Kate Bartlett
Stories
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NPR's global correspondents report on the effect of USAID's humanitarian funding cuts
Correspondents in Kyiv, Mumbai, Johannesburg, and Mexico City give examples of the effects of the Trump administration's gutting of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
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South Africa hits back at Trump's claims that it's 'confiscating land'
The South African government has hit back at Trump's allegations of land grabs. He said the U.S. would cut aid over the "massive human rights violation" committed against "certain classes of people."
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Rwandan-backed rebels take control of Goma
Rwandan-backed rebels declare they are now in control of the key eastern Congolese city of Goma, as their troops continue to claim more territory in the mineral rich region.
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Sudan's brutal war has left more than half a million people facing famine condition
The Sudanese army say the war has reached a "turning point." But with accusations of human rights abuses -- and even genocide -- there's still no end in sight for Sudan's devastating conflict.
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The desperate operation to rescue illegal miners trapped in a shaft in South Africa
A rescue operation is underway to bring up the miners who are still alive after a two-month standoff in South Africa between police and illegal miners. They'll recover the bodies of those who died.
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South Africa's illegal gold miners are locked in an underground standoff with police
Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long standoff with police in the darkness of a disused gold mine.
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Zama Zamas test South African government's promise to crack down on illegal mining
South African police have been in a stand off outside an abandoned gold mine with hundreds of illegal miners who are holding out underground. The situation is getting desperate.
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Prestigious Lasker Prize awarded to South African scientists
Husband and wife researchers Salim Abdool Karim and Quarraisha Abdool Karim were named winners of the Lasker Award for public service in recognition for their groundbreaking research on HIV.
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'America's Nobel' goes to a power couple who made a startling discovery about HIV
This year's Lasker Prize for public service goes to South African researchers Salim and Quarraisha Abdool-Karim. The married couple made a startling discovery about HIV — and did something about it.
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From convict to cabinet: South Africa’s new sports minister promotes gangland motorsport
South Africa's new sports minister once drove getaway cars in bank heists. Now he's in government, with plans to bring the dangerous pass time of car spinning out of the shadows and into the mainstream.
