African leaders from the Great Lakes region are meeting Thursday to find a solution to fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo between the armed forces and M23 militants. VOA East Africa Correspo...
196 viewsA string of violent attacks being blamed on Boko Haram militants in Nigeria has security analysts worried the group is growing stronger. While the Nigerian government says it's handl...
188 viewsAt least three African nations are looking to add nuclear power to their grid. Kenya and Nigeria want to establish nuclear energy. South Africa, the only sub-Saharan nation with nuclear facilities, is...
218 viewsDozens of British music stars have come together to record a new version of the song ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ to raise money for the fight against Ebola. But as Henry Ridgwell reports from...
195 viewsIn its five-year effort to impose Islamic law in northeastern Nigeria, the Boko Haram extremist group has killed thousands of people and forced hundreds of thousands to flee. Some of those who ran fo...
226 viewsSix months ago, Bentiu was a ghost town. The capital of northern Unity State, near South Sudan’s important oil fields, had changed hands several times in fighting between government forces and rebel...
207 viewsKenyan farmers are starting to pull out fields of khat -- a leafy green plant chewed as a stimulant in the Horn of Africa and in some Arab states. More countries are banning the import and sale of th...
164 viewsIn one of Nairobi's most impoverished slums, some residents board computer bus to better future. Lenny Ruvaga reports from Kawangware. Originally published at - http://www.voanews....
177 viewsThe rebel-held areas of Sudan's Nuba Mountains have been under blockade since the start of a civil war In 2011 -- with the Sudanese government denying all access for food, supplies an...
178 viewsKenya's usually popular beachside tourist destination of Mombasa is seeing a much slower holiday season this year due to fears of insecurity as the country has suffered from a string ...
208 viewsAt least 200 Zimbabwean refugees who’d found shelter at Johannesburg's Central Methodist Church face an uncertain future after being ordered, by church authorities, to pack up and g...
249 viewsThe recent collapse of two buildings in Kenya's capital has raised concerns about building safety in the country. Government regulators have been making the rounds to inspect construc...
287 viewsWith a groundbreaking solar farm spanning a river in Beirut set to start pumping out power in a matter of weeks, Lebanon is declaring its green ambitions. But the fight to solve the country’s consta...
291 viewsUS Secretary of State John Kerry visited Nigeria Sunday in a show of the level of concern within the U.S. and the international community over next month’s presidential election. Chris Stein reports...
162 viewsNigerian expatriates, activists recently gathered in Washington to denounce deadly raids and massacres by militant group Boko Haram, and some urged that next month’s presidential polls be delayed. M...
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