Africa

Dr. Nahid Bhadelia gets a lesson in donning a protective suit before her trip to Sierra Leone. Since her time there, she has embarked on a campaign to raise funds for the local Ebola fighters, many of whom remain unpaid.

One Doctor's Campaign To Pay Those Who Risked Their Lives

2:19pm September 25, 2015

Many of the local health care workers who fought the Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone have not received payment for their efforts. Now, Dr. Nahid Bhadelia is trying to raise awareness and money for them.

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A group of migrants run to board a train as heavy rain starts to fall in Barcs, Hungary, on Thursday.

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Croatia, Serbia Close Border In Row Over Migrants

3:27pm September 24, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Zagreb shut down crossings for migrants and Belgrade followed suit in a tit-for-tat over the burgeoning refugee crisis.

Egyptian President Issues Pardons For 3 Al Jazeera Journalists

2:19pm September 24, 2015

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Baher Mohamed, one of the reporters pardoned by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Wednesday.

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EU Leaders Debate Program To Address Migrant Crisis

10:54pm September 23, 2015

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

European Union leaders meet in Brussels to consider sending more money to countries and agencies looking after Syrians in the Middle East, and a plan to deport migrants who don't qualify as refugees.

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EU Leaders Approve Measures To Control Migrant Influx

10:54pm September 23, 2015

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

For the second night in a row, European Union leaders approved plans aimed at controlling the influx of migrants after previously being deeply divided over a solution.

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Burkina Faso's interim president, Michel Kafando, said he has resumed his duties a week after being overthrown in a coup by the west African country's presidential guard.

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A Week After Coup, Burkina Faso's Interim President Back In Power

3:58pm September 23, 2015

by Laura Wagner

After a tumultuous week that saw coup leader Gen. Gilbert Diendere overthrow the interim president and prime minister, Diendere has apologized and the two leaders have officially returned to power.

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Out Of Egypt, A Massive Pardon Of Political Prisoners

12:06pm September 23, 2015

by Leila Fadel

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has pardoned some 100 political prisoners, including two journalists at Al-Jazeera's English-language network. For more, Renee Montagne talks with Leila Fadel.

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Burkina Faso Leader Apologizes To Nation For Seizing Power In A Coup

3:54pm September 22, 2015

by Marie Andrusewicz

Gen. Gilbert Diendere led the presidential guard in a coup last week, jailing the prime minister. Diendere released the prime minister Monday.

President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana has goats on his mind.

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Why The President Of Ghana Said He Was Like A Dead Goat

5:07pm September 21, 2015

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

We're not making this up. President Mahama said he was like a dead goat. He later issued a correction: He's actually like a living goat.

A television journalist, behind bars inside Tora Prison — also called "Scorpion" — in Cairo. The Egyptian government has drawn criticism, and scorn, for allegedly whitewashing brutal conditions there.

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In A Viral Video, A Misleading Taste Of What It's Like In Egyptian Prison

4:44pm September 21, 2015

by Leila Fadel

A government report — and a video leaked with it — gave a rosy impression of conditions inside a notorious prison, even as accounts of torture stream from Egypt's swelling prison population.

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