In February 2017, Italy and Libya signed an agreement to try to slow the arrival of migrants across the Mediterranean from Africa to Europe, with Italy giving logistical and financial support to Libya's coast guard. Since then, migrant sea arrivals in Europe have declined, and so have drownings, but many migrants returned to Libya face abusive detention.
The United States is considering a stepped-up military presence in Africa to pursue ISIS jihadists looking for new havens after the fall of their "caliphate," American officials say.
The far-right identitarian group Defend Europe plans to take a ship close to the coast of North Africa, where humanitarian groups rescue migrants. But it's running into difficulties trying to get there.
Nubians are descendants of an ancient African civilization as old as Egypt itself. Their historical homeland, Nubia, stretches along the Nile covering present-day southern Egypt and northern Sudan.
Black people say they are being targeted in Libya, where the European Union is spending millions of euros to bolster the country’s capacity for preventing migrants from crossing the Mediterranean to Europe.
During a chaotic rescue operation off Libya’s coast on Tuesday, coast guard vessels fired gunshots in the air and boarded a boat filled with migrants trying to leave.
Journalists and academics across the globe see alarming parallels between the US and deeply troubled countries whose leaders go after those who investigate them.
When people immigrate to the US, they not only leave behind family and friends, they leave behind the sights, scents and flavors of home. Reporter Hana Baba went back to Sudan to find her favorite soda, unmatched by any in the US.
With the youth unemployment rate in Italy at 44 percent, competition for jobs pits native Italians against Eritreans, Sudanese and Syrians fleeing war and repression.
The far-right identitarian group Defend Europe plans to take a ship close to the coast of North Africa, where humanitarian groups rescue migrants. But it's running into difficulties trying to get there.
Nubians are descendants of an ancient African civilization as old as Egypt itself. Their historical homeland, Nubia, stretches along the Nile covering present-day southern Egypt and northern Sudan.
Three years ago, a Tunisian architect was blogging anti-government sentiments anonymously from Paris. His views reflected those protesters in Tunisia who ushered in the Arab Spring. Today, the Tunisian blogger and cartoonist is still very much a part of the conversation about the future of his country. But he's still anonymous, and waiting hopefully for real political change to take place in his country.
A poll in 18 Middle Eastern and North African countries gave Hillary Clinton a whopping 35-point lead. But 47 percent would pick neither her nor Donald Trump if they had a chance to vote.
Weeks after Donald Trump welcomed him to the White House and praised his good work, Egypt's Abdul Fattah al-Sisi quietly gave himself new powers that judges and rights groups say threaten whatever Egyptian court independence remains.
Londoners woke up to a surprise this morning — clouds of Saharan dust. It was an unwelcome complication for busy Londoners heading off to work and school.
Dozens of people were killed during an attack on a beach-side resort popular with tourists in Sousse, Tunisia, on Friday — in a string of attacks attributed to ISIS.
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Lifestyle & Belief
Sudan's pride is a soda that tastes like, well, whatever you think it tastes like
PRI's The World
May 16, 2014
When people immigrate to the US, they not only leave behind family and friends, they leave behind the sights, scents and flavors of home. Reporter Hana Baba went back to Sudan to find her favorite soda, unmatched by any in the US.
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Global Politics
In job-hungry Italy, neo-Fascists await young migrants
The GroundTruth Project
October 29, 2014
With the youth unemployment rate in Italy at 44 percent, competition for jobs pits native Italians against Eritreans, Sudanese and Syrians fleeing war and repression.
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Conflict
This group wants to ‘defend Europe’ from migrants at sea
PRI's The World
July 27, 2017
The far-right identitarian group Defend Europe plans to take a ship close to the coast of North Africa, where humanitarian groups rescue migrants. But it's running into difficulties trying to get there.
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Culture
Egypt’s indigenous Nubians continue their long wait to return to ancestral lands
GlobalPost
July 24, 2017
Nubians are descendants of an ancient African civilization as old as Egypt itself. Their historical homeland, Nubia, stretches along the Nile covering present-day southern Egypt and northern Sudan.
The Mark of Z, a Tunisian satirist who's still under cover
Global Politics
Three years on, an anonymous Tunisian satirist is still waiting for a political revolution in his country
PRI's The World
December 17, 2013
Updated
Three years ago, a Tunisian architect was blogging anti-government sentiments anonymously from Paris. His views reflected those protesters in Tunisia who ushered in the Arab Spring. Today, the Tunisian blogger and cartoonist is still very much a part of the conversation about the future of his country. But he's still anonymous, and waiting hopefully for real political change to take place in his country.
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Global Politics
Arab countries are underwhelmed by Clinton, but most prefer her to Trump
GlobalPost
November 04, 2016
A poll in 18 Middle Eastern and North African countries gave Hillary Clinton a whopping 35-point lead. But 47 percent would pick neither her nor Donald Trump if they had a chance to vote.
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Justice
The Egyptian ruler Trump calls 'fantastic' is now strengthening his power over the courts
GlobalPost
May 09, 2017
Updated
Weeks after Donald Trump welcomed him to the White House and praised his good work, Egypt's Abdul Fattah al-Sisi quietly gave himself new powers that judges and rights groups say threaten whatever Egyptian court independence remains.
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Global Politics
An American millionaire works to rescue migrants off the coast of Italy
PRI's The World
February 23, 2015
This American millionaire set up the first privately-funded search and rescue operation in the waters off of North Africa.
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Science, Tech & Environment
London commuters deal with a new hardship — clouds of African dust
PRI's The World
April 02, 2014
Londoners woke up to a surprise this morning — clouds of Saharan dust. It was an unwelcome complication for busy Londoners heading off to work and school.
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Conflict
Tunisia suffers worst terrorist attack in recent history
PRI's The World
June 26, 2015
Dozens of people were killed during an attack on a beach-side resort popular with tourists in Sousse, Tunisia, on Friday — in a string of attacks attributed to ISIS.