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South Africa's president is on the ropes after a controversial reshuffle of his cabinet replaced a respected finance minister with an unknown. Support from the all-powerful unions is wavering.

Hundreds of people were detained in an effort to end the recent anti-foreigner violence that has swept South Africa. Renee Montagne talks to David Smith, the Africa correspondent for The Guardian.

Robert Redford starred in "The Sting," "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "Out of Africa," and dozens of other movies.

A trending hashtag on Twitter invites people to personify countries in Africa with various schoolyard archetypes.

The Horn of Africa is where al Qaeda first made its mark, including the U.S. embassy bombings in East Africa and the suicide attack on the U.S.S. Cole in Yemen. Many fear continued instability makes Somalia a safe haven and transit point for Islamic extremists.

The rate at which the ice is shrinking at the ocean's edge in the West Antarctic has increased by 70 percent over the past decade, an analysis of satellite measurements suggests.

For example, June's average was up 1.62 F. A couple of degrees may not sound like much, but it's persistent warming over decades that alters the atmosphere, the oceans, and most everything else.

A dolphin being trained by the Navy to find underwater mines recently made a surprising discovery: a 130-year-old brass torpedo, lying dormant at the bottom of the ocean. Host Rachel Martin talks with Chris Harris, chief of operations for the Navy's Marine Mammal Program, about the find.

In an on overview published ahead of its full report, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that 2021 ranked the third costliest on record for such events.

Many experts had thought sharks didn't exist in the frigid waters of Antarctica.