How White South Africans Are Persuading Trump to Accept Them as RefugeesJustin M. LarsonJune 16, 20250 Thousands of white South Africans are jockeying to get on the next flight to the United States as refugees. They…
Flooding in Nigeria Flattens a Town, Killing at Least 151Justin M. LarsonJune 16, 20250 Nigerian authorities said they had expected flooding as part of the rainy season but were surprised by the extent of…
She Crowdfunded Surgery to Repair Damage From Genital CuttingJustin M. LarsonJune 16, 20250 Shamsa Sharawe made her name campaigning against female genital cutting. Then she heard about surgery to rebuild what had been…
Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Writer Who Condemned Colonists and Elites, Dies at 87Justin M. LarsonJune 16, 20250 Mr. Ngugi composed the first modern novel in the Gikuyu language on prison toilet paper while being held by Kenyan…
Trump’s Domestic Policy Bill Could Hurt Global Poor, Especially AfricaJustin M. LarsonJune 16, 20250 After slashing foreign assistance and introducing steep tariffs, the Trump administration is proposing a new tax on remittances. African nations…
Attack on Aid Convoy in Sudan Kills 5, U.N. SaysJustin M. LarsonJune 16, 20250 The delivery was supposed to be the first to arrive in the embattled city of El Fasher, the capital of…
Zambia’s Former President Edgar Lungu Dies at 68Justin M. LarsonJune 16, 20250 Mr. Lungu, who was recently barred by a court ruling from running for president again, left a checkered legacy, with…
Why Trump Is Trying to Send Deportees to South SudanJustin M. LarsonJune 15, 20250 On May 20th, a flight with eight deportees left Texas headed to South Sudan, a country on the brink of…
U.N. Report Says We’re Missing the Real Fertility CrisisJustin M. LarsonJune 15, 20250 Policymakers in many countries assume that birthrates have fallen because people want fewer children, but a global study says financial…
School Bus Swept Away as Floods in South Africa Kill at Least 49Justin M. LarsonJune 15, 20250 The authorities were still searching for four children. Inclement weather has left thousands displaced. Source link
Even Before Trump’s Visa Clampdown, U.S. Was Losing African StudentsJustin M. LarsonJune 15, 20250 African students have traded academic institutions in the West for Chinese alternatives. The Trump administration’s clampdown on international students and…
3 Lessons From International Protests Amid the L.A. UnrestJustin M. LarsonJune 15, 20250 Experts who study protest movements say the scenes unfolding in California broadly follow a script that has played out many…
Foday Musa Suso, 75, Dies; Ambitious Ambassador for West African MusicJustin M. LarsonJune 15, 20250 A master of the kora who worked with Herbie Hancock and Philip Glass, his career was powered as much by…
