Voice of America
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 08:32
Cameroon's military is bringing home the last of some 2,000 Muslim citizens who had taken refuge in the Cameroonian ambassador's residence in Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR). They tell stories of atrocities committed by the anti-balaka Christian militias in CAR.
Monday, February 24, 2014 - 08:48
A new report finds that the rebel Lord's Resistance Army is weaker than it has been in years, due to the loss of irreplaceable Ugandan fighters.
Monday, February 24, 2014 - 08:33
Scores of people have been killed and entire villages burned to the ground in recent days in ongoing battles between herders and farmers in rural northern and central Nigeria. Northern leaders say weapons are being smuggled into Nigeria from other African conflicts and security forces are increasingly outgunned and outmanned.
Monday, February 24, 2014 - 08:28
Over 1,000 soldiers from 18 African and Western nations launched a U.S. organized counter-terrorism training exercise in Niger on Wednesday aimed at improving security capabilities across Africa's Sahara-Sahel zone.
Friday, February 21, 2014 - 00:00
Brazil says farmers in other countries will suffer as a result of unfair protection given to U.S. producers in the new Farm Bill that U.S. President Barack Obama signed February 7.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 08:30
South Sudanese opposition forces have pushed into the center of Malakal, the capital of the county's main oil producing state, and taken control of parts of the town after fresh fighting erupted there early Tuesday, officials told VOA.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 07:47
Human Rights Watch has released a report on human rights abuses and development in Sierra Leone. The report looks at African Minerals, a London-based iron ore mining company.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 10:30
West African defense chiefs will meet in Guinea Bissau on Tuesday to discuss bolstering security in the region in general, and in Guinea Bissau in particular, according to a high ranking official.
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 09:48
The death toll has risen to 106 from an attack on a Nigerian village by suspected Islamist militants.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 08:31
A Liberian has been made the head of Liberia's army for the first time since civil war ended more than 10 years ago.