Medical Aid Groups Welcome Plans by Moderna to Build Plant in Africa
Medical aid groups are welcoming plans by U.S. drug maker Moderna to build a plant for manufacturing vaccines in Africa. The groups say the plant, the first from a company…
Letter: UN Official Recalled From Ethiopia Over Audio Recordings
The United Nations' migration agency has recalled a staff member identified by two U.N. sources in Addis Ababa as the head of its mission to Ethiopia over audio recordings containing…
US Donates 3.5 Million Pfizer Vaccine Doses to Nigeria
The United States is sending more than 3.5 million doses of the two-shot Pfizer vaccine to Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, a White House official told VOA on Tuesday.“We are…
Court Awards Somalia Bulk of Indian Ocean Territory Also Claimed by Kenya
The International Court of Justice has drawn a maritime boundary between Kenya and Somalia after the countries failed for years to reach agreement on the issue.The court’s ruling Tuesday, seen…
Madagascar Prays for Rain as UN Warns of ‘Climate Change Famine’
Some days, all Tsimamorekm Aly eats is sugary water. He’s happy if there’s a handful of rice. But with six young kids and a wife to support, he often goes…
After 34 Years, Murder Trial of Former Burkina Faso President, 12 Others Begins
A trial on the assassination of Burkina Faso’s former president, Thomas Sankara, begins Monday, more than three decades after he and 13 others were killed in a 1987 coup. Former…
Lake Chad Basin Joint Task Force: Thousands of Boko Haram Militants Surrender
The commander of multinational troops fighting Boko Haram has said at least 3,600 of the militants have surrendered since August. Nigeria-born Major General Abdul Khalifa Ibrahim spoke Sunday at the…
AU Endorses Joint Mission with UN for Somalia
The African Union says it wants to partner with the United Nations in a proposed joint mission to support Somalia in its efforts to battle armed extremists and achieve stability.In…