South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to deliver his annual State of the Nation Address on Thursday evening, amid mounting pressure over the country’s energy crisis.
Human Rights Watch Thursday called for targeted sanctions against Eritrea, accusing its government of rounding up thousands of people, including minors, for mandatory military service.
U.S. Congressman Jim Costa recently sat down with VOA to discuss relations between Washington and Africa, during which the California representative said his country had “neglected its role” on the continent. The 70-year-old leader called on President Joe Biden to work with Washington’s western partners to address challenges faced by Africa and alleged that China and Russia are exploiting the resources that belong to the youngest and fastest growing continent in the world.
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), a humanitarian medical non-governmental organization also known as Doctors Without Borders, Wednesday announced that it would suspend operations in northwest Burkina Faso after two of its employees were killed an attack.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Britain and others on Wednesday to give Ukraine "wings for freedom" by sending combat aircraft to help turn the tide against Russia's offensive, hoping to overcome Western reluctance to take that step.
Uganda's foreign ministry on Tuesday said the East African nation would not renew the mandate of the United Nation’s human rights office, saying the country has developed sufficient capacity to promote and protect human rights itself.
UPDATED TO SHOW NEW REPORTED DEATH TOLL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday conceded "shortcomings" after criticism of his government's response to the massive earthquake that killed more than 11,500 people in Turkey and Syria.
Members of the U.S.’s Republican Party Tuesday issued a rebuttal to the State of the Union addressed delivered by President Joe Biden, which they dismissed as a failure.
U.S. basketball star LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers Tuesday made history in the National Basketball Association by breaking the record of highest scorer of all time.
African students that are based in Turkey report living in fear amid attempts by Turkish authorities to help all that were affected by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that has taken over 8,300 lives to date.
U.S. lawmakers Tuesday called on President Joe Biden and Washington’s Western allies to work together towards establishing a long-term policy that is focused on strengthening relations with Africa.
Ghanaian football authorities Tuesday announced that Christian Atsu, a player from the West African nation who is based in Turkey, has been rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building following a recent earthquake.
A report released Tuesday by the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, finds that extremist groups in sub-Saharan Africa are fast-growing because of unemployment.
Authorities of the United Nations recently spoke against a decision taken by Malian officials over the weekend to declare Guillauma Ngefa, the UN’s Human Rights representative as persona non grata and ordering that he vacates the country by Tuesday.
UDPATED TO REFLECT LATEST DEATH TOLL: US President Joe Biden said he was "deeply saddened" and promised his country's assistance Monday after a major 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, killing at least 2,600 people.
At least 34 people have been killed in clashes in Somalia's northern breakaway region of Somaliland, two doctors at a public hospital in Laascaanood town said on Monday.
UPDATED TO ADD VOLKER TURK COMMENTS: The Malian interim government on Sunday said the head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission's human rights division, Guillaume Ngefa-Atondoko Andali, had 48 hours to leave the country as he had been declared persona non grata.
Activists and human rights organizations are calling on Nigerian authorities to urgently address the “thick veil of violence” that is surrounding the upcoming elections that are scheduled for February 25 in the West African nation.
Global human rights groups say they are hopeful that the recent two-day visit by Pope Francis to South Sudan will address the ongoing conflict and worsening humanitarian crisis in the East African nation.
United Nations authorities Monday condemned an attack that happened on Sunday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, that resulted in the death of a South African military official who was in the Central African nation as part of the U.N.’s peacekeeping MONUSCO.
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