Africa

The country of Rwanda is still recovering from the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. The country is going through a period of healing and recovery while rebuilding the social and political systems that collapsed during that period.

How does a new nonprofit measure success? How about saving lives? Connecting kids to education, food and healthcare? That's exactly what's happening with the Boda Girls program.

Its was warm and balmy in early June in Idaho, but half a world away one Idaho reporter was freezing cold on the side of an African mountain.

How does a new nonprofit measure success? How about saving lives? Connecting kids to education, food and healthcare? To that end, it’s difficult to imagine a more successful first-year effort than that of the flourishing Boda Girls program.

Idaho Matters takes a trip to South Africa to study giraffes and find out how researchers tell them apart.

An interview with Dipo Faloyin, debut author of Africa is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent. In the book, Faloyin explores the youth-led cultural and political movements that are defining and reimagining Africa on their own terms.Program note: This is the second half of a two-part interview.

An interview with Dipo Faloyin, debut author of Africa is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent. In the book, Faloyin explores the youth-led cultural and political movements that are defining and reimagining Africa on their own terms.

Gregory Ripke will be heading to Uganda as the Peace Corps restarts operations after the COVID-19 shutdown.

Dr. Rhiana Menen is the very definition of a caregiver. She’s a surgeon for the St. Luke’s Health System, where she has changed the lives of countless families. And her passion for bringing care to medically underserved populations has also taken her far from Idaho.

Zoo Boise broke ground on a new exhibit last week, highlighting their partnership with a wildlife park in Africa.Zoo Boise has been working with Gorongosa…