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Cyril Ramaphosa is also facing the threat of impeachment over charges of alleged corruption and a story that centers on a sofa stuffed with cash.

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is wanted by a war-crimes tribunal in Sierra Leone. Taylor was forced into in Nigeria two years ago on the condition he stay out of regional affairs. But that's precisely what many claim Taylor is doing.

With 90 percent of the vote counted, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, a Harvard-trained economist, is leading in Liberia's runoff presidential election. Though no winner has been declared officially, Johnson-Sirleaf is outpacing millionaire soccer star George Weah and is poised to become Africa's first female leader. Ed Gordon talks about the runoff vote with Jeremy Levitt of Florida International University College of Law.

NPR's Michel Martin speak with author Sebastian Abbot about his book, The Away Game, The Epic Search for Soccer's Next Superstars.

Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Mauritania have a turbulent history. But they've created a joint bid to secure world heritage status for a food with deep roots and cultural meaning across the region.

With a mix of joyful, mournful and soulful music tens of thousands of South Africans and dozens of world leaders gathered in a huge soccer stadium to celebrate the country's emancipator. Nelson Mandela was remembered as an "incomparable force of leadership."

Countries all over the world are being impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. We hear how nations in the Middle East, Africa and Latin America are responding.

Post-abortion care is recognized as a solution to the public health problem of unsafe abortion. But in low-resource countries, such care is often unavailable.

Dr. Prabhjot Singh lives and works in Harlem, a neighborhood plagued by chronic disease. He thinks an African model of health care can help — training people in the community to be health educators.

New Yorker writer Alexis Okeowo wanted to get past standard journalistic narratives of war and tragedy and show people as flawed, complicated individuals in her new book, A Moonless, Starless Sky.