To commemorate International Day of the Girl Child, Erin Ogunkeye welcomes South Sudanese activists Oyella and Agnès Comfort, whose commitment and work with the displaced and survivors of gender-based ...

UNION COUNTY, SC — A 21-year-old man, Zaedan Mack Hill, has been arrested and charged with the murder of Kiran Patel, a 49-year-old woman, who was killed during a robbery at her gas station store on ...

The United Nations' food aid agency warns that severe funding cuts are impacting its operations in six countries. Nearly 14 million people could face emergency levels of hunger. The World ...

Once forbidden and nearly erased under colonial rule, the ancient N|uu language survives today through the determination of ...

ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Authorities on Monday identified the three men and a woman who were killed during a weekend mass shooting at a bar on a South Carolina island. At least 20 other people ...

Just 20 years ago, Natalie Grabow was learning to swim. Now she's hailed as an inspiration after winning her age group at the ...

The Sudan Emergency Response Rooms was considered a front-runner for the Nobel Peace Prize winner this year and last. Here's ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Brittney Denise Sparks of Sudan Archives about her new album The BPM. She talks about how discovering the electric violin in her teens changed things for her.