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President-Elect Buhari Tells Nigerians Not To Expect 'Miracles'

10:30am April 04, 2015

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Nigerians have elected a former military strongman to be their next president. Muhammadu Buhari, who insists he's a changed man, says his first order of business will be to crush Boko Haram militants.

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Al-Shabab Attack In Kenya Is Deadliest Since 1998 U.S. Embassy Bombing

3:27pm April 03, 2015

by Gregory Warner

Authorities say nearly 150 staff and students died when al-Shabab militants stormed a university campus in northeast Kenya. Four militants were also killed.

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U.S. Ends Freeze On Military Aid To Egypt

3:21pm April 03, 2015

Certain U.S. weapons stopped flowing to Egypt in 2013 when a democratically elected president was overthrown. Renee Montagne talks to the Tamara Cofman Wittes of the Brookings Institution.

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Garissa University students comfort each other after they were rescued from Thursday's deadly attack.

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Kenya Copes With Deadliest Attack Since 1998 Embassy Bombing

10:21am April 03, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Students are debating whether to return to Garissa University College. A teachers union says the school should shut down.

No one knows how many children have been affected by the spread of Boko Haram across Nigeria and neighboring countries. This photo shows the school uniforms of the girls kidnapped from a school a year ago.

The Kids Brainwashed By Boko Haram Were Silent For Good Reason

8:52am April 03, 2015

by Laura Starecheski

That's how children cope with a fearful situation. We learn more about the 84 boys rescued from a school reportedly influenced by the terrorist group, which is notorious for kidnapping youngsters.

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What Happens To Kids Who've Been Under The Influence of Boko Haram?

7:33pm April 02, 2015

Around 80 children were reportedly rescued from a Quranic school in Cameroon. Christopher Fomunyoh of the National Democratic Institute describes efforts to help them.

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Nigerian President-Elect Calls Himself A 'Converted Democract'

7:27pm April 02, 2015

NPR's Melissa Block talks with Max Siollun, a Nigerian historian, about Nigeria's new president, Muhammadu Buhari. He is a former dictator who ruled Nigeria for 20 months in the 1980s.

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Female Parliamentarians Urge Washington To Return Attention To Libya

7:27pm April 02, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

Women elected to Libya's parliament visited Washington, D.C., recently to talk about the political chaos in the country and the erosion of women's rights.

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Al-Shabab Militants Attack University In Kenya

7:27pm April 02, 2015

by Gregory Warner

Al-Shabab militants attacked a college in Garissa, Kenya, killing nearly 150 people, wounding about 80 and holding others hostage. It was reminiscent of their 2013 attack on a Nairobi shopping mall.

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Local residents donate blood at Garissa hospital Thursday, after Al-Shabab gunmen attacked Garissa University College in northeast Kenya.

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Kenya Says Operation Against Al-Shabab Militants Is Over; 147 Dead

4:52pm April 02, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The Islamist militants had taken hostages at a university campus in Garissa. In 2013, militants from the same group carried out a similar operation on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, the capital.