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A record 32 countries are participating in this year's Women's World Cup - up from 24. When FIFA announced the increase in 2019, people were worried the quality of the soccer tournament would suffer.

Why is Sudan so prone to civil war? The country has suffered from internal conflict for well over half of its 67 years of independence. Two generals are threatening to unleash another civil war.

Investigative journalist Daniel Ojukwu has been arrested by police and held without charge for over a week, drawing criticism from advocacy groups over a worsening climate for independent journalism.

The High Atlas Mountains run east to west across central Morocco. They're some of the wildest, most remote places in North Africa. Here's an audio postcard from a trek in the area.

What effect does climate change have on food scarcity in the U.S. and abroad? NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Tim Searchinger, a researcher on energy and the environment.

Fighting with M23 rebels in eastern Congo has left at least 13 peacekeepers and foreign soldiers dead. M23 has made significant territorial gains in recent weeks, encircling the eastern city of Goma.

In the period after the Civil War, former slaves were made promises of equality and citizenship by the federal government. Historian Eric Foner analyzes the fate of those promises in Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction.

Hundreds of Nigeria’s best and brightest young people attend universities around the world as part of that country’s Petroleum Technology Development…

Tony Award-winning theater, craft beer, and a chance to help fight crime and cancer are on tap this weekend on the First Coast.Friday, February 21 -…

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has appointed several women to senior government posts, part of a wave of reforms since he came into office last April.