West Africa

Friday June 27, 2014

A Doctor Tries To Save A 9-Year-Old Stricken With Ebola

Workers with Doctors Without Borders prepare isolation and treatment areas for Ebola patients in Gueckedou, Guinea. Kjell Gunnar Beraas/AP hide caption

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A Doctor Tries To Save A 9-Year-Old Stricken With Ebola

June 27, 2014 • The child was brought to a treatment center in the back of a pickup truck with his dying mother. Doctors knew his condition was dire. But they thought that maybe they could save him.

Thursday June 26, 2014

Ebola's Surge Requires 'Drastic Action' To Stop

Doctors Without Borders workers transport a body at a center for victims of the Ebola virus in Guekedou, Guinea, in April. Seyllou/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Ebola's Surge Requires 'Drastic Action' To Stop

June 26, 2014 • Cases of Ebola continue to mount in West Africa in the largest outbreak of the disease ever recorded. Public health officials are concerned the viral disease could spread farther.

Wednesday June 25, 2014

Could The Ebola Outbreak Spread To Europe Or The U.S.?

On the lookout for SARS, an employee checks a baby's temperature at the Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, in 2003. The deadly virus quickly spread around the world once it reached Hong Kong, a central travel hub. Nir Elias/Reuters/Landov hide caption

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Could The Ebola Outbreak Spread To Europe Or The U.S.?

June 25, 2014 • The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa is the deadliest in history. And it's spreading in a city with an international airport. So what's the risk of a sick traveler bringing the virus to the West?

Friday June 20, 2014

A UNICEF field worker talks to villagers in Liberia's Foya District about how to prevent Ebola disease. Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA/Landov hide caption

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West Africa Is 'Overwhelmed' By Ebola

June 20, 2014 • The sheer number of places where Ebola is popping up — in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia — puts a strain on medical workers. They're still trying to control the outbreak that began in February.

Saturday April 26, 2014

African Food With A Twist: Dakar Pop-Up Restaurant Raises The Bar

Magida Safaoui, right, and an assistant plate tomatoes at a Trio Toques event in April. Safaoui helps out the three chefs who run the restaurant. Doreen Akiyo Yomoah for NPR hide caption

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African Food With A Twist: Dakar Pop-Up Restaurant Raises The Bar

April 26, 2014 • Three chefs in Senegal are helping put West Africa on the culinary map. They move their monthly pop-up restaurant around Dakar, introducing diners to new takes on familiar ingredients like the peanut.

Monday March 24, 2014

Ebola Breaks Out In West Africa For The First Time

The fatality rate in an Ebola outbreak ranges from 25 percent to 90 percent, depending on the particular strain of the virus involved. Cynthia Goldsmith/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hide caption

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Ebola Breaks Out In West Africa For The First Time

March 24, 2014 • A deadly form of Ebola has killed 59 people in Guinea. Early reports suggested the disease had spread to other neighboring countries. But none of the more far-flung cases have been confirmed.

Thursday February 7, 2013

NPR Public Editor

When Reporting From An African 'Village' Is Imperial Arrogance – And Not

February 7, 2013 • NPR has been covering the recent conflict in Mali from on the ground. But when a listener heard several places being called "villages," she asked why the images of primitiveness. NPR's West Africa correspondent answered.