The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed stark vaccine inequities among high- and low-income nations and has underscored Africa's dependence on outside countries for shots. A new initiative in Senegal, however, hopes to reduce that inequity and make the continent more vaccine ... Read More

French soldiers of the Barkane operation seek protection in a shelter during explosions at the Gao army base in Mali, Dec. 5, 2021. Mali's army has confirmed it took part in a joint attack last week with French and European forces ... Read More

Libya's parliament is set to vote on a new prime minister on Thursday, but incumbent Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah has rejected the balloting, saying Libyans should not have another period with an interim government. "I will not allow new transitional periods. We will ... Read More

Mali's interim prime minister has accused France of using its military mission there against Islamist militants to divide the African country. Speaking to diplomats late Monday, Interim Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga said Mali would always be grateful to French soldiers ... Read More

A policeman walks outside the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, Sept. 22, 2009. A South African court convicted and jailed twin brothers for terrorism on Monday over plans to attack the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria and join the Islamic State ... Read More

African heads of state gather for a group photograph at the 35th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Assembly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Feb. 5, 2022. The African Union has begun a summit in Addis Ababa, and the theme this ... Read More

African leaders meeting in Ethiopia have condemned recent coups in the region. An African Union official says the organization has suspended four nations for unconstitutional changes of power. Leaders gathered at the 35th African Union Summit have condemned the “waves” of ... Read More

Cuba on Monday marks 60 years under a U.S. economic blockade that has deeply affected the communist nation's fortunes and shows no signs of being lifted. Decreed by U.S. president John F. Kennedy on February 3, 1962, the embargo on all ... Read More

The United States has shipped more than 560,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to the West African nation of Ghana, the White House told VOA on Wednesday. "As the president has said, America will be the arsenal of vaccines in our ... Read More

Regional bloc ECOWAS has condemned what it calls an "attempted coup" in the West African state of Guinea-Bissau, where heavy gunfire was heard near the seat of government Tuesday. President Umaro Cissoko Embalo, a former army general, was reportedly holding a ... Read More