U.N. refugee chief Filippo Grandi speaks at a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya, Oct. 25, 2022. Peace talks to end Ethiopia's Tigray conflict began in South Africa on Tuesday, and Grandi urged both sides to find a route to peace ... Read More

Ace-Liam Nana Sam Ankrah, who will turn 2 in July, paints at his mother's art gallery in Accra, Ghana, May 27, 2024. Meet Ace-Liam Ankrah, a Ghana toddler who has set the record as the world's youngest male artist. His mother, Chantelle ... Read More

Counting began after South Africans voted Wednesday in an election seen as their country’s most important since apartheid ended 30 years ago. The election was held on one day and polls closed after 14 hours of voting at more than 23,000 ... Read More

Nigeria adopted a new national anthem on Wednesday May 29 after lawmakers passed a law that replaced the current one with a version dropped nearly a half-century ago. This development has sparked widespread criticism about how the law was hastily passed ... Read More

Action must be taken immediately to address the humanitarian crisis in the Sahel or other countries will be drawn in and it will "become a problem for the world," a UNHCR official warned Wednesday. The volatile situations in Niger, Mali and ... Read More

Prof. Samuel B. Dampare (seated left), Director-General, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, together with David Cleave (seated middle), Executive Director, International Science and Technology Centre, and Robert Temple (right), General Counsel and Secretary, Nuscale Power, during the signing of the agreement ... Read More

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed Tuesday the need to end the war in Sudan with army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the State Department said. The two "discussed the need to urgently end the conflict in Sudan and enable unhindered ... Read More

Kenyan President William Ruto says Nairobi has met all legal and constitutional requirements to deploy troops to Haiti to help the Caribbean nation out of political and socioeconomic turmoil. In an exclusive interview with VOA's Hubbah Abdi shortly after concluding his ... Read More

Kenya has agreed to help the European Union in dealing with maritime crime suspects in the region, amid a rising threat from pirate activity and attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The EU, which has a force operating in the Indian ... Read More

South Africans began voting Wednesday in an election seen as their country’s most important in 30 years, and one that could put their young democracy in unknown territory. At stake is the three-decade dominance of the African National Congress party, which ... Read More