Tall, stately and clad in brightly colored fabrics that stand out against the arid landscape, the women at a U.N. food distribution site in Jonglei state, South Sudan, wait patiently in line in the stifling heat to receive their monthly ... Read More

While soaring oil prices hit consumers worldwide, their misfortune means a fortune for others. There will certainly be a “significant boost in government revenue” for some oil-producing African countries as oil prices hit their highest levels since 2008 after the U.S ... Read More

Kenyan women were in the streets of Nairobi Tuesday in protest of motorbike taxi drivers who allegedly assaulted a woman last week. The protesters, organized by the Federation of Women Lawyers, gave the capital’s police chief a petition seeking assurance of ... Read More

Women account for most of Africa's agricultural workforce and acutely feel the burdens of climate change, but too often their voices go unheard in farming- and climate-related policymaking and programs. That's just one of the assessments a United Nations official shared ... Read More

Namibia’s Supreme Court has ruled that a government ministry must reconsider a same-sex couple’s appeal for residence rights. Namibia Supreme Court Chief Justice Peter Shivute said Monday that the Ministry of Home Affairs should look again at an application for resident ... Read More

The U.N. Refugee Agency, UNHCR, is appealing for $205 million for assistance to more than 1.6 million people displaced by conflict in northern Ethiopia. The conflict, which began 16 months ago in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region has spread to the neighboring Amhara ... Read More

South Africa chose to abstain Wednesday when the United Nations General Assembly voted on a resolution calling on its BRICS partner, Russia, to withdraw its military forces from Ukraine. South Africa’s U.N. ambassador defended the move, but some South Africans ... Read More

Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the sanctions that followed, has pushed the price of oil to over $100 per barrel, the highest level in eight years. But, it's also opened an opportunity for African oil producers like Nigeria, Angola, Libya, ... Read More

Protesters in Abuja, Nigeria, hold up placards as they chant for peace and call for evacuation of Nigerian students and nationals stranded in Ukraine, Feb. 28, 2022. (Timothy Obiezu/VOA) Parents, relatives and friends of Nigerian students stranded in Ukraine chanted as ... Read More

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has condemned the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine. A statement issued by ECOWAS Commission on Sunday, February 27, 2022, called on the fighting nations to end the war in order to avoid more ... Read More