As the Trump administration expands sanctions on Cuba to pressure regime change, one of its targets is GAESA, the military-run business empire behind hotels, dollar stores, banks and other key sources ...
In Kano, ancient leather tanneries and centuries-old dye pits are under threat from synthetic fabrics. Meanwhile, Nigerian ...
Patrice Lumumba, the first elected leader of independent Congo (today Democratic Republic of Congo) was assassinated in 1961. His family has spent years trying to bring the perpetrators of his killing ...
The musical style known as cumbia had at its root a single powerful ambassador: Totó la Momposina. The Colombian artist has died at the age of 85. As we hear from Co-hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn ...
Afghans are among the largest group of people seeking asylum in Europe. Now, the European Commission says it plans to hold talks with the Taliban in Brussels about deporting some Afghans back home.
For many in the Indian diaspora, visiting the motherland is usually an annual pilgrimage for the whole family. So, when New York resident Sonya Vai got the chance to travel to her parent’s home ...
In central Africa, the number of Ebola cases is rising every day. The outbreak is centered in the eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo, but this rare strain of Ebola is also spreading, ...
Sudan’s civil war has triggered what many describe as the world’s largest humanitarian disaster. It’s a crisis that remains ...
Dramatic cuts to science research grants have particularly affected rare disease research. But some of the people most ...
Pakistan is in the middle of a solar power revolution. Over the past five years, the percentage of electricity generated from ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an emergency in response to an Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo. More than 300 cases are suspected and nearly 100 people have died. The ...
As tensions over immigration reach a crisis point in South Africa, the Nigerian government has even offered to repatriate its ...