By Terry FitzPatrick Cape Town 08 October 2007 South Africa's government is intervening in the international diamond market to ensure that uncut stones are polished by local jewelers. The government will soon begin buying 10 percent of the country's...
By Peta Thornycroft 04 October 2007 More than 3,000 gold miners trapped for hours in a South African gold mine, since Wednesday were mostly safe and back above ground by night fall Thursday. Peta Thornycroft has more for VOA News. The accident happen...
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 14 September 2007 United Nations and development officials say sub-Saharan Africa will not be able to meet U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of reducing extreme poverty and improving health by 2015 without im...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 11 September 2007 South Africans are marking the 30th anniversary of the death of Steve Biko, the founder of the Black Consciousness Movement, who died while in police custody. The occasion is being marked this week by spee...
By Melinda Smith Washington 06 September 2007 In 2006, the World Health Organization issued a report that a critical shortage of doctors and nurses has contributed to severe health problems in Africa and parts of Asia.The report said at least four mi...
By Phuong Tran Abeche, Chad 28 August 2007 Doctor Yanali and Dama set off to their consultations in Mali Health officials throughout Africa are meeting with the World Health Organization in the Republic of Congo, to discuss, among other topics, the s...
By Phuong Tran Dakar 27 August 2007 Kenyan police officer stands guard as 1.1 tonnes of cocaine goes up in smoke at an incinerator in Nairobi (File Photo - 31 Mar 2006) Recent cocaine seizures in West Africa are forcing officials to find new ways to...
By Phuong Tran Nouadhibou, Mauritania 22 August 2007 Every week, hundreds of Africans set out from various ports in often decaying fishing boats in order to slip away from their home countries and chase jobs and dreams of life outside Africa. The out...
By Andrew Payton Washington 20 August 2007 Members of a Washington, D.C.-based soccer team had what they describe as a life-changing trip to South Africa. In addition to tours and a safari, the young players spent time with many poor African teenager...
By Phuong Tran Dakar 18 August 2007 The West African country of Togo recently announced more bird flu infections outside its capital, making it the seventh West African country to report finding the deadly H5N1 virus in its poultry. Bird flu experts...