Africa

A boy waves the flag of his new homeland on the last flight of organized, large-scale emigration of Ethiopian Jews to Israel.

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Last Flight Of Ethiopia-To-Israel Jewish Migration Program

Emily Harris

After nearly 30 years, the program that brought thousands of Jews from Ethiopia to Israel has come to an end.

Nelson Mandela photographed during a lunch to Benefit the Mandela Children's Foundation in April 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa.

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Ailing Mandela Is Sent Home In Critical Condition

Scott Neuman

Doctors says the 95-year-old former South African president and anti-apartheid leader will be able to get the same level of intensive care at his residence in Johannesburg.

A portrait of former South African President Nelson Mandela with get well messages Saturday outside the hospital where he was treated for a lung infection.

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Mandela Is Released From The Hospital

L. Carol Ritchie

The former South African president went home from a hospital today and will continue to receive care for his recurring lung infection at his Johannesburg home.

In an image taken from video, South African President Jacob Zuma, left, sits with the ailing anti-apartheid icon Nelson Madela in April.

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Mandela Remains In 'Critical But Stable Condition'

Scott Neuman

The former South African president and anti-apartheid leader is still in a Pretoria hospital with a lung infection despite reports that he'd returned home.

Bombino On World Cafe

David Dye

Recorded with the help of The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, the Tuareg guitarist's latest album, Nomad, is packed with hypnotic and exciting guitar lines.

A prostitute in Johannesburg waits for a client on a street corner. An estimated two-thirds of sex workers in South Africa are HIV positive.

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In South Africa, A Clinic Focuses On Prostitutes To Fight HIV

Jason Beaubien

Treating sex workers infected with HIV can save their lives and reduce the odds that they will spread HIV to clients. To make it easier for prostitutes to get care, a university-run clinic in Johannesburg is located in a neighborhood where they work.

A nurse takes a blood sample from Nkosi Minenhle, 15, in a mobile clinic set up to test students for HIV at Madwaleni High School in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

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After Missteps In HIV Care, South Africa Finds Its Way

Jason Beaubien

The nation with the worst HIV epidemic on the planet is finally turning the corner on the disease. South Africa is simplifying AIDS care and giving antiviral drugs to nearly 2 million people every day.

For Jan Scannell, the classic South African boerewors is an emblem of national unity. Spices (nutmeg, clove, coriander) brought by former slaves from the East, sausage-making skills imported by settlers from the West, cooked in the classic African style: Over an open flame.

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'Braai Day' Aims To Bring S. Africans Together Over Barbecue

Gregory Warner

Jan Scannell is a 32-year-old former accountant with a dream: to establish a national holiday in South Africa like July 4 called Braai Day. Braai is a South African barbecue of meat or vegetables over wood embers.

Buika: Tiny Desk Concert

Felix Contreras

Concha Buika's voice doesn't come from inside her petite body: It comes from Africa, and from the past with obvious traces of flamenco.

Bernard Omondi got $1,000 from GiveDirectly.

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The Charity That Just Gives Money To Poor People

David Kestenbaum

There are no strings attached. People can spend the money on whatever they want, and they never have to pay it back.