2+ hour, 8+ min ago  (550+ words) Updated February 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM CST JOHANNESBURG, South Africa "There's a water crisis in South Africa's economic hub, Johannesburg, where taps in some areas have been dry for weeks and protests have broken out. Some Johannesburg residents haven't had a drop…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (935+ words) "One minute it's calm, the next you think you're about to die," she says of flying through the turbulent, ever-changing mountain weather in her home nation of Lesotho. But the 27-year-old is getting used to it. For the past year…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (458+ words) WASHINGTON " Warming temperatures are forcing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier and that's a big problem for two of the cute tuxedoed species that face extinction by the end of the century, a study said. With temperatures in the breeding ground…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (925+ words) Women's health is having a moment. From social media feeds and most-shared podcasts to movies, TV and news headlines, conversations about breast cancer, menopause, hormone therapy and more are officially mainstream. Yet while it's a welcome and long overdue cultural…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (468+ words) The South African government is scrambling to bring home 17 men who say they were deceived into fighting for Russia in Ukraine. It is not the first instance of Africans being lured into becoming mercenaries in the Russia-Ukraine war, as NPR's…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (710+ words) JOHANNESBURG, South Africa "President Trump has announced that no U.S. officials will attend the G20 Summit hosted by South Africa " the current rotating chair of the group of major world economies " in Johannesburg later this month, citing "human rights" concerns. Vice President…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (67+ words) NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Sharif Aly of the International Refugee Assistance Project about President Trump drastically slashing the number of refugees that can enter the U.S. Trump is slashing the number of refugees. What does that mean? NPR's Juana Summers…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (575+ words) The Trump administration is drastically cutting the number of refugees it will admit to the U.S., capping it at 7,500 for the current fiscal year. That's the lowest since the U.S. refugee program was established in 1980. The U.S. wants to primarily admit Afrikaners from…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago  (882+ words) ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar " Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina said he has fled the country in fear for his life following a military rebellion but did not announce his resignation in a speech broadcast on social media late Monday from an undisclosed location....

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (897+ words) JOHANNESBURG, South Africa " Youth-led protests are roiling countries in disparate parts of Africa, from the Indian Ocean to the Sahara, with members of so-called Generation Z " those under 28 years old " taking to the streets in frustration over years of poor…...