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South Sudan on Sunday announced its first confirmed coronavirus infection, a United Nations staff member, becoming one the last African countries to confirm the virus. But, years of civil war and low funding have left the world’s youngest nation with a fragile healthcare system, raising fears that the virus – if left unchecked – could quickly spread
VOA’s Islamabad correspondent Ayesha Tanzeem grapples with the work from home restrictions and the competing guilt of either not reporting on the human suffering around her, or putting the health of her crew at risk
The Sudanese military has said it will return the remains of 29 officers who were executed three decades ago to their families
Human rights conditions in Venezuela continued to worsen under the illegitimate regime of Nicolas Maduro, according to the 2019 State Department Human Rights Report
Calls are mounting in Turkey for a lockdown as the coronavirus infection spreads, especially in the country’s largest city, Istanbul. But the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has refused, insisting that the wheels of the economy must keep turning
There were some tense moments in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, when police blocked access to a popular sports and recreation ground. It came after Ukraine’s government intensified lockdown measures on April 6 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Police officers blocked the bridge to Kyiv’s Hydropark, a popular island sports ground located in the Dnipro River. Angry citizens confronted police and argued that the new restrictions violated their freedom of movement. Two people were arrested
Two major genocides are being memorialized in April…the 1994 mass killings in Rwanda and the Armenian genocide of a century ago. A husband-and-wife team of researchers are now publishing oral testimonies from the Rwandan atrocities
There was a time when starting up a business of any kind required an immense amount of market research and some physical office space to meet potential clients. But the days of big offices may be coming to an end. It’s called co-working and one coworking place in Pakistan is designed to help women entrepreneurs
66 year-old Helen White doesn’t believe in stereotypes. She is sure anyone can do anything – regardless of age. That’s why she is a pickleball coach, and promotes this unusual sport based loosely on tennis as way for the elderly to have fun and exercise
Hair and nail salons across New York City have been ordered shut down, effectively putting thousands of stylists and technicians, many of them immigrants, out of work. While some are taking a wait-and-see approach, others are risking their health to meet with clients privately