Burkina Faso is facing massive internal displacement because of violence. The United Nations reports more than 100,000 people have been displaced this year in the West African nation
For more than a decade, Mogadishu has struggled against Islamist al-Shabab militants. Somali authorities say attacks tripled in March, with 15 bombings in just a week’s time
Cameroon was once the 12th largest coffee producer in the world, but it is now in 31st place, as production sank from 156,000 tons in 1990 to barely 25,000 today. While exports still dominate, Cameroon is looking to domestic coffee consumption to help boost production
Ivanka Trump was in Ivory Coast Wednesday as part of a tour of the African continent to promote a U.S. initiative to encourage women’s employment in developing countries.Trump met with female cocoa farmers at an agricultural cooperative before speaking at a summit in the capital
Zimbabwean poet Likhwa kaNcube, who recently scooped a top NAMA Award, has a sizzling song, Nomalanga. He teamed up with veteran artiste Nkululeko Dube of Inkululeko Yabatsha School of Arts. One word about this song – VOA NEWS Featured Image: Musician Playing Guitar by Linnaea Mallette is Licensed Under CC0 Public Domain
Nicaragua’s Crisis Continues a Year After Anti-Government Demonstrations.The protests led to some of the worst violence in Nicaragua in recent years, and the Central American country has yet to recover.
This Thursday, Zimbabwe’s president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, will preside over the country’s 39th independence celebrations
Tech toys used to be their own category at the toy store, but just as technology has become unavoidable in day-to-day life, so too has it become more integrated into toys for children
A day after Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral was transformed into an inferno, hundreds of millions of dollars have already been pledged to rebuild one of the world’s most iconic monuments. Precious objects it housed have been saved
A young Rwandan woman, who is an albino, has appeared in a music video that has attracted widespread attention and has helped alleviate the fears and stigma attached to albinos in Africa