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AS IT IS 2013-07-07 Obama Seeks to Increase African Electricity, Trade Hi again. Welcome back to As It Is. Im Kelly Jean Kelly. President Barack Obama returned to the United States this week after visiting Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania with his
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 26 July 2007 A total of 19 African countries are holding multi-party elections this year, a far cry from a few years ago when many countries in Africa were dominated by single-party governments or military dictators. But qu
By Suzanne Presto New York 02 August 2007 The Republic of Congo has assumed the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council. VOA's Suzanne Presto in New York reports that Congo indicated that African issues will be high priorities this
African runners swept the Men's Marathon race Sunday on the last day of the 29th Olympic Games in China. In all, athletes from more than a dozen African countries won medals in events ranging from running and football to swimming and kayaking. VOA's
France and West African Countries Intervene in Mali From VOA Learning English, this is IN THE NEWS in Special English. France joined African forces this week in an effort to oust Islamic militants in northern Mali. The militants have progressively mo
AS IT IS 2013-10-18 UN Security Council Moves to Help African Forces in CAR From VOA Learning English, welcome to As It Is! Im Mario Ritter. Today we hear about a measure of how African countries are being governed. But first, we learn about efforts
By Carolyn Weaver Abuja, Nigeria 28 July 2006 watch African Summit report African-Americans who want to help develop the homeland of their ancestors -- and to strengthen cultural and social links with Africans -- have held a biannual meeting in Afri
African Fashion Finds a Home in Dakar High fashion is nothing new in Africa. And Senegalese designer Adama Ndiaye says it has its own special quality. We do one piece, one by one. We're not sending it to the factory because we don't have a big factor
Delegates from 171 countries and several hundred civic groups are meeting next week in Uruguay to discuss ways to reduce tobacco consumption around the world. A controversial report published on the eve of the meeting says some of the proposed measur
The United Nations World Food Program says it may have to ground a vital humanitarian air service to parts of Africa this month because of a severe funding shortage. The WFP says some of the poorest countries in Africa will be deprived of critical a
By Catherine Maddux Washington 18 January 2006 African leaders gather next week for an African Union summit amid a major setback in the fledgling organization's peacekeeping mission in Sudan's western
By Noel King Kigali 05 November 2007 Security Chiefs from 21 African nations are in the Rwandan capital Kigali for a meeting of the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services of Africa, knows by its acronym CISSA. The summit will tackle a number
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 07 February 2007 This week marks the 50th anniversary of the African Football Confederation, Africa's official soccer body. The sport is usually associated with boys and men, but Naomi Schwarz visited a soccer school in Senega
Former African National Congress chairperson Mosiuoa Lekota is planning a conference to discuss what he says are serious departures by the current ANC leadership from the party's core principles and the country's constitution. VOA's Delia Robertson
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 06 October 2006 West African leaders are meeting in Abuja to discuss how war-divided Ivory Coast should be run, after a U.N.-backed transitional government expires at the end of this month. The meeting is viewed as a crucia
As African communities develop and modernize, proponents of traditional medicine are evolving new faces of the practice to keep up. Naomi Seck reports from a holistic healing center in Senegal's capital, Dakar, where traditional healing practices ar
By Scott Stearns Dar es Salaam 16 February 2008 President Bush is in Africa at the start of a five-nation trip focusing on economic development and the fight against HIV/AIDS and malaria. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Mr. Bush
By Nico Colombant Dakar 11 April 2008 Governments across West Africa are working hard to avoid more protests about the soaring cost of living. As VOA's Nico Colombant reports from our bureau in Dakar, governments are reducing prices where they can an
By Amanda Cassandra New York 12 October 2006 A center for African-American culture in the United States is celebrating its 80th anniversary by honoring international role models for their professional and humanitarian work on behalf of people of Afr
South African President Jacob Zuma, 25 Mar 2010 (file photo) South African leaders are trying to appease tensions caused by the murder of white supremacist leader Eugene Terre'Blanche. He was killed Saturday by two black workers in an apparent disput