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#voanews.com. × Authorities in Somalia warn against financing terrorism. Government leaders say individuals or businesses that pay extortion money to al-Shabab 'face legal action'

#Feb.09.2025 ×

#voanews.com. × US declares interest in developing African mining sector. Mining indaba wraps up in South Africa

#Feb.08.2025 ×

#voanews.com. × White South Africans reject Trump’s resettlement plan. President Donald Trump offered refugee status and resettlement in the United States to Afrikaners

#Feb.08.2025 ×

#voanews.com. × African leaders call for 'immediate ceasefire' at DRC summit. The summit called for army chiefs from both communities 'to meet within five days' about immediate and unconditional ceasefire

#Feb.08.2025 ×

#voanews.com. × More than 50 killed in convoy ambush in Mali, sources say. The attackers struck in a region where affiliates of Islamic State and al-Qaida have been active for years

#Feb.08.2025 ×

#voanews.com. × Rwandan, Congolese leaders to meet over eastern DRC conflict. M23 armed group has seized territory in the mineral-rich eastern DRC

#Feb.08.2025 ×

#voanews.com. × Trump orders freeze of aid to South Africa, cites country's land expropriation law. White House says law amounts to discrimination against country's white minority

#Feb.08.2025 ×

#voanews.com. × African nations prepare for what's to come after pause on US aid. They discuss alternate sources of funding and self-sufficiency

#Feb.07.2025 ×

#voanews.com. × 200 Kenyan police officers arrive at UN mission in Haiti. Kenyan commander says US state and defense departments 'remain actively engaged' in the mission

#Feb.07.2025 ×

#voanews.com. × 'Confusion' in South Africa over US HIV funding. Clinics, their clients say a withdrawal of US aid toward fighting HIV could set back years of progress

#Feb.07.2025 ×

#voanews.com. × Kenyan-led multinational force vows to target Haitian gang leaders. In an exclusive interview with VOA, General Godfrey Otunge, the spokesperson for the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support Mission for Haiti, said he is confident they will arrest the armed gang le

#Feb.06.2025 ×

#voanews.com. × Darfuri women face sexual violence in war, refuge. Aid groups say sexual violence is a constant threat for women in Sudan’s Darfur, but refugees also say it’s a problem for those who have fled the region. Reporting from a refugee camp on Chad’s border

#Feb.06.2025 ×

#voanews.com. × UN chief appeals for peace in eastern DR Congo. M23 rebels have captured Goma and now are moving toward Bukavu in the mineral-rich east

#Feb.06.2025 ×

#voanews.com. × UN: Deaths near 3,000 in fighting for DRC's Goma. M23 rebels consolidate their hold on Goma and look to seize more territory in the country's mineral-rich east

#Feb.05.2025 ×

#voanews.com. × Scores killed in Somalia in clash between security forces, Islamic State. Puntland forces in Somalia say 57 foreign fighters were killed in military operation against IS stronghold recently targeted by US warplanes

#Feb.05.2025 ×

#voanews.com. × 2 Mozambicans with disabilities overcome social stigma. Living with a disability presents unique challenges, but some living with a disability say resilience, determination, and support can help individuals thrive. From Maputo, Mozambique, reporter Amarilis

#Feb.05.2025 ×

#voanews.com. × South Africa's unity government steady after stormy start. The government has been credited with bringing some stability to the continent's most industrialized economy as it faces a host of challenges

#Feb.05.2025 ×

#voanews.com. × South Africa tests radioactivity in rhino horns to deter poachers. Scientists are testing a novel technique to deter poachers targeting endangered rhinoceros for their prized horns. As part of a pilot study in South Africa, researchers have injected small, radioactive

#Feb.05.2025 ×

#voanews.com. × Trump takes aim at new South African land expropriation law. US president threatens to pull funding to South Africa over belief that new expropriation law will 'confiscate' land

#Feb.05.2025 ×

#voanews.com. × Trump orders target several UN bodies. Trump said that he was not looking to take away money from the 193-member world body, but said Washington pays a disproportionate amount

#Feb.05.2025 ×

#voanews.com. × Scientists test injecting radioactivity into rhino horns to deter poachers. Scientists are testing a novel technique to deter poachers targeting endangered rhinos for their prized horns: injecting radioactive pellets into the horns so there is less demand for them on the black

#Feb.04.2025 ×