Al-Shabab fighters stormed an African Union military base in the village of El-Baraf in Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region early Tuesday, local officials and security sources say.Officials told VOA Somali that the militants briefly seized the base before…

Led by the Kremlin’s example, a global rise in disinformation and propaganda is having a disastrous effect on independent news around the world, a new report finds.In its 2022 World Press Freedom Index released Tuesday, the Paris-based Reporters Withou…

U.N. chief Antonio Guterres called Sunday for the military juntas in Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali to hand power back to civilians as soon as possible and reminded the world to deliver on “climate emergency” promises.Speaking after meeting Senegalese P…

MASISI, DRC — Forced to flee her home, 62-year-old Agathe fears never to see peace again as she recounts the violence she has faced in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. But the abuse Agathe has suffered in the territory of Masisi in North-Kivu prov…

GABORONE, BOTSWANA — The Botswana Wildlife Producers Association, a group that focuses on the conservation and management of the country’s wildlife, says placing electronic tracking collars on big tusk elephants could help prevent indiscriminate hunts….

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights warns that Mali’s new media restrictions reflect a growing intolerance toward freedom of the press in the region.U.N. human rights officials are expressing deep dismay at Mali’s decisi…

More than 35,000 refugees who have fled to Uganda this year seeking safety from violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance.The U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, and 44 humanitarian partners a…

Press freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has put the websites of two major French broadcasters back online in Mali, after the country’s military government pulled the broadcasters off the air in March and officially banned them from the Mali…