#voanews.com. × Trump orders target several UN bodies. Trump said that he was not looking to take away money from the 193-member world body, but said Washington pays a disproportionate amount
#Feb.05.2025
#voanews.com. × Scientists test injecting radioactivity into rhino horns to deter poachers. Scientists are testing a novel technique to deter poachers targeting endangered rhinos for their prized horns: injecting radioactive pellets into the horns so there is less demand for them on the black
#Feb.04.2025
#voanews.com. × Nigeria announces measures to soften impact of USAID programs' suspension. Multi-ministerial committee aims to secure new financial support for critical health programs
#Feb.04.2025
#voanews.com. × Chadians who worked for now-departed French troops appeal to government for jobs. The last French troops left Chad on January 31, following an order by President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno
#Feb.04.2025
#voanews.com. × M23 declares ceasefire in DRC as regional leaders try to forge peace. Aid groups rush to help hundreds of thousands of wounded and displaced
#Feb.04.2025
#voanews.com. × Rwanda-backed rebels in DRC declare a unilateral ceasefire. The city of 2 million people is at the heart of a region home to trillions of dollars in mineral wealth and remains in rebel control.
#Feb.04.2025
#voanews.com. × Genocide survivors describe horror of Darfur atrocities. On Chad’s border with Darfur, VOA met with refugees who have told harrowing stories of what the United States has described as acts of genocide in Sudan, allegedly by the paramilitary Rapid Support For
#Feb.04.2025
#voanews.com. × Uganda begins Ebola vaccine trial. Uganda began a vaccine trial Monday against the Sudan strain of Ebola that has killed one person in the outbreak declared last week. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu
#Feb.03.2025
#voanews.com. × Sudan fighting escalates; at least 65 killed. Fierce fighting in south and west Sudan also wounded more than 130, medics say, as a devastating war between army and paramilitary forces rages on
#Feb.03.2025
#voanews.com. × Botswana, De Beers reach diamond sales agreement after years of negotiations. Under terms of new agreement, Botswana’s government will be allowed to sell 30% of rough diamonds mined through joint mining venture with De Beers
#Feb.03.2025
#voanews.com. × WHO urges US to reconsider withdrawal, warns of budget impact. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told attendees the health agency regrets the US decision and hopes Washington will reconsider
#Feb.03.2025
#voanews.com. × Djibouti drone strike kills at least 8 near Ethiopian border. Country’s security forces say they targeted a rebel group, eliminating eight militants but also killing an undisclosed number of civilians in ‘collateral damage’
#Feb.03.2025
#voanews.com. × 'Trump talk' takes center stage at African mining conference. Participants concerned if tariffs, cutoff in aid could affect continent's mining industry
#Feb.03.2025
#voanews.com. × Uganda's Supreme Court bans military trials for civilians; government rejects ruling. Human Rights Watch is one of the groups welcoming the high court’s decision, which halts many criminal trials involving civilians in military courts
#Feb.03.2025
#voanews.com. × South Africa defends itself against Trump and Musk attacks on land policy. Trump said on Sunday, without citing evidence, that 'South Africa is confiscating land' and "certain classes of people" were being treated 'very badly'
#Feb.03.2025
#voanews.com. × Hospitals in eastern Congo are crowded with wounded and exhausting their supplies. Since the start of the M23 rebels' offensive on Goma on Jan. 26, more than 700 people have been killed and nearly 3,000 have been wounded in the city and its vicinity, officials say
#Feb.03.2025
#voanews.com. × Uganda set to begin Ebola vaccine trial after new outbreak kills nurse. The World Health Organization said in a statement that its support to Uganda's response to the outbreak includes access to 2,160 doses of trial vaccine
#Feb.02.2025
#voanews.com. × DR Congo: Near Goma, displaced people begin long journey home. Since Goma was taken by M23 rebels earlier this week, some 100,000 internally displaced people have left the jam-packed hillside where they had set up several years ago
#Feb.02.2025
#voanews.com. × Farmers' lawsuit targets ban on sharing seeds in Kenya. Some farmers say efforts to improve the seed system in Kenya have been limited by a 2012 law banning seed sharing, which is what millions of farmers did every planting season to cut their production co
#Feb.02.2025
#voanews.com. × US strikes stronghold of Islamic State affiliate in Somalia. Officials from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region thank the US via social media, calling the operation a success
#Feb.01.2025
#voanews.com. × Third expulsion attempt fails as migrants in Albania returned to Italy. An Italian appeals court Friday refused to approve the speedy expulsion of 43 asylum-seekers detained in Albania
#Feb.01.2025
#voanews.com. × UN decries sexual violence as weapon of war in DRC. The use of rape and sexual violence against women has been prevalent in the conflicts, which have been raging for decades in eastern DRC
#Feb.01.2025
#voanews.com. × Paramilitary group attacks open market in Sudan, killing 54. The attack by the Rapid Support Forces on the Sabrein Market also wounded at least 158 others
#Feb.01.2025
#voanews.com. × South African woman has rescued more than 2,500 pugs. Lots of hair shedding, tons of fun, and a constant invasion of your personal space. That's what you're going to get with a pug, according to Cheryl Gaw, who has seen more than a few of the squashed-nos
#Feb.01.2025
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