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...
286 viewsDaily life in the slums of Nairobi is a constant struggle - with people trying to scrape together money for food, rent, and school fees. And the slums were most affected by the 2007 Kenyan post-electi...
296 viewsChildren and teens living on the streets of Nairobi lead dismal lives. They are targets of harassment from the police, city council and society at large. Many of them do drugs. Girls, especially, ar...
236 viewsBritain's High Court has wrapped up a hearing on whether a case involving torture in colonial-era Kenya can go to trial. Nearly 50 years ago amidst Kenya's struggle ...
237 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...
245 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 viewsWhile doing marine conservation projects at the Kenyan coast several years ago, one woman observed children making toys out of flip-flops that were washing up on shore. So she started a business to ma...
208 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 viewsA large percentage of people killed by malaria each year are in Nigeria, and the disease is the country's number one killer of small children. Health officials say modern life-saving...
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