#voanews.com. × Somali president makes surprise visit to Ethiopia amid strained relations. Prior to the trip to Addis Ababa, Mohamud visited Uganda for a continental summit on agricultural development
#Jan.11.2025 ×
#voanews.com. × Sudan’s military retakes strategic city from RSF rebels. Retaking Wad Medani is another major blow to the RSF, which has suffered battlefield losses in recent months
#Jan.11.2025 ×
#voanews.com. × France starts 2025 with fresh controversy, questions over Africa. As French influence in former colonies fades, some call for a longer-term vision
#Jan.11.2025 ×
#voanews.com. × Ethiopia relaunches securities exchange to lure investors. The exchange returns after a 50-year absence
#Jan.11.2025 ×
#voanews.com. × Russia claims there is no famine in Sudan as millions suffer from acute food shortages. The Famine Review Committee report on Sudan is backed by expert investigation and analysis proving millions are in acute need of food.
#Jan.11.2025 ×
#voanews.com. × Nigerian president orders probe into Borno military base attack. Six soldiers died in the attack
#Jan.10.2025 ×
#voanews.com. × Trump's return sparks renewed hope among Nigerian separatists. Some view him as potential ally, though it’s unclear if he has any interest in the cause
#Jan.10.2025 ×
#voanews.com. × Report says Ethiopia forces military recruitment, including minors. Local rights groups report government is forcefully recruiting people into military, including children
#Jan.10.2025 ×
#voanews.com. × VOA Creole: Haiti, Benin sign bilateral agreement. Haiti and Benin have agreed to cooperate on security, education and scientific research. Haiti's minister of foreign affairs, Jean-Victor Harvel Jean-Baptiste, signed the memorandum for a period of fiv
#Jan.09.2025 ×
#voanews.com. × African ministers meet in Uganda to shape 10-year food security, sustainability plan. Continent’s challenges include changing weather, conflicts, shrinking agricultural farmlands
#Jan.09.2025 ×
#voanews.com. × Why are students in Seychelles learning Mandarin and what's in it for China?. China has been on a building spree in the Seychelles, a small country in the Indian Ocean. But there’s more to the diplomatic push than bricks and mortar. Beijing has also been investing in education,
#Jan.09.2025 ×
#voanews.com. × Chad investigates failed attack on presidential palace. Government troops foiled an attack by 24 heavily armed assailants on Wednesday night, officials say
#Jan.09.2025 ×
#voanews.com. × South Sudan announces plan to resume oil production. Announcement comes after oil supply to international markets were cut off last February because of ongoing conflict in Sudan
#Jan.09.2025 ×
#voanews.com. × Mozambique opposition leader returns from self-exile, police use tear gas on supporters. Venancio Mondlane returns from self-exile, defiantly claiming to have won a hotly contested October election, but security forces later used tear gas to disperse supporters who had gathered to greet hi
#Jan.09.2025 ×
#voanews.com. × Biden administration sounds alarm about Sudan genocide. White House describes Sudan conflict as genocide amid new sanctions for ‘horrific, systematic atrocities’
#Jan.09.2025 ×
#voanews.com. × Analysts weigh in ahead of ECOWAS members' exit deadline. They say growing anti-French sentiment in region, plus Nigeria's own recent dealings with France, could frustrate negotiations aimed at keeping members from exiting
#Jan.08.2025 ×
#voanews.com. × Chadian leaders denounce Macron's remarks, order French troops out of Chad this month. Macron said Monday that African nations failed to say thank you to France for deploying its military to the Sahel region
#Jan.08.2025 ×
#voanews.com. × US, China vie for influence in combating Seychelles’ drug problem. Situated in the Indian Ocean, the Seychelles is in the middle of a key heroin smuggling route and has among the highest rates of heroin use in the world. Kate Bartlett brings us this story from the mai
#Jan.08.2025 ×
#voanews.com. × Eswatini AGOA trade benefits renewed for 2025. Critics denounce the move as hypocritical in light of unmet political benchmarks
#Jan.08.2025 ×
#voanews.com. × Burkina Faso amnesty law is ‘risky decision’ say analysts. The law that could see 2015 coup plotters pardoned might set a dangerous precedent, while the current president, has already dodged several coup attempts, according to state media
#Jan.08.2025 ×
#voanews.com. × DR Congo conflict displaces more than 100,000 people in a week. M23 rebels on Saturday seize control of Masisi
#Jan.08.2025 ×
#voanews.com. × Critical minerals, waning Western influence a focus of Chinese FM’s African tour, analysts say. During this year’s annual trip to Africa, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi will make stops in Namibia, Republic of Congo, Chad and Nigeria
#Jan.07.2025 ×
#voanews.com. × Arrest of activist spotlights alleged illegal lithium mining in central Namibia. Activist Jimmy Areseb and others accused officials of accepting bribes from a Chinese mining company in return for access to lithium deposits
#Jan.07.2025 ×
#voanews.com. × 9 million children in Ethiopia out of school; hijab ban in Tigray adds tension. The UN blames conflict and natural disasters; separately, a hijab ban in some schools in the Tigray region is causing pressure
#Jan.07.2025 ×
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