The World Health Organization says authorities in Mozambique have declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after confirming that a child in the country’s northeastern Tete province has contracted the disease. It becomes the second case of wild poliovirus ... Read More

A total of 1.39 million children in the Tigray region are currently missing out on education because of Ethiopia’s civil war, according to the United Nations. While journalists are banned from entering Tigray, VOA was able to access the neighboring Amhara ... Read More

The global pandemic has pushed more than 55 million Africans into extreme poverty and reversed two decades of hard work in poverty reduction on the continent. The Economic Report on Africa for 2021 blamed the growing poverty on job losses, ... Read More

U.S. forces tasked with countering the al-Shabab terror group will no longer have to "commute" to Somalia from neighboring countries, after officials reversed a decision that officials blame for allowing the al-Qaida affiliate to grow more powerful and more dangerous. On ... Read More

Somalia's newly elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, right, holds hands with incumbent President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, left after winning the elections in Mogadishu, Somalia, May 16, 2022 Somali legislators have elected former leader Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the country’s next ... Read More

FILE - A woman shops at a fruit and vegetable market in Cairo, Egypt, March 22, 2022. Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli announced Sunday a string of planned privatizations of state-owned companies, as Cairo grapples with an economic crisis and inflation ... Read More

FILE - Priests chant and dance during the celebration of Genna, the Ethiopian Orthodox Christmas, at Saint Mary's Church in Lalibela, Ethiopia, Jan. 7, 2022. The rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, cut and hollowed out by hand into monolithic structures, have stood ... Read More

About 18.5 million children, the majority of whom are girls, do not have access to education in Nigeria, a figure up sharply compared with 2021, the U.N children's fund says. Last year, UNICEF estimated that 10.5 million children were out of ... Read More

Five years ago, France's Emmanuel Macron saw big when it came to Africa. Days after his presidential inauguration, he flew to northeastern Mali, meeting with French troops and vowing, alongside his Malian counterpart, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, to wage an "uncompromising ... Read More

Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. Floyd Mayweather arrived in Nigeria's capital Sunday evening and met with organizers of this week's exhibition match in Dubai as well as boxing fans and journalists. He held a news conference alongside his opponent in his upcoming match, ... Read More