A Kenyan company found creative and functional ways to reuse disposed and broken flip-flops. Around the world, millions of these colorful footwear end up in landfills, waterways, dump sites, and oceans
Farmers in Somalia faced the dual threats of flooding and drought last year. In this report narrated by VOA’s Arash Arabasadi, Jamal Ahmed Osman spoke with farmers who related their experiences of how extreme climate conditions are taking a toll.
Every afternoon, elderly citizens gather in the Bondere district of Mogadishu, the troubled capital of Somalia, for an archery contest. The activity is a part of a deeper, historical tradition.
Over 400,000 Zambian girls were married at the age of 15 or under, and about 1.7 million girls under the age of 18 are married, according to the U.N.
One might not be aware when enjoying a fine perfume that the remote Comoros Islands in the Indian Ocean produce one of its main ingredients.
Malawi’s Catholic bishops have joined other African bishops in defying the latest Vatican decree that permits same-sex unions to be blessed.
The second-largest rainforest in the world is found in the Congo Basin, which is comprised of six African countries. Burning basin wood for traditional fish smoking in the Republic of Congo, one of the states,threatens to accelerate deforestation. Researchers are looking at ways to counter tmthese effexts.
In an effort to restore the health and dignity of women suffering from obstetric fistula, a U.S. non-profit is working with the Rwandan government to provide free surgical care.
Nigeria is a signatory to several international treaties that aim to end gender-based and sexual violence against women. However, the problem still exists. Some now want new laws to make offenders accountable.
Negotiations between the Sudanese military and the Rapid Support Forces have not been productive in ending the conflict, which is putting the humanitarian situation on the edge of catastrophe.