April 08, 2023
Africa: In Africa's Okavango, Oil Drilling Disrupts Locals, Nature
Gobonamang Kgetho has a deep affection for Africa's largest inland delta, the Okavango. It is his home. Read more »
West Africa: How Africa's Sahel Region Is Becoming a Media Desert
Last month, French journalist Olivier Dubois, who was held hostage in Mali for over a year, was finally released, but foreign and local journalists working in the Sahel tell VOA… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa Outraged After UAE Denies Gupta Extradition
South Africa's justice minister has expressed shock after a court in the United Arab Emirates refused to extradite two brothers from the wealthy Gupta family. Read more »
April 07, 2023
Ghana: Ghana Beefs Up Security Near Burkina Border as Ethnic War Attracts Militants
Ghana has deployed 1,000 special forces to its northern border with Burkina Faso after gunmen this week shot at immigration officers in a border town, killing one. The attack has… Read more »
Uganda: Court Charges Government Minister With Corruption
Activists in Uganda are welcoming the rare prosecution of a government minister on corruption charges but are skeptical that other high-level officials will be charged in the… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Officials and Locals At Odds About Number of Casualties From Attack
Nigeria has deployed security forces to a village in central Benue state where state police say suspected herders killed 10 people this week. But Nigerian media report dozens were… Read more »
Somalia: Somalia Bans Guns From Streets of Mogadishu
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud announced Friday that his government has banned people from carrying weapons on the streets of Mogadishu, the country's capital. Read more »
April 06, 2023
Kenya: The Country Calm After Two Weeks of Anti-Government Protests
The situation in Kenya is calm after two weeks of anti-government protests called by the opposition. While both parties have decided to give dialogue a chance, President William… Read more »
Mozambique: Govt Legalizes Local Militias to Help Fight Northern Insurgents
Mozambique has legalized creation of local militias under the military to help fight Islamist militants in the northern Cabo Delgado province. Read more »
Nigeria: Gunmen Abduct 25 Cameroonians On Nigeria Border
Security forces in Cameroon are searching for at least 25 villagers that gunmen abducted along its border with Nigeria. Locals are calling on the governments to stop armed gangs… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Govt Freezes Assets of Four Who Aided Gold Smuggling, Money Laundering
Zimbabwe's central bank has frozen the assets of four individuals who said they assisted a long-running gold smuggling and money laundering ring. Read more »
March 31, 2023
Malawi: Govt Sets Final Deadline for Refugee Return to Lone Authorized Camp
Malawi's government has told refugees and asylum-seekers to relocate to the country's lone refugee camp by April 15 or face forced eviction from their homes. Read more »
Central African Republic: 'Woman of Iron' Honored for Protecting the Constitution
In March 2022, Daniele Darlan, then-president of the Central African Republic's Constitutional Court, faced intense pressure to modify her country's constitution to allow the… Read more »
March 30, 2023
Senegal: Protests - Dozens Arrested in Latest Flare-Up
Dozens of people in Senegal's capital of Dakar were arrested Thursday as protesters hurled rocks at police and blocked roads with burning tires, while police fired tear gas. Read more »
March 29, 2023
Namibia: Oil Executive Accused of Drug Dealing Appears in Court
The head of the board of directors at Namibia's national oil company has appeared in court to face charges of dealing drugs. Read more »
March 28, 2023
South Africa: South Africa Mulls Options After ICC's Putin Arrest Order
With an International Criminal Court arrest warrant out for Vladimir Putin, South Africa is weighing what to do if the Russian president accepts an earlier invitation to attend an… Read more »
Africa: Amnesty International - Rights Landscape in West Africa Darkens
West Africa's Sahel region saw mounting violence and a rollback in free expression last year, rights group Amnesty International says in its latest annual report, released Tuesday. Read more »
March 27, 2023
Tunisia: 29 Migrant Bodies Recovered Off Tunisian Coast
The bodies of at least 29 people, many of them sub-Saharan Africans, were recovered from the Mediterranean Sea over the weekend off the coast of Tunisia, according to the Tunisian… Read more »
Kenya: Kenya's Opposition Leader Calls for Protests
Nairobi and other Kenyan cities are bracing Monday for a fresh round of anti-government protests about the high cost of living under President William Ruto's government. Read more »
March 24, 2023
Rwanda: 'Hotel Rwanda' Hero Paul Rusesabagina Released From Prison
Paul Rusesabagina has been released from a Rwandan prison, according to U.S. officials, after the Rwandan government commuted his prison sentence following diplomatic efforts by… Read more »
March 22, 2023
Cameroon: Family of Killed Journalist Reports Threats From Officials Under Investigation
The family of Cameroonian journalist Martinez Zogo, who was killed in January, say they have received threats from officials suspected of involvement in his death. As authorities… Read more »
March 21, 2023
Kenya: Police Defend Response to Cost-of-Living Protests
Human rights advocates in Kenya are condemning what they call "barbaric acts" by police in their response to protests over the high cost of living. One university student was… Read more »
Namibia: Supreme Court Rules Against Same-Sex Couple in Citizenship Case
Gay rights activists in Namibia are decrying a Supreme Court decision that will effectively deny citizenship to a child born through surrogacy to a same-sex couple in South Africa.… Read more »
South Africa: South Africans Stay Home to Protest Lack of Jobs, Electricity
Many South Africans stayed home from work Monday after the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party called for a nationwide shutdown to protest frequent power cuts and high… Read more »
Ethiopia: Gov't Rejects U.S. Accusation of War Crimes as Inflammatory
Ethiopia's government has rejected a U.S. assertion that all sides in the two-year Tigray war committed war crimes, calling the statement "inflammatory." Read more »