About 1.2 million people around the world are killed in traffic accidents every year, according to the World Health Organization. Kenya has some of the world's worst road fatality sta...
290 viewsMany say the Nigerian tradition of cutting what appear to be stripes or patterns into children's faces is a dying art. VOA's Heather Murdock reports that some parents...
233 viewsContemporary art in Kenya is facing challenges. Art education in schools is lacking, and the art market, dominated by tourists and expatriates, tends to stifle experimentation. Despite this, two young...
246 viewsTen years after the end of the civil war in Angola, the country still remains, despite its best efforts, one of the most unexploded mine-affected countries in the world. The African nation was due to...
314 viewsAs Angola is experiencing one of the fastest growing economies in the word, its capital city, Luanda, is facing a dramatic transformation. It has become a land of opportunity for some westerners, but...
240 viewsWhen Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos is inaugurated for another term in office, many in the province of Cabinda are not expected to join the celebrations. The oil-rich region continues to de...
218 viewsIn Ghana, mental illness is widely thought to be a spiritual matter -- and so-called "prayer camps" fill the vacuum left by inadequate psychiatric health facilities. ...
248 viewsWith one of the world's highest crime rates, South Africa often jails women prisoners who are pregnant. Their babies grow up behind bars, a traumatic experience for innocent children...
211 viewsThe Central African Republic is in the midst of a health crisis seen only in disaster zones. In some places it is the result of conflict. But as VOA's East Africa Correspondent Gabe...
240 viewsSewage treatment plants around the world are beginning to put value on waste, turning it into a marketable resource. Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant in Washington is the largest facili...
278 viewsMore than a century ago, as European powers competed for Africa's resources, ancient art treasures from an ancient kingdom were stolen. Heather Murdock reports for VOA from Benin Cit...
203 viewsIn the sport of football (soccer), South Africa is in the spotlight as it prepares to host the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament this weekend. The Tan Academy is capitalizing on the popularity...
254 viewsAfter yet another deadly holiday season on South Africa's roads, the government is calling on citizens to do more to prevent accidents - especially as more than half the accidents wer...
263 viewsMore than a hundred young Nigerians are teaming up with Google to add restaurants, markets, hospitals and other attractions in the Nigerian capital to Google Maps. For VOA, Heather Murdock reports fr...
230 viewsIn South Africa, traditional healers known, as sangomas [Zulu word], are deeply entrenched in the culture. So much so that a 2012 court case affirmed that workers can be allowed extended absences to c...
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