All Africa
En garde! Fencing draws Nairobi youngsters away from guns.A fencing club in Nairobi, Kenya, is expanding the sport鈥檚 reach and trying to send athletes to the Olympics.
Caregiving burdens fall on women. This Nigerian woman wants to change that.Most of the world鈥檚 caregiving is done by women, often at great personal cost. One woman in Nigeria is helping change that in her community.
First LookNiger is telling US troops to leave as it ushers in Russian soldiers. Here鈥檚 why.As U.S. and other Western troops get the boot from African countries, Russian soldiers are taking their place at air bases. The Kremlin, meanwhile, continues to court African leaders and expand its influence in the region.
First LookThe ANC helped end apartheid. 30 years later, voters might end its majority.South Africa celebrates 30 years of freedom this week after a historic all-races 1994 election that marked the end of white minority rule. The country approaches a May election that might see the African National Congress voted out of power after 30 years.聽
As genocide threatens again, the world wakes up to Sudan鈥檚 civil warThe Sudan civil war鈥檚 heavy humanitarian toll and high geopolitical risks are prompting Washington and its allies to seek an end to the fighting.
Maasai women are told to stay home. These rangers fight poachers instead.In Kenya, an all-woman ranger unit is challenging stereotypes and helping protect both wild animals and the people who live beside them.聽
This journalist exposed corruption in the Malawian army. Now he鈥檚 on the run.In recent months, several African journalists have been targeted for exposing military corruption in their reporting.聽
As neighboring countries fall to coups, Senegal keeps its democracy aliveIn Senegal, independent judges and demonstrators defending a sturdy democratic culture ensured that threatened elections went ahead on Sunday.
First LookA Senegalese woman wanted to farm and own land. So she launched a growing movement.In Senegal, women farmers compose 70% of the agricultural workforce, but rarely own land. Mariama Sonko wanted to change that, so she started We Are the Solution,聽now 115,000-strong, to train women to feed their communities sustainably.
Kenya promised cops to Haiti. Its citizens didn鈥檛 like that.As Haiti鈥檚 gang crisis deepens, a debate is raging in Kenya about whether or not to volunteer its police to help quell the violence.
First LookKidnapped students safe and in high spirits. But Nigeria still has an abduction problem.More than two weeks after being kidnapped from their school in Kaduna, Nigeria, 137 schoolchildren have been rescued, officials say. That brings the total number of students who have been kidnapped from Nigerian schools since 2014 to more than 1,400.
First LookHigh voter turnout in Senegal for contested presidential electionSenegalese voters are participating in a closely contested presidential election amid months of uncertainty and unrest.聽The electoral process has been marred by protests and the imprisonment of hundreds of opposition demonstrators.
Women are fighting for more than political power in Senegal鈥檚 presidential electionSenegal votes Sunday in a fraught presidential election. Women are playing a pivotal role.聽
War tore Ethiopia鈥檚 diaspora apart. Peace activists are stitching it back together.Some Ethiopian exiles, divided by civil war in their homeland, have turned into peace activists seeking to heal their communities鈥� wounds.
In Senegal, domestic violence survivors craft hope in silverGreen Wave, a jewelry workshop in Dakar, Senegal, teaches survivors of domestic violence to be silversmiths.
Can electric vehicles keep Africa moving?As the world transitions to electric vehicles, African companies and governments face significant challenges.聽
More than migrants: Senegal鈥檚 filmmakers want to tell a different storyA film school in Dakar is training young Senegalese directors and screenwriters to tell their own stories.聽
First LookOutlawed from street protests, Ugandans go viral to expose corruptionIn Uganda, where street protests are rarely permitted, a new online campaign has officials rattled. By using social media to expose government corruption, it鈥檚 allowed Ugandans to rally for transparency.聽
Uncertain but undeterred: Young Senegalese prepare to voteYoung people in Senegal are preparing for their first presidential election under a cloud of uncertainty about the country鈥檚 future.
Justice without borders: Gambians fight dictator鈥檚 impunity from afar锘�For decades, Gambia鈥檚 dictator and his henchmen were untouchable. Now international courts are offering their victims a new path to justice.
