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Cameroon will learn Monday whether its 92-year-old leader's decades-long rule will extend into an eighth term.

Zambia was due to host Rights Con, the world's biggest digital rights gathering, this week -- but abruptly canceled the event. Organizers blame Chinese pressure for the decision.

UK's parliament votes Tuesday on revisions to a controversial plan to deport undocumented migrants to Rwanda. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces revolt from hardliners in his own party.

Cape Verde, with its fine sandy beaches and turquoise waters, conjures images of an idyllic island getaway, but its capital played a major role in the transatlantic slave trade.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Libyan writer Khaled Mattawa. He translated a poem by Mustafa al-Trabelsi, who wrote about the flood risks in Libya before he died in them.

A combination of climate change and shifting trade practices has sent the price of rice soaring. This is problematic in many parts of the world, where the grain is the staple of regional diets.

Kenya has endured months of record rainfall with no sign the deluge will stop any time soon. With over 200 killed in flash floods, many Kenyans think the government has been slow to react.

Four days after tens of thousands of migrants crossed from Morocco into the small Spanish territory of Ceuta, the death toll continues to rise -- nearing 100.

Science writer Henry Fountain says the deadly quake that shook Alaska in 1964 was so loud some thought it was the beginning of World War III. His new book is The Great Quake.

Laetitia Tamko has found a way to cram all of the sounds that personally move her — pop, punk, trap, African music — into Vagabon. "I feel like I made an amazing record. Why can't I say that?"