Voice of America
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 08:01
Kenyan wildlife officials say they have seized more than 1,600 pieces of illegal ivory from shipping containers bound for Turkey.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 07:47
Kenyan security forces have made dozens of arrests and intensified their search for more suspects who they believe were behind the Westgate mall terror attack on September 21. This week the government offered a bounty of up to $6,000 for information leading to the arrest of two men alleged to own a vehicle used during the attack. Legal experts fear no suspect will be convicted.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 07:43
As Uganda celebrates 51 years of independence Wednesday, a new political organization called the Freedom and Unity Front (FUF) has been created to liberate the country from what the organizers calls the fear, hunger, oppression, corruption, victimization, bribery, and nepotism under President Yoweri Museveni.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 07:42
A summit to determine the combat readiness of the African Union’s (AU) standby force will begin in Botswana’s capital, Gaborone Wednesday, says Major-General Samaila Iliya, the director of the AMANI Africa II exercise.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 07:40
The chair of the African Union (AU) Commission signaled Tuesday she could ask the United Nations Security Council for a deferral of the International Criminal Court case against Kenya's leaders.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 07:37
Clashes between local militias and the disbanded rebel group that backed the president of the Central African Republic have left at least 23 people dead.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 07:41
Some 130 groups from across Africa are calling on governments to reaffirm their support for the International Criminal Court based in The Hague. They’ve released an open letter in advance of this week’s AU summit in Addis Ababa.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 07:40
Botswana’s information minister says Gaborone will continue to provide resolute support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) in spite of strong opposition from some African countries.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 07:37
Over the past 16 years, Rwanda has demobilized some 3,000 child soldiers. Yet as these efforts continue, the United Nations claims that Kigali has been helping a Congolese rebel group, the M23, recruit children in Rwanda to send to fight in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 07:33
A U.S. official says the target of Saturday's special forces raid in Somalia was a Kenyan man working with the militant group al-Shabab.