Obama Announces Food Initiative for Africa With the leaders of several African countries watching, the president said Friday that governments, private industries and organizations will work together to improve Africa's food security. Today, I can ann

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New TB Drug Regimen Launched in Africa, South America With nearly 4000 people dying of tuberculosis each day around the world, public health officials say TB control efforts urgently need new drugs. The clinical trials being launched by the TB Allian

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Climate Change Blamed for Dying African Trees A lot of trees are dying in Africas Sahel region and new study says climate change caused by humans is to blame. Whats more, many tree species are also disappearing. The study appears in the Journal of Ar

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Southern African ministers Thursday opened a meeting in Cape Town, South Africa aimed at drafting a plan to help Zimbabwe's economic recovery. The recently installed unity government reportedly has requested $2 billion in aid for this year from the

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More Aid Coming to African Drought Victims The international community came together Saturday at the United Nations to find ways to mitigate the current crisis in the Horn of Africa, but also to prevent future ones from happening. At the meeting, the

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HiddenHistorySavesAfrican-AmericanSchoolhouse When the tiny African-American community on Georgias St. Simons Island set out to save its one-room schoolhouse, it didn't realize the building was linked to an historic effort to combat racial discrimina

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African Educators Discuss Ways to Develop Work Force ADEA Executive Secretary Ahlin Byll-Cataria said theres a missing link between education and employment in Africa. He said students finish primary school without job skills and college graduates ha

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Experts Tackling Education in Africa The statistics are hard to ignore. Sub-Saharan Africa is the lowest-ranked region in the world on the United Nations' education development index. The U.N. education agency (UNESCO) says a quarter of all children

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African Kids Benefit from Preschool Preschool, or early education, has long been a part of childrens lives in the U.S. Now, the benefits of preschool programs have been confirmed for rural African children. The World Bank has given high marks to a pr

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Hunting the LRA in Central Africa A new report says military operations to hunt down LRA rebels in Central Africa face many logistical and intelligence-gathering challenges. In the meantime, the rebels continue to attack civilians. About 1500 Ugandan

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Analysts Press Obama Administration to Focus on sub-Saharan Africa The Obama administration has spent much of the past four years dealing with global emergencies, including the worldwide economic crisis, the ending of US military engagement in Iraq a

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Report: Urban African Kids Risk Exploitation A humanitarian group has warned that children living in African cities are at increasing risk of exploitation, abuse and disease. Save the Children says most of the continents children eventually will live

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South Africa Pledges to Get Tough on Rape In recent months, the outrage has grown. These protesters are marching to protest the brutal killing of teenager Anene Booysen. Anene was one of an estimated 64,000 girls and women who are raped every year in

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By Phuong Tran Dakar 05 June 2007 Hundreds of people from West Africa are gathering in Sikasso, Mali, this week, to bring attention to problems they say developed countries are ignoring. The anti-globalization and anti-poverty campaigners call their

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By Joe Bavier Dantchandou, Niger 10 April 2006 Scientists in Niger, the world's poorest country, are using a new high-tech satellite transmission system to help with rural health care. The network of

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 09 February 2007 watch South Africa Tourism The South African government recently announced that tourist arrivals over the past year rose by 15 percent, one of the highest growth rates in the world. In fact, tourism in Sou

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 16 November 2006 South Africa this week became the first African country, and only the fifth in the world, to legalize same-sex marriages. The law was passed overwhelmingly in the national assembly, because of support by t

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By Delia Robertson Johnnesburg 15 June 2007 The South African Police Service is seeking a court order to prevent police officers from joining the public service strike. VOA'S Delia Robertson reports from our bureau in Johannesburg the action comes ag

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By Nico Colombant Dakar 13 December 2006 As events in Washington mark the U.S. government effort to combat malaria in Africa, West Africans, themselves, are busy applying techniques they were unfamiliar with and trying new drugs. VOA's Nico Colomban

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Leaders from the world's largest industrial nations are promising more food aid and agricultural assistance for Africa to help ease the impact of rising food costs. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports from the Group of Eight summit i

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