Nurith Aizenman
[Copyright 2024 NPR]
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No Lean Season had an ambitious plan: help tens of thousands of desperately poor farmhands in Bangladesh travel to the city to find jobs. So why are they proud to announce it's not working? -
Senegal's exquisite gold jewelry — and the complicated history of the women who wore it — are getting their due at an exhibit at the Smithsonian's Museum of African Art.
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Charities are clamoring for your money. We've got some advice to help you sort through the appeals. -
There are six separate steps in the video from Democratic Republic of the Congo — and that's not counting "abundantly" wetting your hands and lathering up.
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It's already the biggest outbreak in Congo's history. And Dr. Pierre Rollin of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says by many measures it's as if they're stuck at square one. -
Global health experts warn the Ebola epidemic in Democratic Republic of the Congo could soon enter a new phase. Ongoing conflict there prevents health workers from wiping out the disease.
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A new report says the U.S. has the 28th-highest rate in the world: 4.43 deaths due to gun violence per 100,000 people in 2017. By contrast, Bangladesh saw 0.07 deaths per 100,000 people.
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Health workers and other responders are threatened as often as three or four times a week in the country. And efforts to bring security are proving difficult. -
Almost every day, the Democratic Republic of the Congo issues regular reports on the Ebola situation, There are facts, figures — and today, a harrowing tale. -
WHO upgraded the risk factor to "very high" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Yet officials point to reasons for cautious optimism. -
Hurricane Florence caused more than a billion dollars' worth of damage to farms and livestock in North Carolina, including farms that grow sweet potatoes.
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As flooding continues in some parts of the Carolinas, people have been living in shelters for two weeks with little chance of going home anytime soon.
