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President Obama spoke to young Africans who were held up as future leaders during this week's Africa Summit.

'Are You, Like, African-AMERICAN Or AFRICAN-American?'

Black people who are more recent immigrants to the United States are often seen very differently than are blacks who are native-born — as reactions to a recent speech from President Obama remind us.

Girindra Nath Jha returned to his boyhood village of Chanka. Now he's teaching farming and English — and he's started a writer's retreat.

Big City Escapee Is Living In A Mud Hut — And Loving It

Most young people in the tiny Indian village of Chanka dream of life in the big city. But Girindra Nath Jha gave up his New Delhi life to return to his birthplace.

U.S., Russia Talks Try To Find A Path Forward After Syria Attack

President Trump talked a lot about having a better relationship with Russia, but that changed last week when Trump ordered missile strikes after Syria's apparent use of chemical weapons on civilians.

What Does Failed Repeal Of Affordable Care Act Mean For Current Health Care Law?

House Republicans have backed away from the American Health Care Act. Mary Agnes Carey, senior correspondent at Kaiser Health News, breaks down what this means for the current health care law

Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo is a social media personality. He's also the leader of the paramilitary group that attacked thousands of pro-democracy protesters on June 3, leaving more than a 100 dead.

Why Facebook Won't Kick Off A Warlord

Facebook banned far-right extremist Alex Jones. But it won't remove from the platform the warlord Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, even though he oversaw the killing of more than 100 people in Sudan.

Samuel Swedi, 22, is an electrical engineering student at Goma University in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He doesn't have a textbook — just whatever notes he has written in his notebook.

In Congo, Ebola Is Just One More Thing To Worry About

For a variety of reasons, the people in eastern Congo are skeptical about the international efforts to quash the Ebola crisis that has claimed 2,000 lives so far.

Critics Discuss Hits And Misses At The Toronto International Film Festival

NPR's Bob Mondello and film critic Joelle Monique discuss what they liked and what's newsworthy at the still-in-progress Toronto International Film Festival.

Week In Politics: Impeachment Inquiry Developments

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with E.J. Dionne of the Brookings Institution and Mary Katharine Ham of CNN about this week's developments in the impeachment inquiry against President Trump.

Wheelchair basketball player, Malat Lueth Wei, 25, is featured in the short documentary<em> No Limits</em> about bringing the sport to South Sudan.

Hoop Dreams Come True For South Sudanese Wheelchair Player

Malat Lueth Wei, a top wheelchair basketball player who has helped introduce the sport to his homeland, is featured in a new short documentary.

The Food and Drug Administration has seen a sharp increase in applications for drug to treat rare diseases. An oversight report found problems with how agency is handling them.

FDA Faulted For Lapses In Orphan Drug Program

The Government Accountability Office found breakdowns in the way the Food and Drug Administration evaluates drugs for rare diseases. The analysis came after an investigation by Kaiser Health News.

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