Voice of America (Washington, DC)
The Voice of America, which first went on the air in 1942, is a multimedia international broadcasting service funded by the U.S. government through the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
Website: http://www.voanews.com
August 02
-
Central African Republic: Central African Republic Regional Force Needs Bolstering
The U.N. assistant secretary-general for human rights, Ivan Simonovic, is calling for strengthening the regional security force (FOMAC) in the Central African Republic. U.N.... Read more »
July 18
-
Central African Republic: Rebels Accused of War Crimes
The International Federation for Human Rights [FIDH] says heavily-armed Seleka rebels have murdered at least 400 civilians with near impunity since seizing control of the Central... Read more »
July 17
-
Cameroon: Refugees From War in Neighboring Countries Flooding Into Cameroon
Cameroon said it is home to over 20,000 Nigerian and Central African Republic (CAR) refugees who are fleeing disorder and killings in their countries. Fears have been raised that... Read more »
July 16
-
Central African Republic: President Says 'Security Has Returned'
The Central African Republic's (CAR) rebel leader-turned-interim president, Michel Djotodia, said late Monday that "security has returned' to much of the CAR despite continued... Read more »
July 11
-
Central African Republic: EU Boosts Aid to 'Deteriorating' CAR
The European Union is increasing aid to the Central African Republic, where it says conditions are "rapidly deteriorating." Read more »
July 10
-
Central African Republic: Malaria, Malnutrition On the Rise in CAR
Five French aid agencies working in the Central African Republic say the precarious security situation since the rebel takeover earlier this year is holding up donor funding for... Read more »
July 09
-
Central African Republic: An Alarming Increase in Malaria Cases Grips CAR
The international medical aid agency, Doctors Without Borders, also known as MSF, says a medical humanitarian crisis is gripping citizens in Central African Republic. Read more »
July 05
-
Central African Republic: Insecurity Hampers Aid Deliveries in CAR
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) says instability in the Central African Republic (CAR) is limiting access to hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people and... Read more »
June 29
-
Central African Republic: Rebels Accused of 'Rampant Abuses' Against Civilians
Rebels in control of the Central African Republic (CAR) clashed with youth protesting in the capital, Bangui, on Friday. The violence killed at least two rebels and one civilian,... Read more »
June 26
-
Central African Republic: Official - Collapsed Mine Had Previous Cave-in
A Central African Republic official says a gold mine that collapsed Sunday, killing dozens of miners, was officially closed four years ago because of a previous cave-in. Read more »
June 12
-
Africa: UN - Children Victimized in World Conflicts
The United Nations says thousands of children have been killed, injured, tortured or recruited into militias and armies in the past year as a result of armed conflicts. In its... Read more »
June 04
-
Sudan: UNHCR Rushes to Move Darfur Refugees to a Safer Location
The U-N Refugee Agency, UNHCR, says it is speeding up its relocation of thousands of Darfur refugees from Tissi, a settlement in southeastern Chad that borders with Sudan and... Read more »
June 03
-
Central African Republic: Red Cross Is Providing Food Aid to Families in Central African Republic
The International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, said it is delivering emergency assistance to families in the Central African Republic capital , Bangui. The ICRC says it has... Read more »
AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 130 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica.
