https://www.voaafrica.com/z/6115 Health https://www.voaafrica.com/Content/responsive/VOA/en-US-AFK/img/logo.png https://www.voaafrica.com/z/6115 en 2026 - VOA 60 Thu, 14 May 2026 15:46:46 +0000 Pangea CMS – VOA An emergency Arab summit this week has produced a plan for Gaza - one that would reconstruct Gaza while keeping Palestinians on their land. In South Africa, police are investigating charges of high treason against some Afrikaner organizations that met with officials from President Donald Trump’s administration last week. Despite supply shortages, health workers displaced by the conflict in Sudan are offering their services at mobile health centers sponsored by the Sudanese American... https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7981312.html https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7981312.html Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:05:04 +0000 Africa News Tonight AfricaPolitics HealthUSAConflictAudio As mpox cases continue to spread across Africa, Kenyan health officials say they have implemented a raft of preparedness and response measures to swiftly detect and halt the viral disease’s advances. Nigerian authorities say the nation’s new partnership status with the BRICS bloc could unlock critical opportunities in trade, investment and agriculture. A new study by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies indicates that China’s Africa policy is part of a global strategy to create... https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7930355.html https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7930355.html Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:05:04 +0000 Africa News Tonight AfricaPolitics Business and TechnologyHealthAudio Speakers including his grandsons and President Joe Biden gave eulogies for former President Jimmy Carter today at his state funeral in Washington D.C. The people of Ebonyi state in southeast Nigeria are expressing gratitude to the late President, who led efforts to eradicate Guinea worm in their area. Thousands of people turned out today to meet Mozambique's main opposition leader Venancio Mondlane after he returned home from more than two months in exile as he asserts that he won the... https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7914186.html https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7914186.html Thu, 09 Jan 2025 16:05:04 +0000 Africa News Tonight AfricaHealthUSAAudio Since its enactment in 2000, the African Growth and Opportunity Act, or AGOA, has been at the core of U.S. economic policy and commercial engagement with Africa and one expert says African nations should work together on trade talks. More than 1.1 million doses of an oral cholera vaccine have arrived in South Sudan, as the government launched a program to inoculate more than 80 percent of the population. The 119th U.S. Congress will come into session Friday, but after a contentious battle... https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7907861.html https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7907861.html Fri, 03 Jan 2025 16:05:04 +0000 Africa News Tonight AfricaPolitics HealthUSAAudio Leaders from around the world are paying tribute to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 100, including South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, who recalled Carter as “an outspoken critic of the apartheid state.” Former President Carter was touring villages in Ghana during the late 1980s when he first encountered people with Guinea worm disease, and he led the fight to eliminate it. The situation remains tense in much of Kenya following fresh protests by young... https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7902370.html https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7902370.html Mon, 30 Dec 2024 16:05:04 +0000 Africa News Tonight AfricaPolitics HealthSportsAudio Shantytowns that were home to undocumented migrants were flattened and many areas were still inaccessible. As the world marks International Migrants’ Day on December 18, the United Nations is urging leaders and citizens to celebrate the contributions that millions of migrants make to communities and economies around the world. Patients need to follow their treatment plans to keep HIV/AIDS in check, and games can help them do that. https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7886342.html https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7886342.html Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:05:04 +0000 Africa News Tonight AfricaPolitics HealthAudio There have been protests today in Mozambique's capital, Maputo, and police fired tear gas to disperse people who gathered where two opposition party figures were shot dead on Saturday after a disputed election. The World Food Program says almost 30 million people in southern Africa are affected by the region’s worst hunger crisis in decades. The U.S. Justice Department says two Sudanese citizens are charged with allegedly running a computer hacking group, and a cybersecurity expert says the... https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7812661.html https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7812661.html Mon, 21 Oct 2024 16:05:04 +0000 Africa News Tonight AfricaPolitics Science and Environment HealthAudio As the toll of deaths and injuries has climbed, doctors from around the world have volunteered to try to ease the suffering in Gaza. The head of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, has criticized the results of Tunisia’s presidential election. On this International Day of the Girl Child, UNICEF estimates more than 370 million girls and women experience rape or sexual assault before age 18, and the highest rate of sexual... https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7801159.html https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7801159.html Fri, 11 Oct 2024 16:05:04 +0000 Africa News Tonight AfricaPolitics HealthConflictAudio October 1st has been named by the United Nations as the International Day of Older Persons. Researchers at the University of Cape Town are conducting a broad, multi-country study on the challenges posed by a rapidly aging population. Professor Elena Moore is leading the research, examining not only the needs of the elderly, but also of caregivers who face many challenges. Moore is also looking at institutional changes that need to occur to bridge caregiving gaps. https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7806491.html https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7806491.html Tue, 01 Oct 2024 18:31:13 +0000 VideosHealth At the United Nations General Assembly, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed for help against the invasion by Russian forces, and leaders also focused on Sudan’s conflict. The charity Oxfam says aid groups are undermined by what it calls the super-rich, saying they exacerbate problems such as extreme inequality and climate change. U.S. Africa Command is working with southern African countries to combat gender-based violence in their military forces. https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7780955.html https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7780955.html Thu, 26 Sep 2024 16:05:04 +0000 Africa News Tonight Politics HealthConflictUNGAAfrica Nigeria has joined the growing calls by Africans leaders at the 79th U.N. General Assembly in New York for U.N. Security Council reforms. President Joe Biden pushed for a greater international response to the mpox outbreak and promised to send 1 million vaccine doses to affected African nations. Ethiopia's foreign minister has warned that Egypt’s weapons shipments to Somalia could exacerbate regional tensions, after Cairo and Mogadishu signed a security deal. https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7779397.html https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7779397.html Wed, 25 Sep 2024 16:05:04 +0000 Africa News Tonight AfricaPolitics HealthConflictAudio UNICEF warns children in Burundi are bearing the brunt of the mpox outbreak, with cases of this deadly, infectious disease spreading rapidly among this young population. Ahead of the Tunisian presidential election, the security services, judicial authorities and the High Independent Electoral Authority have blocked or officially barred more than a dozen potential candidates from running. World leaders are gathering for their annual meetings at the United Nations starting Sunday, and the wars... https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7773439.html https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7773439.html Fri, 20 Sep 2024 16:05:04 +0000 Africa News Tonight AfricaPolitics HealthSportsAudio There have been new blasts in Lebanon, a day after exploding pagers killed at least 12 people and wounded almost 3,000 in Lebanon, in an attack widely blamed on Israel. The United Nations Security Council and the United States have called for an immediate cessation of hostilities and the withdrawal of all belligerents in Sudan’s El Fasher, but the Rapid Support Forces continue to press the assault. Kenya’s Ministry of Health says more than 6,000 women die in the country each year due to... https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7770454.html https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7770454.html Wed, 18 Sep 2024 16:05:04 +0000 Africa News Tonight AfricaHealthConflictAudio The United States has committed billions of dollars to support the global response to the clade I mpox outbreak, which is spreading across the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other African countries. More than 400 million children around the world are not getting the nutrients they need to thrive, and philanthropist Bill Gates tells VOA malnutrition needs more attention. In the Sahel, Russia’s Wagner Group has capitalized on the absence of foreign involvement to expand its influence by... https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7769012.html https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7769012.html Tue, 17 Sep 2024 16:05:04 +0000 Africa News Tonight AfricaPolitics HealthConflictAudio The chief negotiator at U.S.-mediated peace talks on Sudan says breakthroughs for greater humanitarian access that were achieved in the first round of negotiations last week are holding and are expanding. Parts of the 46th Chinese naval escort taskforce visited Egypt, Morocco, the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia over several months this year as part of an effort by Beijing to enhance relations with African countries. Sierra Leone’s health minister says the country is working to head... https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7743288.html https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7743288.html Thu, 29 Aug 2024 16:05:04 +0000 Africa News Tonight AfricaPolitics HealthRefugeesAudio The World Health Organization Regional Committee for Africa has opened its 74th session in Brazzaville, and mpox is high on the agenda. As the West clamps down on imports of green technology products from China, the world’s biggest manufacturer, is looking for new markets. Sudanese army leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who boycotted recent cease-fire negotiations, has vowed to continue fighting the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7741808.html https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7741808.html Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:05:04 +0000 Africa News Tonight AfricaHealthSportsConflictAudio United Nations agencies warn that refugees and displaced families in the Democratic Republic of Congo and other African countries with mpox outbreaks are at particular risk of illness and death because of their living conditions. Tunisia's President Kais Saied announced a broad cabinet reshuffle of 19 ministers – nearly the entire government – ahead of the October 6th presidential election. Africa's first solar-powered tractor is undergoing field tests in Malawi, and some experts say it... https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7740054.html https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7740054.html Tue, 27 Aug 2024 16:05:04 +0000 Africa News Tonight AfricaPolitics Business and TechnologyHealthAudio A drought that started early this year is intensifying across southern Africa, leaving almost 70 million people in urgent need of aid in countries including Lesotho, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Health authorities in sub-Saharan Africa say armed gangs and rebel groups are obstructing their access to towns and villages that are suspected of having mpox cases. Libya’s Parliament, controlled by the eastern-based government, has voted to end the mandate of the rival Tripoli-based Government of... https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7738603.html https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7738603.html Mon, 26 Aug 2024 16:05:04 +0000 Africa News Tonight AfricaPolitics HealthConflictAudio Mohamadou Houmfa of VOA's French to Africa service spoke with Dr. Faustine Engelbert Ndugulile. He is candidate for the position of WHO (World Health Organization) Regional Director for Africa. The election will be held during the seventy-fourth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo from the 26th to 30th August 2024. https://www.voaafrica.com/a/voa-s-mohamadou-houmfa-talks-with-who-regional-director-for-africa-candidate-dr-faustine-engelbert-ndugulile/7754737.html https://www.voaafrica.com/a/voa-s-mohamadou-houmfa-talks-with-who-regional-director-for-africa-candidate-dr-faustine-engelbert-ndugulile/7754737.html Fri, 23 Aug 2024 20:16:21 +0000 AfricaHealthVideoswebdesk@voanews.com (Mohamadou Houmfa) Just a month after President Joe Biden announced he would not seek reelection, Kamala Harris accepted the nomination to be the Democratic Party’s candidate in the U.S. presidential election. U.S. diplomat and Africa foreign policy advisor Susan Rice said the United States must continue to strengthen its ties with African nations during the next administration. The United Nations says it is working with governments and health officials in East Africa to contain the outbreak of mpox on the... https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7735637.html https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7735637.html Fri, 23 Aug 2024 16:05:04 +0000 Africa News Tonight AfricaHealthSportsUSAAudio