Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law Wednesday to formalize his annexation of four Ukrainian regions, widely condemned as illegal as Ukrainian forces advance to take back areas under Russian control.
Ukrainian forces made further gains Monday in the Kherson region in the country’s south, adding to their gains in the east in recent days as they push a counteroffensive against Russia to recapture lands Moscow’s forces had claimed earlier in its seven-month invasion.
Calm returned to Burkina Faso's capital on Monday after the country's military leader fled to neighboring Togo following the second coup in less than nine months.
South Africa is witnessing the worst power outages in its history. Mining, one of the most important industries in the country, is turning to solar power to keep operations running when power is scarce. Linda Givetash reports from Johannesburg.
The number of naturalized U.S. citizens rose to 814,000 people in 2021, up 30 percent from 628,000 in 2020, according to a recent annual report from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Ethiopia once said that its industrial parks will help it become the "China of Africa." But with the global economic slump and the country's continuous conflict, firms have exited the parks and laid off thousands of people. Henry Wilkins reports from Hawassa, Ethiopia.
Every September, leaders from around the world come to the United Nations headquarters for the General Assembly’s annual debate. But what is the UNGA and what’s so important about the annual debate? Watch this latest VOA explainer to find out more.
All different colors from across Africa are on display in the heart of London. The newly opened Africa fashion exhibition is the largest ever to showcase. The exhibition is about the interconnection of fashion and politics.
Africa is home to a rich legacy of evolution and innovation in technology and telecommunications. This year, the world's largest Africa-focused technology and telecommunications event will turn 25 in November 8th.
Dressed in jeans, sweatpants and abayas, dozens of Ethiopian schoolgirls practise the art of nailing a landing and finding their balance -- and their confidence -- as they zip across a skatepark in Addis Ababa.
Have you wondered what the name of Africa was many eons ago? Did the continent have another more ancient name besides the one we use today? To ancients, it was a place that many people referred to as the mother of mankind and the Garden of Eden.
Havoc broke out at Westland primary school in Nairobi where agitated voters expressed frustration over late opening of polls and were confronted by security personnel after they tried to break into a polling station to cast their vote. VOA was on the ground to capture the moment
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in South Africa on Sunday, the first leg of a three-nation African visit that also includes the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. His South African visit began with remembrance of a key moment in the nation's struggle against apartheid.
As Kenya prepares for Tuesday’s elections, VOA Swahili spoke to Kenyan restaurant owner Obado Obado about the challenges he faces and his hopes for the incoming president.
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a CIA drone strike in Afghanistan over the weekend, U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Monday, the biggest blow to the militant group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011.
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said Sunday his party remains committed to anti-graft rules under which members charged with corruption or other serious offences must quit as he faces challenges to his leadership from within the movement.
A private spaceflight company launches its way to history. It gives a look back at the start of what is now a tenuous stellar partnership and reminds us with the first manned mission to the Moon. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi brings us The Week in Space.
South Africa’s Competition Commission (AFCC) will examine Google with allegations that the search engine occupies a near-monopolistic position in the country, especially on the nation’s users of smartphones.
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