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    Goats and Soda
    A female <em>Aedes aegypti</em> mosquito feeds on human skin.
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    Why Does A Virus Cause Problems In One Region But Not Another? A Study Offers Insight

    Nov 20, 2020
    In 2015, the mosquito-borne virus Zika exploded in South America. Health experts predicted it would erupt in Africa. But a major outbreak never happened. Now scientists think they understand why.
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    Goats and Soda
    A woman receives medication at a clinic offering antiretroviral drugs for HIV patients in Ga-Rankuwa, South Africa.
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    Long-Lasting Anti-AIDS Meds Eliminate 'Psychic Toll' Of Daily Pill

    Nov 19, 2020
    The drugs only need to be taken a few times a year — and may soon be available in many parts of the world. Patients say they are more convenient and less stigmatizing.
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    Goats and Soda
    Alfred Sonandi plays around with a makeshift barbell — concrete poured into two tins on either end of a stick. People in the settlement of Covid don't usually wear masks: Living in such close quarters, they may (incorrectly) feel there's no point. They
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    PHOTOS: Why South Africans Built An Illegal Settlement Called Covid

    Nov 15, 2020
    The pandemic pushed many South Africans out of work. Some grabbed land and put up shacks. There's a community called "Covid" — and even "Sanitizer." The Anti-Land Invasion Unit aims to tear them down.
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    World
    A man holds a national flag as he waits to donate blood in support of Ethiopia's military in Addis Ababa on Thursday. Rallies occurred in multiple cities in support of the government's military offensive against the Tigray People's Liberation Front.
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    What To Know About Ethiopia's Tigray Conflict

    Nov 13, 2020
    Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered a government offensive after accusing the Tigray People's Liberation Front of attacking Ethiopia's military. There are fears the conflict may escalate into civil war.
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    Goats and Soda
    Pretty Mkhabela, a HIV-positive sex worker in South Africa, gets antiretroviral drugs delivered to her house as part of a campaign to maintain treatment for HIV-positive patients during the pandemic. A new drug called cabotegravir could give women more o
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    Protecting Women Against HIV Just Got 9 Times Easier

    Nov 11, 2020
    A single injection of a drug called cabotegravir given every two months has been shown to be more effective than a daily oral dose of Truvada.
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    Africa

    Latest On A Military Conflict In Ethiopia

    Nov 10, 2020
    Ethiopia's prime minister launched military operations in the country's northern region. This violent outbreak threatens to tip the country into a civil war. NPR discusses the origins of the conflict.
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    Health workers protest against economic hardship and poor working conditions during the COVID-19 outbreak in Harare, Zimbabwe.
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    Report: The Pandemic Is Not Good For Freedom And Democracy. But There Are Exceptions

    Nov 10, 2020
    A survey from the nonpartisan group Freedom House finds that democracy and human rights have lost ground in 80 countries — and even calls the U.S. to task. But there are bright spots.
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    Goats and Soda
    Children play on the street in a village outside of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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    Need A Reminder Of How Gorgeous Earth Is? Peep These Photo Award Winners

    Nov 07, 2020
    Awash in color, texture and movement, the winners of the Siena International Photo Awards offer a nostalgic glimpse of life before the pandemic.
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    Africa

    Elections In 3 African Countries Raise Questions About Continent's Path To Democracy

    Nov 06, 2020
    As the U.S. awaits election results, Tanzania, Guinea and Ivory Coast are simmering in the aftermath of their elections, raising questions about whether democracy is in retreat in Africa.
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    A member of Tigray Special Forces casts his vote in a local election in the regional capital Mekelle, in the Tigray region of Ethiopia in September. The vote defied the federal government and increased tensions in Africa's second most populous country.
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    Ethiopia Edges Toward Civil War As Federal Government Orders Attack On Tigray Region

    Nov 04, 2020
    Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said forces of the Tigray People's Liberation Front, which controls Ethiopia's north, had attacked a federal military base, requiring a counter-attack.
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    Goats and Soda
    Alice Amonde sits on a boat on the village of Nduru Beach, Kenya. She is part of the group of women who have fought against the practice of transactional sex that was part of the fishing business. This photograph was taken in November 2019. This spring,
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    Life Was Improving For 'No Sex For Fish.' Then Came The Flood

    Nov 01, 2020
    In a Kenyan fishing village along Lake Victoria, women fought the practice of fishermen demanding sex in exchange for a catch of fish to sell. They were making progress. Then came the floods of 2020.
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    World
    The Department of Defense said on Saturday that U.S. forces had rescued an American held in Northern Nigeria in an early morning operation. The American had been taken captive in Niger earlier this week.
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    U.S. Special Operations Forces Rescue American Hostage In Nigeria

    Oct 31, 2020
    President Trump celebrated the mission at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, saying "we got our young man back."
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    Middle East

    Sudan And Israel Agree To Normalize Relations In Deal Brokered By White House

    Oct 24, 2020
    In a deal brokered by the White House, Sudan has agreed to normalize ties with Israel. It's a big step for a country that has long been bitterly opposed to Israel.
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    Africa

    Violence Erupts After Nigeria's Military Fires On Demonstrators

    Oct 22, 2020
    Security forces in Nigeria again fired on protesters in Lagos. Amnesty International says 12 people were killed, and there are reports that there have been more deaths.
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    Africa
    Protesters chant and sing solidarity songs as they barricade barricade the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Wednesday to protest against police brutality and the killing of protesters by the military, at Magboro, Ogun State, Nigeria.
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    'Hope Is Lost' As Police Open Fire On Pro-Reform Protesters In Lagos, Nigeria

    Oct 21, 2020
    The protests began about two weeks ago demanding an end to police brutality. Now, as one activist said, "it has become so many things for so many Nigerians." The government declared a 24-hour curfew.
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    Goats and Soda
    Claude Mabowa, pictured in 2019, is an Ebola survivor from Congo who lost family members to the virus.
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    Ebola Never Went Away. But Now There's A Drug To Treat It

    Oct 20, 2020
    Regeneron — the pharmaceutical company developing COVID-19 treatments — has received FDA approval for the first drug aimed at another infectious disease that's been in the headlines.
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    Goats and Soda
    Fartuun Adan (right) and Ilwad Elman, the mother and daughter named winners of this year's $1 million Aurora Prize for their efforts to help former child soldiers and others in their native Somalia.
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    No It's Not A TV Movie: Death, Renewed Determination, A $1 Million Prize

    Oct 19, 2020
    The patriarch/peace activist was assassinated in Somalia. His wife and 3 daughters fled. Mom (and one child) returned to build on his work. Now they've won the Aurora Prize — which has its own twist.
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    Portraits Of Resilience: How 19 Women Around The Globe Face The Pandemic

    Oct 09, 2020
    Women often bear a heavier burden at times of crisis. They take care of the kids, the house, the survival of families. NPR photographed and interviewed 19 women over 3 weeks. Here are their stories.
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    Africa
    Suspects (left to right) Hassan Hussein Mustafa, Liban Abdullahi Omar, and Mohamed Ahmed Abdi standing in the dock during their appearance for their case at the Milimani court in Nairobi on Wednesday. Abdi and Mustafa were found guilty, while Omar was ac
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    2 Men Found Guilty For Aiding Mall Attack In Kenya That Left 67 Dead

    Oct 07, 2020
    A Kenyan court found two suspects guilty and acquitted another for their roles in the 2013 attack. The men were charged with conspiring to commit terrorism and aiding a terrorist group.
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    Goats and Soda
    Dola Banerjee homeschools her children in New Delhi in August.
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    New U.N. Tracker Looks At How Countries' COVID-19 Responses Are Helping Women

    Oct 05, 2020
    A new database from U.N. Women and UNDP looks at how 206 countries and territories are responding to women's needs during the pandemic. And the results are mixed.
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    Goats and Soda
    Olasupo Shashore, an author and historian and former attorney general in Lagos State, produced and narrated the new Netflix documentary series <em>Journey of an African Colony: The Making of Nigeria.</em> He's shown above in Lagos, Nigeria.
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    A Nigerian Finds Hard Truths — And Hope — In Netflix Series On Nigeria

    Oct 01, 2020
    Ifeanyi Nsofor reviews the documentary series, Journey Of An African Colony, which confronts a painful past — including involvement in the slave trade — and celebrates the nation's independence.
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    Animals
    Magawa, a rat that has been trained to detect explosives, was awarded the PDSA Gold Medal on Friday for his bravery in searching out unexploded landmines in Cambodia.
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    Hero Rat Wins A Top Animal Award For Sniffing Out Landmines

    Sep 25, 2020
    In the last four years, the rat named Magawa has helped to clear over 1.5 million square feet of land. The animal has detected dozens of landmines in Cambodia and is believed to have saved lives.
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    Goats and Soda
    Last Sunday in the park in Nairobi, life was seemingly back to normal in the middle of a pandemic — which didn't appear to hit the country as hard as expected.
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    Kenya Braced For The Worst. The Worst Didn't Happen. Why?

    Sep 18, 2020
    The case count — and death toll — during the pandemic have been surprisingly low. And last Sunday, people were out and about in Nairobi's parks. Researchers are trying to figure out what happened.
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    Goats and Soda
    Rosine Mbakam (left) and her mother on the set of 'The Two Faces of a Bamiléké Woman,' which represents their intergenerational differences.
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    Whatever Happened To ... The Filmmaker Focusing On A New Face For African Women?

    Sep 08, 2020
    Rosine Mbakam was headed from Belgium to Cameroon, her homeland, to make a documentary. Then lockdown struck. So did inspiration for a new topic: How coronavirus is linked to the "virus" of racism.
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    Leather sandals, made by Saley, on display along with other items.
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    Whatever Happened To ... The Guy From Niger Who Dreamed Of Being A Leather Maestro?

    Sep 07, 2020
    Soumana Saley has a passion for leather crafts — and for education. But the pandemic has presented challenges as he builds his reputation and his school in Niger.

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