Africa
Young Kenyans Build Mobile Apps For Local Use
()College students and recent graduates crammed the top floor of a tech hub in Nairobi for a competition built around the theme "Solutions for the Next Billion Mobile Users." Africa has more than 600 million mobile phone users (approximately 11 percent of the global total) – and the number is growing.
Special Series
Revolutionary Road Trip
After last year's revolutions, the North African states of Tunisia, Libya and Egypt are rewriting the rules that govern their politics, economies and societies. NPR takes a Revolutionary Road Trip across the region to see how these countries are remaking themselves.
The Two-Way
Benghazi Review Board Chair Asks Issa For Chance To Testify()
May 14, 2013 Former Ambassador Thomas Pickering says he and Adm. Michael Mullen should be allowed to clear up 'unfounded' criticisms against the investigative board.
Parallels
The Enemy Inside: Rhino's Protectors Sometimes Aid Poachers()
May 14, 2013 The defenders of Africa's rhinos are battling a well-financed and well-informed enemy. Poachers clear $40,000 or more for a single rhino horn. They have cash for the latest weaponry and to pay for inside information from some of the very people whose job it is to protect the rhinos.
Parallels
Vietnam's Appetite For Rhino Horn Drives Poaching In Africa()
May 13, 2013 Demand for rhino horn, used in traditional Chinese medicine, is fueling a slaughter of the animals in Africa. In Vietnam, the sought-after commodity is fetching prices as high as $1,400 an ounce, or about the price of gold. There, some believe ground horn can cure everything from hangovers to cancer.
Media Focus On Ailing Mandela Is Not 'The African Way'()
May 11, 2013 The extensive coverage of Nelson Mandela's fading health has sparked intense debate in South Africa. Many say the African way views the twilight years as a final journey, a time of peace and respect, and that journalists should be more sensitive.
The Two-Way
White House Denies Any 'Substantive' Edits To Benghazi Memo ()
May 10, 2013 White House press secretary Jay Carney says the only changes to the talking points used by U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice were to wording describing the Benghazi mission.




