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African TV execs say it's unlike any show for kids that's been produced and broadcast on the continent — especially with its focus on women presenters and scientists.

The new PBS documentary "Made in Ethiopia" explores China's increasing investment footprint in Africa through three women whose lives are deeply affected by the largest industrial park in Ethiopia.

The Anopheles stephensi is a well-known malaria mosquito, but still sort of new in Ethiopia, where it has caused dramatic, out-of-season outbreaks in ill-equipped cities, new research shows.

Students have posted the names of accused rapists on Facebook. And a judge sparks a furor with Facebook messages that seem to say rape is part of black culture.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Andrew Lebovich, a Sahel expert at the European Council on Foreign Relations, about the coup in Burkina Faso and other similar ones to hit the region.

A newly released video by Boko Haram reaffirms the group's allegiance to ISIS and says their campaign of violence continues.

Scientists have found the oldest-known footprints outside Africa, dating from between 800,000 and 1 million years ago, on a beach facing the North Sea.

It's Art Month in Nigeria — and a highlight is the celebration of art that is Art X, a wide-ranging fair that highlights "Black portraiture" as well as other creations from the continent.

Fiston Mwanza Mujila's novel, Tram 83, is a freewheeling tale about life in an imaginary place inspired by the author's home country, the Democratic Republic of Congo. Critic John Powers has a review.