Business, Economics and Jobs
PRI's The World
May 22, 2017
The Asian giant is opening its first overseas military base, in Djibouti. Pay attention to this theme: China’s future foreign military bases will almost certainly begin as appendages to commercial ports.
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Health & Medicine
How Cuba is leading the international fight against Ebola
PRI's The World
October 17, 2014
It was a rare political moment: the US Secretary of State paying a compliment to Cuba. But that’s what happened Friday when John Kerry commended Cuba's role in West Africa, where the island nation has sent more health workers than any other country — and plans to send even more in the coming weeks.
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Development & Education
As the Ebola crisis rages, West African villagers are warned away from fruit bats
PRI's The World
August 13, 2014
Scientists are warning West African villagers to stop hunting bush meat and to stay away from fruit bats as they circle in a possible animal source for the latest Ebola outbreak. The Ebola virus lives in fruit bats, scientists believe, and is threatening communities who are already facing the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history.
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Health & Medicine
Part IV: The Infectious Connection
PRI's The World
December 06, 2012
Cancer can be triggered by infectious diseases, especially in impoverished parts of the world. Scientists in the US and Africa are working to unravel how viruses and bacteria cause malignancies.
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Arts, Culture & Media
Rastafarians in Ethiopia
PRI's The World
November 01, 2011
Ethiopia has a small slice of the Caribbean in it. 60 years ago, Emperor Haile Selassie set aside 500 acres for western Blacks who wanted to return to Africa. Hundreds of Rastafarians have taken up the offer but they haven't always been welcome.
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Arts, Culture & Media
South Africa is a 'less equal place' now than under apartheid, author says
PRI's The World
January 14, 2015
Updated
Author Katherine Newman says there are huge parallels between the legacy of apartheid and that of racial segregation in post-Civil War America. And she says young South Africans still believe in democracy, but corruption and inequality are tarnishing hopes for continued change.
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Arts, Culture & Media
Game of Thrones is an amazing way to understand what's happening in Libya
PRI's The World
June 16, 2014
How is HBO's Game of Thrones like Libya? Let me count the ways.
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Arts, Culture & Media
Ethiopia's Economy Benefits from Returning Diaspora
PRI's The World
February 20, 2013
As Ethiopia's economy grows, Ethiopians who had moved abroad are now returning home. Some have come back out of a sense of patriotism, while others have returned to make money.
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Conflict & Justice
A gay rights activist from Uganda gets the green light for political asylum
PRI's The World
September 17, 2014
Ugandan gay rights activist John Abdallah Wambere faced death threats after he was outed in his own country. Now the US has granted him political asylum, and he's celebrating — but still dreaming of walking safely with his daughter in the streets of his hometown.
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Health & Medicine
West Africans have another virus to worry about — Lassa fever
PRI's The World
November 04, 2014
Hospitals in West Africa are preparing to receive patients infected with Lassa fever, but the ongoing Ebola outbreak means that’s no easy task. The virus, which emerges regularly, tends to spike in January and February and presents with symptoms very similarly to the Ebola virus.
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Arts, Culture & Media
This male rapper in Burkina Faso is trying to help stop female genital mutilation
PRI's The World
March 13, 2015
"Smockey" is a male rapper from Burkina Faso, and he's dealing out some serious lyrics about the all-too-common practice of female genital mutilation. His latest song, "Tomber la Lame," or "Drop the Blade," is a plea for his fellow countrymen to stop FGM.