Ethiopia once said that its industrial parks will help it become the "China of Africa." But with the global economic slump and the country's continuous conflict, firms have exited the parks and laid off thousands of people. Henry Wilkins reports from Hawassa, Ethiopia.
Every September, leaders from around the world come to the United Nations headquarters for the General Assembly’s annual debate. But what is the UNGA and what’s so important about the annual debate? Watch this latest VOA explainer to find out more.
All different colors from across Africa are on display in the heart of London. The newly opened Africa fashion exhibition is the largest ever to showcase. The exhibition is about the interconnection of fashion and politics.
Africa is home to a rich legacy of evolution and innovation in technology and telecommunications. This year, the world's largest Africa-focused technology and telecommunications event will turn 25 in November 8th.
Dressed in jeans, sweatpants and abayas, dozens of Ethiopian schoolgirls practise the art of nailing a landing and finding their balance -- and their confidence -- as they zip across a skatepark in Addis Ababa.
Have you wondered what the name of Africa was many eons ago? Did the continent have another more ancient name besides the one we use today? To ancients, it was a place that many people referred to as the mother of mankind and the Garden of Eden.
Havoc broke out at Westland primary school in Nairobi where agitated voters expressed frustration over late opening of polls and were confronted by security personnel after they tried to break into a polling station to cast their vote. VOA was on the ground to capture the moment
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in South Africa on Sunday, the first leg of a three-nation African visit that also includes the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. His South African visit began with remembrance of a key moment in the nation's struggle against apartheid.
As Kenya prepares for Tuesday’s elections, VOA Swahili spoke to Kenyan restaurant owner Obado Obado about the challenges he faces and his hopes for the incoming president.
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a CIA drone strike in Afghanistan over the weekend, U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Monday, the biggest blow to the militant group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011.
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said Sunday his party remains committed to anti-graft rules under which members charged with corruption or other serious offences must quit as he faces challenges to his leadership from within the movement.
A private spaceflight company launches its way to history. It gives a look back at the start of what is now a tenuous stellar partnership and reminds us with the first manned mission to the Moon. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi brings us The Week in Space.
South Africa’s Competition Commission (AFCC) will examine Google with allegations that the search engine occupies a near-monopolistic position in the country, especially on the nation’s users of smartphones.
Britain and France went on heatwave alert on Monday bracing for record temperatures as southwest Europe wilted under a scorching sun and ferocious wildfires devoured more forests.
Turkey said it will host Russian and Ukrainian delegations together with UN diplomats on Wednesday to discuss the resumption of stalled grain deliveries across the Black Sea.
An autopsy has been carried out on in Spain on former Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who died last week in Barcelona, at the request of one of his daughters who suspects foul play, her lawyers said Monday.
Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels have killed 13 people and torched a clinic in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials said Friday.
The WNBA star has been held in Russia since February for possession of cannabis oil
The Mozambican government will subsidize minibus operators who serve as the public transport providers in the city and province of Maputo. The decision followed a strike by the minibus drivers demanding an increase in their fares in response to the latest fuel price hikes.
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