Cambodia authorities have arrested 11 Chinese nationals on suspicion of illegal drug trafficking, confiscating hundreds of metric tons of narcotics and drug precursors during raids in Phnom Penh and three other provinces, national police said Wednesday
Speaking at the opening of the high-level political forum on sustainable development held under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council 2022 session(5-15 July)
is United Nations Secretary-General AntĂłnio Guterres
Although Ethiopia’s civil war has not reached the capital, Addis Abeba, rights groups claim authorities arbitrarily detained thousands of Tigrayans last year in waves of ethnically motivated arrests. Recently freed Tigrayans were interviewed by VOA about the conditions they faced
A nationwide peace and voting campaign has been launched by university students in Kenya in ahead of the election on August 9. According to the organisers, the objective is to persuade young people to vote instead of getting part in electoral violence
Children of a Ukrainian mother, Arthur Brook, 11, and his sister Sophia, both of California, started a YouTube channel that covers events in Ukraine and features local volunteers who support its cause. Their father gives production assistance
Chinese-American author Geling Yan has hit out at the companies involved in releasing a Zhang Yimou film based on one of her novels outside China without crediting her
During his speech to the United Nations Security Council, Saurabh Kumar, Secretary (East) of India’s Ministry of External Affairs, discusses the need of strategic communications for effective peacekeeping and how the UN conducts its peacekeeping missions
Some technologists are focusing on how to prevent casualties as the U.S. reels from a recent wave of mass shootings.VOA’s Julie Taboh spoke with a couple of entrepreneurs who have developed technologies for detectecting guns
Normally, Somalia is one of the main exporters of livestock to the Middle East, particularly around the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. However, a record drought in the Horn of Africa has killed millions of animals, leaving Somali livestock farmers in a difficult situation—some are even being forced to live in displaced persons’ camps