Apple pie samosas for Thanksgiving? In East Africa, these fried treats are a hit.

As Afghans flee Taliban rule, some find a temporary new home in Uganda

Coronavirus — and locusts — threaten Kenya’s food security

Ugandan archbishop breaks with tradition to promote birth control during pandemic

‘Intersex’ is counted in Kenya’s census — but is this a victory?

In Uganda, a refugee camp becomes a city

The group behind Nairobi’s recent terror attack recruits young people from many faiths. Officials can’t stop it.

Tanzanian president bluntly attacks contraception, saying high birth rates are good for economy

Ugandan traffic safety campaign uses social media to shame unsafe drivers

Amid drought and pests, can GMOs save Uganda’s farmers?

Ethnic tensions threaten to engulf post-election Kenya. This activist sees a way out.

23 women have been murdered in these Ugandan towns since May. Police blame witchcraft.

Kenya’s disputed election re-run turns violent

Pentagon looks at stepping up its role in Africa to counter ISIS

A big truck bomb strikes outside a hotel in Somalia’s capital

Where using plastic bags can land you a $38,000 fine

After witnessing police shoot protesters, Kenyan rapper Octopizzo says ‘who will speak out if I don’t?’

Student journalists in Kenya’s largest slum have their own stories about the country’s elections

Kenyans worry ‘fake news’ might spark more election violence

Homo sapiens are 100,000 years older than we thought

Somalis walk for days searching for food and water while al-Shabab blocks aid

A mother who lost her son in Somalia brings his journals to life in a film

This South Sudanese school trained a medical corps amid civil war. Then the gunmen arrived.

For Somali immigrants, the generational divide plays out through music

Five important news stories that aren’t about Donald Trump

What a solar eclipse and laser physics could teach us about malaria-carrying mosquitoes

Muthoni the Drummer Queen rules Kenya’s music scene

The joy of cooking — with cow dung

Meet the Maasai women of Laikipia, in photos

How does your life stack up against a Kenyan woman’s?

Tanzania is trying to turn the charcoal trade from an enemy to a friend of the forest

With Obama traveling in Africa, you may be hearing stories about … donkeys?

Obama is visiting Addis Ababa, but do you know where it is?

Let’s take a look at the state of Islamic terrorism in Kenya as Obama prepares to visit

‘Every time I hold a drum…I feel like happiness is going to kill me’

Saving teen girls from early marriage — and mutilation

Fighting the ‘funk:’ How one Kenyan battles her mental health problems by helping others

If you have a meeting in Ethiopia, you’d better double check the time

How to walk on ice, and other essential winter-survival tips for newcomers to America

Kenya is thousands of miles away from the Ebola outbreak, but tourists are still staying away

Kenya considers its security on the anniversary of the Westgate mall siege

Should we harm captive great apes in order to save wild ones?

A couple moved to Rwanda to raise their kids, start a restaurant, and rebuild the country

An African slum lacked cash, so people made their own

Kenya’s former prime minister criticizes the security forces’ response to the Westgate mall shootings last month

How a childhood in Somalia helped one guy co-star with Tom Hanks in ‘Captain Phillips’

When you buy ivory, you may be funding al-Shabab terrorists

Should the US be able to pursue terrorists wherever they are found?

Kenyan military accused of turning Westgate mall siege into shopping spree

Meet the Kenyan hero who fought terrorists and rescued dozens

How the extremist group al-Shabab looks for recruits

Kenyan cartoonist Igah Smuigai captures the grisly standoff at the Westgate Mall

When there’s no 911, Kenya tweets for help

Nairobi Reels as Militant Shopping Mall Siege Continues

As U.S., NATO mull military action against Syria, questions raised about legality

U.S. Extends Closure of Some Embassies & Diplomatic Posts

Among Kenya’s Maasai, traditional ways are falling to climate change

Asian market in Missouri becomes hub of many different immigrant communities

Two years after Arab Spring, revolutionary prospects still linger

U.S. ambassador to Libya killed in violent attack on American consulate