Voice of America
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 07:22
A Nigerian soldier says he has witnessed incidents that suggest some Nigerian military commanders are working with Boko Haram, an Islamist militant group blamed for thousands of deaths since 2009.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 07:18
There is frustration in northern Cameroon after two Italian priests and a nun of Canadian nationality were kidnapped and whisked off to Nigeria by suspected Boko Haram members. The government has deployed heavily armed troops to the area to investigate.
Monday, April 7, 2014 - 10:26
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and his cabinet are reviewing the executive order signed by U.S. President Barack Obama that threatens U.S. sanctions against anyone who incites or commits violence in South Sudan, or blocks the peace process, a spokesman for Kiir said Friday.
Monday, April 7, 2014 - 10:25
The United States has warned it may impose economic sanctions on individuals causing unrest or human rights abuses in South Sudan.
President Barack Obama signed an executive order Thursday allowing the U.S. to freeze assets of anyone found to threaten South Sudan's peace and security, target U.N. peacekeepers, or commit human rights abuses.
Monday, April 7, 2014 - 10:12
African and European Union leaders have wrapped up a two-day summit aimed at improving trade ties, but the talks in Brussels were overshadowed by the worsening crisis in the Central African Republic.
Monday, April 7, 2014 - 09:23
Two decades have passed since hundreds of thousands of people were killed in the Rwanda genocide, and Western powers were accused of standing by and allowing it to happen. Experts say there are lessons to be learned on how to prevent such tragedies in the future.
Monday, April 7, 2014 - 00:00
Hugo Chavez was the first Venezuelan leader to embrace his Afro-indigenous heritage.
Friday, April 4, 2014 - 00:00
The White House says a so-called "Cuban Twitter" communications network created by the U.S. government was a development program, not a covert operation.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 07:38
South Sudan's slow-moving peace talks have been suspended again, this time at the request of mediators from the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD), an opposition official said Monday.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 07:32
More than 50 members of the US Congress including the co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Sudan and South Sudan are asking Secretary of State John Kerry for action in South Sudan.