Sudan's capital city has been liberated after more than two years of civil war, but it's been left in ruins. Emmanuel Akinwotu is an international correspondent for NPR. He joined NPR in 2022 from The ...

Raging waters claim over 40 lives in Nairobi, Kigali, Kinshasa and Kampala during current ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday oversaw the signing by Congo and Rwanda of a pledge to work toward a peace deal that ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has overseen the signing by Congo and Rwanda of a pledge to work toward a peace deal that ...

Though she lives half a world away in Japan, Marie Louise Kambenga is the driving force behind a school in her homeland of ...

This article contains mentions of violence and sexual harassment.  Over 60 NYU community members and New York City residents ...

Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, came in 7th place. North African cities claimed the other two spots, with Marrakech coming in 11th place and Egypt's capital city Cairo in 16th. But it was Cape ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

it was South Africa's first attempt at a modern metropolis, earning it the nickname "The Mother City." Because of its strategic location at the southwestern tip of Africa, it once played an ...

One of Africa’s most famous refugee camps could transform into a city. The Kakuma camp in a remote part of Kenya houses 300,000 refugees. Many rely on aid to survive, and some of them recently ...

Congo’s government and Rwanda-backed rebels are meeting in the ... when the M23 rebels advanced and seized the strategic eastern Congolese city of Goma, followed by the town of Bukavu in February.