Headlines- Sheik Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, the prime minister of Qatar, will visit Tehran on Thursday and meet with several Iranian officials to discuss ways to de-escalate tensions.
- According to a notice on a Treasury Department website, the US has imposed sanctions on the Palestine Action group and designated it as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.
- A huge flash flood in Nepal ravaged villages, killing at least 160 people and leaving hundreds more missing for.
- At least one person was killed and over a dozen people were injured on Wednesday when a person crashed a car into a crowd in the northwest French city of Caen.
- Wildfires that sweft through several Algerian provinces claimed the lives of twelve people..
Tag: African News
African News at a Glance
Medical workers leading the Ugandan effort against Ebola struggle with lack of supplies and other stories around the World
African News At a Glance
Sudan Police Fire Tear Gas to Break Up Protests and other stories across the World
Longtime Kenya Coffee Farmers Eye New...
Kenya is the fifth largest coffee producing country in Africa, but this may change. Coffee farmers in the East African nation are turning to other crops as coffee production is affected by drought and low prices in the international market. For VOA, Mohammed Yusuf reports from Kiambu, Kenya
African News At a Glance
Revered DRC Opposition Leader’s Body Arrives in Kinshasa for Funeral and other Stories across African Continent
African News Now
Strikers in Sudan Push Military to Cede Power and other stories across African Continent
African News Now At a Glance
Kenya’s highest court ruled Friday that a colonial-era law banning same-sex relations should remain in place and other Stories Across Africa
Angola’s Record Drought Puts Millions at...
Southern Angola faces the worst drought in decades, says the United Nations Children’s Fund, with at least 2.3 million people facing high risk of a food security crisis and malnutrition. Elizabete Casimiro narrates this report by Herculano Coroado, who traveled to Cunene Province, Angola, for this report
Electronic Trade Helps Cameroonian Farmers
Information technologies are changing the lives of many Cameroonian farmers, who previously were dependent on brokers, who charged fees to serve as middlemen to purchasers