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In Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, the median age is 18. Many youth say their aging leaders are out of touch, yet the leading candidates in Saturday's presidential election are in their 70s.

Vin Gupta, a critical-care physician with military experience and a scientist at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, talks about the U.S., Mexico, South Africa and Afghanistan.

For 27 years, Nelson Mandela was imprisoned on Robben Island for his fight against South Africa's apartheid regime. Saki Macozoma served time on Robben Island alongside Mandela in the 1970s, and he joins Robert Siegel to remember Mandela, who died Thursday at age 95.

The militant group, Boko Haram, continues to heavily rely on children, especially girls, to carry out suicide bombings in northeast Nigeria and neighboring countries. NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Laurent Duvillier, chief spokesman for west and central Africa for UNICEF, about the organization's report, which found the number of child bombers has risen sharply in the past year.

A Baptist preacher has become the unlikely leader of a social media movement that's inspired Zimbabweans to protest against their authoritarian ruler and the collapsed economy.

The U.N. has set the goal of eliminating extreme poverty and reducing the toll of disease by 2030. But there's a surprising obstacle.

The law allows for a fine of up to $50,000, two years of jail time, or both, to be imposed on any person who intentionally publishes false information.

Rachel Martin talks to The Associated Press' Gerald Imray about a challenge to a rule that would force elite female athletes to artificially reduce their testosterone level to be eligible to compete.

With the Tokyo Games less than a week away, the positive tests are the first among athletes inside the Olympic Village.

Countries in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia are counting more cases of vaccine-derived polio. Researchers are developing a new vaccine to try to end the spread of the wild type of virus.