Tanzania Orders All Unregistered Bloggers to Take Down Their Sites Tanzania ordered all unregistered bloggers and online forums on Monday to suspend their websites immediately or face criminal prosecution, as… 06/11/2018 Aimaf
Ethiopia Offers Reassurances to Egypt Over Nile Waters The leaders of Egypt and Ethiopia say they have made progress in their talks on sharing the waters of the… 06/11/2018 Aimaf
Leo Sarkisian, Founder of VOA’s Music Time in Africa Program, Dies at 97 Leo Sarkisian, the creator and longtime producer of The Voice of America's "Music Time in Africa," has died. He was… 06/10/2018 Aimaf
Half the World’s 152 Million Child Laborers Do Hazardous Work The International Labor Organization reports 152 million children are victims of child labor, with nearly half forced to work in… 06/10/2018 Aimaf
Pentagon Identifies US Soldier Killed in Somalia The Pentagon has identified the U.S. soldier killed in Somalia as Staff Sgt. Alexander Conrad, 26, of Arizona. Four other… 06/10/2018 Aimaf
Children at Risk of Death from Heavy Flooding in Somalia The U.N. children's fund warns that heavy rains and flooding in Somalia are putting hundreds of thousands of children at… 06/09/2018 Aimaf
US Observers Urge Steps to Ensure Free Poll in Zimbabwe US pro-democracy groups have urged Zimbabwean authorities to take steps to ensure a free and fair election in July and… 06/09/2018 Aimaf
Momentous Days in Ethiopia as New PM Pledges Major Reforms These are not ordinary times in Ethiopia. Sweeping changes that seemed unthinkable just weeks ago have been announced almost daily… 06/09/2018 Aimaf
Armed with Micro-grants and Training, Rural Ugandans Tackle Poverty Once reliant on seasonal farming jobs to make ends meet, Aguti Rukia is now a successful entrepreneur in Arubela, eastern… 06/09/2018 Aimaf
Kenyan Rights Groups Urge End to Police Killings in Slums Kenyan human rights groups demanded on Friday that the government halt police shootings of unarmed men in some of Nairobi's… 06/09/2018 Aimaf
Ethiopia’s Move to End Border Stalemate Could Bring Change in Eritrea In a surprise announcement, Ethiopia has promised to implement an international court’s decision resolving a border dispute with Eritrea. The… 06/08/2018 Aimaf
Congolese ex-VP Bemba Acquitted of War Crimes on Appeal The International Criminal Court on Friday overturned the war crimes conviction of former Democratic Republic of Congo Vice President Jean-Pierre… 06/08/2018 Aimaf
Al-Shabab Hits US-Somali Outpost; One American Killed One U.S. special operations soldier was killed and four were wounded when al-Qaida-linked militants attacked an outpost still under construction… 06/08/2018 Aimaf
WHO Cautiously Optimistic About Halting Ebola Spread in DR Congo The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is cautiously optimistic about containing the spread of the Ebola virus in Democratic… 06/08/2018 Aimaf
‘We Don’t Need Men’: Widows and Rebel Wives Rebuild War-scarred Uganda At the entrance to a round mud and elephant-grass hut in rural northern Uganda, Rose Lamwaka, 58, pauses and looks… 06/08/2018 Aimaf
Elderly Kenyan Women Weave Their Way to More Sustainable Future Sheltered by a tarpaulin from the blazing sun, a group of Kenyan women weave handfuls of dried reeds, their practiced… 06/08/2018 Aimaf
Charity: More Than Half of Children Worldwide at Risk More than half the world’s children are at risk of poverty, conflict and discrimination against girls, according to a global… 06/08/2018 Aimaf
DRC Reports First Confirmed Ebola Case in Over a Week The Democratic Republic of the Congo has recorded its first confirmed case of Ebola in over a week, the health… 06/07/2018 Aimaf
Zimbabwe Play Once Banned by Mugabe Government Now Performed on Stage In Zimbabwe, a play once banned by former president Robert Mugabe has now been performed by a local theater group… 06/07/2018 Aimaf
Europe Accused of Failing Migrants in Libya as Human Traffickers Thrive Rising populism across Europe is fueling human trafficking in Libya where a growing number of migrants are being trapped in… 06/06/2018 Aimaf