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Rise in Tropical Diseases Blamed on Turmoil in Mideast, N. Africa A family of illnesses called Neglected Tropical Diseases [NTDs] adds to the troubles in the Middle East and North Africa. These diseases traditionally affect poor countries, but the ne
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By Kari Barber Dakar 26 June 2007 United States First Lady Laura Bush started a five-day, four-country tour of Africa with a stop in Dakar, Senegal. Kari Barber reports for VOA from Dakar that Mrs. Bush toured a hospital HIV/AIDS center and met with
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Chiles Coastal Recovery; Africas Groundwater BARBARA KLEIN: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Barbara Klein. BOB DOUGHTY: And Im Bob Doughty. Today, we tell about some unexpected effects of a natural disast
Education Report - Linking Education and Employment in Africa This is the VOA Special English Education Report. More than six hundred delegates have been meeting in Burkina Faso this week to discuss education in Africa. The aim is to find ways to sup
By Phuong Tran Dakar 22 December 2006 In a continent known for its musical prowess, but few economic opportunities, there are thousands of young people in Africa aspiring to careers in the music industry. In this final part of a series on challenges
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 01 November 2006 Former South African president, P.W. Botha, has died at his home in Wilderness on the country's southern coast. He was 90. VOA's Delia Robertson has this profile on the man who introduced some reforms
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
By Sean Maroney New York 02 July 2007 This week, an American art collector returned nine carved statues, known as vigango, to Kenya. The return comes two decades after they were looted from local burial sites. From New York, VOA's Sean Maroney report
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported excessive rainfall is causing havoc with the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people in seven Southern African countries. People take the high road to p
Drought Kindles US Farmers' Appetite for African Grain Sorghum Walking through lush, green fields of sorghum, Nebraska farmer Fred Prokop treads on ground deeply scarred by weeks of drought. But he says the sorghum crop is patient. It'll wait for wat
Rising Youth Unemployment Endangers Africa's Stability One example is Ahmet Toure of Senegal who has never had a job. Toure makes his living buying second-hand jeans from flea markets around Dakar. Toure repairs and retailors them to sell them for a
Record Number of Africans Flee to Yemen A record number of African refugees and migrants have arrived in Yemen this year. Most are from Ethiopia. U.N. refugee agency spokesman Andrej Mahecic says more people are crossing the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden
A new organization aims to sharply improve the quality of African laboratories, allowing health professionals to better track, treat and test for diseases. It's called the African Society for Laboratory Medicine, or ASLM. A new organization aims to s
More Funds Needed to Fight E. Africa Famine Music super stars such as Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Justin Bieber are encouraging their fans to donate money for the famine victims in the Horn of Africa region. They're among a list of more than 150 celebriti
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 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
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 14 November 2006 In South Africa, the National Assembly has passed a law legalizing same sex unions. The first such law in Africa, it sparked heated debate for months. Participants take part in Johannesburg's 17th Gay Prid
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
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