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AS IT IS - Human Rights in South Africa From VOA Learning English, welcome to AS IT IS! South Africa has long been praised for setting an example of human rights on the African continent. The nation operates under one of the worlds most liberal const
US Military Plans Operations in Africa Onboard a U.S. military transport plane ready for takeoff from the airport at Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso are U.S.-trained Burkinabe troops on a training mission to Mali. The airport is the hub of what
Effort Launched to Save Africas Lions The African Lion Environmental Research Trust, or ALERT, a conservation and restoration charity, is one of the organizations that will help to kick off the event. The non-profit organization said the lion is a na
EXPLORATIONS - International Aid for the Horn of Africa JUNE SIMMS: Im June Simms. BARBARA KLEIN: And Im Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today, we tell about international humanitarian aid. And, we talk to people involved in e
Grassroots Efforts Help Reduce HIV in Africa Cutting edge The authors say there are relatively inexpensive and even traditional ways of reducing new infections. One is male circumcision -- a practice that they say has already kept infection rates low
Hope Defines Obama's Legacy in Africa NAIROBI When Barack Obama was elected U.S. president in 2008, the event was hailed across Africa. He is the son of a Kenyan, after all, and many on the continent considered Obama one of their own. So Africans' ho
Teamwork has helped the weavers find a neat solution to the problems posed by the Kalahari sun. But some creatures are even better equipped. Ground squirrels have ready-made parasols. Under the shadow
AGRICULTURE REPORT – April 16, 2002: New Rice For West Africa By George Grow This is the VOA Special English AGRICULTURE REPORT. A new kind of rice is coming to West Africa. The new rice is said to
AS IT IS 2014-01-13 Terrorism Threat Remains Strong in Africa Hello, and welcome to As It Is from VOA Learning English. Im Christopher Cruise in Washington. Today we report from Africa on how the continent is dealing with the growing threat of terror
Southern African leaders meet in Johannesburg Sunday in an attempt to resolve the impasse between Zimbawean leaders over the allocation of Cabinet posts in a planned power-sharing government. However, as Peta Thornycroft reports, a surge in state-sp
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 21 September 2009 Caster Semenya (File photo) South Africa's top athletics official is in danger of losing his job. The government's sports ministry and major political parties have called for him to be removed for lying a
By Peta Thornycroft 04 October 2007 More than 3,000 gold miners trapped for hours in a South African gold mine, since Wednesday were mostly safe and back above ground by night fall Thursday. Peta Thornycroft has more for VOA News. The accident happen
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: If you turn on a television in East Africa, you'll eventually see something like this. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, YO NO CREO EN LOS HOMBRES) UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character) You asked for my trust, Daniel (ph). You asked for my
Chinese President Xi Jinping co-chairs the second summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation with South African President Jacob Zuma from Friday to Saturday in South Africa's Johannesburg. He made a keynote speech at the opening ceremony, announ
By Sonja Pace Heiligendamm 07 June 2007 Leaders of the world's richest industrial nations wind up their three days of meetings in northern Germany on Friday. Their last day is to be devoted mostly to Africa - alleviation of poverty, debt relief and a
By William Eagle Washington 19 October 2007 A new report shows sub-Saharan African countries are not likely to meet three of the Millennium Development Goals supported by the United Nations. They include cutting hunger and child malnutrition in half
The Bruma Flea Market is located in a suburb of Johannesburg, on the site of a former drainage basin. Now, six days a week, locals and tourists alike come looking for bargains. Local artists sell traditional African arts and crafts. But like most of
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton wrapped up a three-day, four country trip to Africa with an address at a hospital in Senegal. Brent Latham reports from our West Africa bureau in Dakar, Clinton praised a French-led project to provide medicine to c
By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 13 November 2009 Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi (file photo) Ethiopia Prime Minister Meles Zenawi says failures in the U.S. financial system are largely to blame for Africa's economic crisis, and pointed to China
Responding to the eight major initiatives on China-Africa cooperation announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the now-concluded 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, numerous African ambassadors in Washington say they see