Way
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has lifted a ban on importing sport-hunted trophies of elephants from Zimbabwe and Zambia.

U.S. Lifts Ban On Importing Elephant Trophies From Zimbabwe And Zambia

Nov 16, 2017
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said hunting programs in those countries can aid conservation efforts. But those who oppose the policy change point to a decline in Zimbabwe's elephant population.
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Goats and Soda
A recipient of cash aid through GiveDirectly's experiment checks his phone to confirm that the latest monthly transfer has been made.

An Experiment Gives Cash Aid To The Poor. Is That Ethical?

Sep 13, 2017
In this study, thousands of people in some Kenyan villages get a monthly payment. But others in a comparison group get nothing.
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Goats and Soda
A fall armyworm — actually a caterpillar — takes a bite out of corn and other crops.

It Came From The Americas — And It's Bad News For Africa

Feb 13, 2017
Armyworms — caterpillars of a moth species — are creeping across ever wider swaths of southern Africa, munching their way through crops.
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Goats and Soda
Georgina Mumba's activism for inclusion of people with disabilities brought her to the United States as one of 1,000 Mandela Washington Fellows under President Obama's Young African Leaders Initiative.

The Mis-Education — And Remarkable Triumph — Of Georgina Mamba

Aug 06, 2016
She was paralyzed by polio. So why did her school put her in a class for the intellectually disabled? Then one for the blind. Then one for the deaf.
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Goats and Soda
When she was 18, British actress Louise Linton spent her gap year in Zambia. It's the subject of a controversial new memoir,<em> In Congo's Shadow</em>.

#LintonLies: How Zambians Are Using Social Media To Talk Back

Jul 06, 2016
Zambians have turned to Twitter to point out factual errors and criticize the tone in a British actress's memoir about her gap year in their country.
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Goats and Soda
A midwife cuts the umbilical cord of a newborn baby in a hospital  in South Sudan.

Penalty For Home Birth: A Chicken Or A Cow

Feb 12, 2016
So that's one way to improve health care in the developing world. Here are some other bright ideas from people who like to shake up the status quo.
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Goats and Soda
Jacqueline Musiitwa

Waking Up Without Power Starts The Day Off Wrong

Nov 14, 2015
Rolling blackouts and power shortages make it hard to get anything done in Africa — from cooking a hot breakfast to running a small business.
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Goats and Soda
Village chiefs, residents and government officials take to the streets to celebrate the Chienge district's accomplishment of bringing sanitation to every home.

A Toilet In Every Home: Zambians Celebrate Sanitation Milestone

May 21, 2015
Answering the call of nature in the open is all too common when families don't have other options. But now the country has its first zone that's free of open defecation.
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