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Maybe The Way To Control Locusts Is By Growing Crops They Don't Like

Locusts swarm over Yemen's capital. Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Maybe The Way To Control Locusts Is By Growing Crops They Don't Like

A lab at Arizona State University tries to find new ways to combat the global scourge of locusts. One solution may have to do with farming practices.

Maybe The Way To Control Locusts Is By Growing Crops They Don't Like

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'We Are Americans': Somali Refugee Family Reflects On Making A Life In The U.S.

Jamal Batar and his father, Aden, at StoryCorps in West Valley City, Utah, in March 2017. The Batar family fled the civil war in Somalia for the United States in 1994. Mia Warren/StoryCorps hide caption

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'We Are Americans': Somali Refugee Family Reflects On Making A Life In The U.S.

Aden Batar directs a refugee resettlement program in Utah. It is the same organization that helped resettle his family 25 years ago, when they fled a harrowing civil war in Somalia.

'We Are Americans': Somali Refugee Family Reflects On Making A Life In The U.S.

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He Was Imprisoned And Losing His Mind. 'Anna Karenina' Saved Him
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Goats and Soda

He Was Imprisoned And Losing His Mind. 'Anna Karenina' Saved Him

A man is trapped in prison for a made-up crime. He's overwhelmed by hopelessness and anger. That is until he hears a knock on the wall ... and words from another time and place.

He Was Imprisoned And Losing His Mind. 'Anna Karenina' Saved Him

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U.S. Airstrikes In Somalia May Amount To War Crimes, Says Rights Group

A Somali soldier stands near a destroyed building in Mogadishu, Somalia, on March 1 after police blamed a nearly day-long siege of the Somali capital on al-Shabab extremists. Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP hide caption

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U.S. Airstrikes In Somalia May Amount To War Crimes, Says Rights Group

A new report by Amnesty International alleges that the U.S. killed at least 14 people in five different airstrikes in Somalia. The U.S. says it has never killed or injured a civilian.

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Invisibilia: They Risked Their Lives To Bring Music Back

Xawo Abdi Hassan rehearses her song. Xawo did not win the competition but the show launched her career as a singer. Roopa Gogineni hide caption

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Goats and Soda

Invisibilia: They Risked Their Lives To Bring Music Back

When Somalia decided to start a reality show with a singing competition, there was a major problem. Singing in public could bring on the wrath of al-Shabab.

Invisibilia: They Risked Their Lives To Bring Music Back

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Invisibilia: Inspired By 'American Idol,' Somali TV Show Aimed To Change The World
Sara Wong for NPR

Goats and Soda

Invisibilia: Inspired By 'American Idol,' Somali TV Show Aimed To Change The World

Reality TV is popular around the world. It's also roundly mocked as formulaic and contrived. But can that kind of fragile fantasy meaningfully influence the real world?

Invisibilia: Inspired By 'American Idol,' Somali TV Show Aimed To Change The World

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Thursday

Turkey Is Quietly Building Its Presence In Africa

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with local people in Port Sudan, Sudan, on Dec. 25, one of many locations in Africa the Turkish leader has visited recently. Kayhan Ozer/AP hide caption

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Turkey Is Quietly Building Its Presence In Africa

The Turkish have increased trade and aid to the continent, as well as building a major military base. Africa has natural resources that Turkey needs, including oil and gas.

Turkey Is Quietly Building Its Presence In Africa

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Somalis Grasp For Answers After 'Deadliest Single Attack Somalia Has Ever Faced'

Somali soldiers and rescue workers on Sunday inspect the scene of the truck bomb explosion in Mogadishu. Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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The Two-Way

Somalis Grasp For Answers After 'Deadliest Single Attack Somalia Has Ever Faced'

More than 300 people died in a truck bombing that rocked the country's capital on Saturday — and it's likely that staggering death toll will rise further. Amid the rubble, difficult questions remain.