UNICEF: DRC Ebola Orphans Stigmatized The U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reports a growing number of children in eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo… 09/22/2018 Aimaf
UN General Assembly Pays Tribute to Former UN Chief Annan Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan died Aug. 18 and was buried last week in his home country of Ghana with… 09/22/2018 Aimaf
UK Envoy Calls for Transparency in S. Sudan Chris Trott, the U.K. special representative for Sudan and South Sudan, says the parties involved in the conflict in South Sudan have… 09/21/2018 Aimaf
Kenya Lifts Ban on Lesbian Love Tale, in Time for Oscar Nominations A Kenyan court on Friday temporarily lifted a ban on the movie Rafiki. Justice Wilfrida Okwany said that during a… 09/21/2018 Aimaf
Five Years After Westgate, Al-Shabab Still Threat in Kenya Five years ago, four armed men from the Somali militant group al-Shabab stormed the Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, trapping… 09/21/2018 Aimaf
DRC’s Catholic Activists Keep Up Fight for Democracy A special service is being held at Kinshasa's St. Joseph Catholic Church. Some of the parishioners weep. Others are deep… 09/21/2018 Aimaf
Kyagulanyi’s Return Excites Ugandan Youth The return of Ugandan legislator Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as singer Bobi Wine, has excited his supporters and raised their… 09/21/2018 Aimaf
Son of Former Guinea President Charged with Enslaving Girl A U.S. federal court has indicted the son of the former president of Guinea and his wife for allegedly enslaving… 09/21/2018 Aimaf
S. Sudan Ambassador Hopes to Repair Relations with US In an interview Thursday with VOA's South Sudan in Focus, Phillip Jada Natana, South Sudan's new ambassador to the United… 09/21/2018 Aimaf
Top Algerian Military Commanders Being Purged Ahead of Presidential Election A number of top Algerian military commanders, including the heads of the air force and the army, have been dismissed… 09/20/2018 Aimaf
Dozens Die in Tanzania Ferry Sinking At least 44 people have drowned after a passenger ferry capsized Thursday afternoon on Lake Victoria in Tanzania. Officials said… 09/20/2018 Aimaf
More Mass Graves Discovered From Rwanda’s Genocide Authorities in Rwanda have found new mass graves they say contain 5,400 bodies of genocide victims nearly a quarter-century after… 09/20/2018 Aimaf
Report: Extreme Poverty Declining Worldwide The world is making progress in its efforts to lift people out of extreme poverty, but the global aspiration of… 09/20/2018 Aimaf
S. Sudan Sees Renewed Fighting After Peace Deal Signed Just days after the signing of South Sudan's revitalized peace agreement, reports of fighting have surfaced in several parts of… 09/19/2018 Aimaf
Kabila Candidate Faces Challenges in DRC Election Joseph Kabila's preferred successor as president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo will face a credible election challenge in December from… 09/19/2018 Aimaf
Somalia Says Ready to Send Troops to S. Sudan for Security The Somali government said this week that it was ready to send troops to help with security and enhance peace… 09/19/2018 Aimaf
Zimbabwe Government Pledges Funds to Fight Cholera Outbreak in Harare Zimbabwe’s president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, says his government will assist municipalities struggling to fight a cholera outbreak that has killed 32… 09/19/2018 Aimaf
Report: South Sudan Troops Raped, Killed While Peace Pursued With "staggering brutality," South Sudan government soldiers and allied militia targeted civilians by raping them, burning them alive, running them… 09/19/2018 Aimaf
Kenya Taxi Drivers Create New Ride Hailing App In Kenya, a new taxi hailing app developed by local taxi drivers is in its fourth month of operation in… 09/19/2018 Aimaf
Congo’s Music Artists Get Political In the Democratic Republic of Congo, rappers are getting involved in politics — including one well-known rap artist who hopes… 09/19/2018 Aimaf