All Africa
Difference Maker鈥楽omething to tap into鈥�: Ballet school shows Kenyans that dance is for everyoneFor former professional dancer Mike Wamaya, there鈥檚 nothing out of the ordinary about children from the Kibera settlement dancing ballet.
In Sudan, some feel safe returning to Khartoum, seeking to rebuild their livesAbout 1.2 million war-displaced people have returned to Sudan since 2024. They're encountering infrastructure and homes that are destroyed or damaged.
Their communities survived stigma and shame. Can they survive without USAID?On July 1, USAID was formally dissolved. In Uganda and Congo, that loss of funding has also broken apart communities that relied on it.聽
In Darfur, Sudan, kidnapping is now a weapon of warSudan鈥檚 paramilitary Rapid Support Forces is using kidnappings to help fund its war efforts and, in the process, unleashing terror on Darfur鈥檚 civilians.
Lost your USAID funding? These aid matchmakers have a solution.Project Resource Optimization is connecting formerly US-funded aid projects 鈥� including one providing clean water in Nigeria聽鈥撀爐o new donors.
Exiled by war, Sudan鈥檚 women find freedom from female genital mutilationExiled from their country by civil war, Sudanese mothers in Egypt are refusing to subject their daughters to female genital mutilation (FGM).
Lesotho makes Trump鈥檚 polo shirts. He could destroy their garment industry.Lesotho faces one of the highest tariff threats lodged by the Trump administration. No one in the tiny African nation can figure out why.
Borders divided this West African community. Soccer is reuniting it.A century ago, colonial borders divided the Borgu people between Benin and Nigeria. Today, soccer is reuniting them.聽
In Kenya, humanitarian workers ponder life after USAIDIn Kenya, American aid workers fired during the Trump administration's purge of USAID ask themselves: What comes next?聽
In Sudan, a bride and her village celebrate love in a time of warStill recovering from the worst hunger crisis in living memory, a community in Sudan鈥檚 Nuba Mountains gathers to celebrate a marriage.
First LookFood rations in Africa are halved. Thousands are surviving on one meal a day.When the Trump administration slashed funding for international aid, it halved food rations for refugees in Kenya, like Ugandan Martin Komol. As funding for the U.N. World Food Program has dropped, there are limited resources to fill the gap.聽
In Johannesburg, a library sparks hope for the city鈥檚 futureJohannesburg鈥檚 central library recently reopened after a five-year closure, a signal of the city鈥檚 revival after years of decline.
First Look鈥楽omeone is watching鈥�: Foreign students clean up social posts amid visa crackdownsInternational students are deleting social media posts and accounts as the Trump administration tightens visa rules and expands digital surveillance. The policy is raising concerns over unfair profiling and pushing young people to self-censor online.聽
Trump hopes to buy rare earths from Africa even as he cuts aidPresident Donald Trump has cut aid to Africa and insulted one of its elder statesmen. Will that harm his search for rare earths essential to high-tech goods?
No country recognizes Somaliland鈥檚 independence. Why the US might.No country recognizes the sovereignty of Somaliland, a self-governing region of Somalia. The Trump administration might soon change that.聽
Their parties were fierce rivals. Now they rule South Africa together.South Africa鈥檚 unlikely coalition government has survived a year. Few thought that possible.
First LookAs US aid dries up, Zimbabweans find new solutions to store waterIn the wake of the United States鈥� aid cuts, which supported projects in agriculture and food security across Zimbabwe, locals are devising their own solutions. For instance, one community built rainwater storage tanks from chicken wire, canvas, and cement.
25 years after infamous land grabs, Zimbabwe turns a pageTwenty-five years after the seizure of thousands of white-owned farms, Zimbabwe has begun paying back farmers whose land was taken.
He used to rob people on Nairobi鈥檚 streets. Now he shows them to tourists.Dennis 鈥淭yphoon鈥� Mboya gives tours of the Nairobi, Kenya, informal settlement where he grew up, and uses his own story to inspire other young people in his community.
鈥楽old ... a dream鈥�: Young Senegalese sour on the president they choseYoung Senegalese voters were a driving force behind Bassirou Diomaye Faye鈥檚 victory in last year鈥檚 presidential election. Now, many are disillusioned.