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By Paula Wolfson White House 31 May 2007 President Bush is focusing on U.S. aid to Africa in the days leading up to the Group of Eight Summit in Germany. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House . President Bush wears an AIDS awareness pin on
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 07 December 2006 U.S. lawmakers have focused on two situations in Africa as they wind down their business in the 109th Congress . VOA's Dan Robinson has a report from Capitol Hill. Refugees from Darfur in an UNHCR camp i
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 08 June 2006 The lawyer for a Pakistani who disappeared in South Africa says he will bring to court government leaders he says were involved in the abduction, or rendition of his client. The South African government s
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 December 2006 Africa has the highest infant and under-five child-mortality rate in the world. It also has the lowest life expectancy at birth. The statistics paint a grim picture of what it means to be a child in Africa. Th
By Naomi Schwarz Thies, Senegal 19 June 2007 Kids who live in the streets are a growing problem in West African cities. Troubled youths, orphans, and children with family problems often run away from their homes in small villages and wind up in citie
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 19 April 2007 Last month, Southern African leaders appointed South African President Thabo Mbeki their mediator to facilitate talks between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition groups in his country. The g
By Nico Colombant Dakar 19 December 2006 Impoverished young women throughout Africa are sent into the homes of more affluent families, to work -- often in near slave-like conditions as maids. VOA's Nico Colombant reports from Dakar on a group trying
By Sabina Castelfranco Tripoli 23 November 2006 Ministers of the African Union and European Union Thursday ended a conference on migration and development in the Libyan capital Tripoli with a declaration blaming poverty for migration. Sabina Castelf
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja, Nigeria 28 November 2006 More than 60 heads of a state and governments are arriving in Abuja, Nigeria, for the first Africa-South America summit on Wednesday. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports for VOA that foreign minister
By Nico Colombant Dakar 16 October 2006 Rains have been better than in previous years in West and Central Africa, meaning food shortages in the coming months will be lessened. But as the region marks World Food Day, U.N experts say more private inve
By Efam Dovi Accra 29 July 2006 Health officials from six African countries meeting in Accra have resolved to work together to improve health screening during pregnancy to control and prevent the spread of malaria and transmission of HIV from mother
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 20 September 2006 Corruption charges against former South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma are no longer scheduled for a court date. However, the decision is not a permanent stay of prosecution. ---- Jacob Zuma add
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 28 June 2007 In South Africa, one the longest strikes since the end of apartheid has ended. Unions representing workers in public schools, hospitals and government offices said they would accept a government package of wage
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 22 June 2007 South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress, will hold a conference next week (June 27 - 30) to chart its policy for the next decade and prepare to elect a new leadership at its national con
By Rowan Reid Johannesburg 16 June 2006 Students attend classes at the Meadowlands High School in Soweto (2000 photo) South Africa's Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says many of the country's school children are unable to receive a quality education
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 06 November 2006 Shabir Shaik, one-time financial advisor to former South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma, has lost his appeal in the Supreme Court of Appeal against his conviction on charges of fraud and corrupti
By Efam Dovi Accra 08 November 2006 Five neighboring West African countries have agreed to shorten traveling time between their countries borders, in a move to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS infection among migrants and inhabitants along the route. T
By Nico Colombant Dakar 18 June 2007 West Africa is increasingly becoming a transit point -- as well as a stopping point -- for illicit drugs. So far, local governments have proven incapable to combat the trend. VOA's Nico Colombant reports from our
By Kari Barber Dakar 13 April 2007 Security experts from 12 West African countries, as well as the United States and United Nations, met in Dakar this week to discuss how guarding borders against drug and human trafficking could also help prevent ter
By Phuong Tran Dakar 15 January 2007 Nuclear experts are expressing concern that countries trying to develop nuclear weapons may try to exploit resources in Africa. They say one of their concerns is that African nations lack the proper safeguards to