Voice of America
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 11:18
Militants may be planning attacks on nightclubs and other spots popular with foreign tourists visiting the Kenyan city of Mombasa, the Australian government said in a travel alert on Thursday.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 08:37
French, U.N. and Malian forces on Thursday launched a joint operation against Islamists across northern Mali a day after a suicide attack killed two Chadian peacekeepers in the desert zone.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 08:36
Voters on the island nation of Madagascar are casting ballots in their first presidential election since a 2009 coup.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 08:35
Renewed fighting has broken out between government and rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo, just days after peace talks were suspended.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 08:29
The International Criminal Court has reversed a decision allowing Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto to be absent for parts of his trial. The decision, announced Friday, is a major setback for Kenya’s leaders, who are seeking ways to avoid attending trial.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 08:25
Pirates attacked an oil supply vessel off the Nigerian coast and kidnapped the captain and chief engineer, both U.S. citizens, American officials said on Thursday as the Nigerian military ordered its Navy to rescue the men.
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 09:46
Throughout human history, war has taken countless lives, cost untold sums of money and brought great cities to ruin. But despite the long list of conflicts from ancient times to modern day, psychologists say war is not inevitable.
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 09:38
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta’s trial date at the International Criminal Court is now less than three weeks away. His administration, with backing from the African Union, is lobbying for the case to be deferred.
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 09:36
Mozambique is on edge again about a possible return to civil war after 21 years of peace. The former rebel group Renamo says it will no longer honor a 1992 peace deal following small skirmishes between its fighters and government forces. Renamo has long complained that the civil war's victors - the ruling Frelimo party - have rigged elections to hold onto power.
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 09:34
A senior official of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said, while Friday’s heads of state summit in Dakar will focus on the region’s economy, it will also take up political and security crises.