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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is calling on African leaders to provide better governance for their people amid threats from violent extremism, rising authoritarianism and increasing corruption across the continent. VOA's Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports.

Thousands of Afghans flocked to the Kabul airport in a desperate bid to escape Afghanistan after the Taliban took control Aug. 15. Eighteen-month-old Farzad arrived with his parents, who handed him across the barbed wire to an American Marine.

Young Wodaabes men must be at their best if they want to attract the interest of the all-female jury in an age-old beauty contest in the West African country of Niger.

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Lord Actons famous phrase about the corrupting effect of power (and absolute power) should have come with a footnote about the "clinging" factor. On any given day, it isnt hard to find someone in charge, somewhere in the world, using all their wits and energy to hold onto power beyond a...

The widow of former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has challenged a fine of five cows and two goats over the alleged improper burial of her husband.  Grace Mugabe is also seeking to overturn an order, issued in May, to dig up her husband’s body and rebury it at a national heroes’ shrine in the capital Harare. Chief Zvimba issued a ruling in May that found the late leader’s wife guilty of breaking local custom with the burial. He fined her five cows and two goats during a hearing held...

The United States Student Achievers Program (USAP) Community School is accepting applications from Lower Sixth and Form Four students to begin their studies in January next year. Rebecca Mano, director of Education Matters, says students should submit their applications by October 8, 2021.

U.S. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle criticized the treatment of thousands of Haitian migrants attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border Wednesday. Videos have shown U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback chasing migrants seeking asylum.

On this edition of Africa 54: Sudanese authorities on Tuesday said they had foiled an attempted coup and that suspects are in custody; New York will see one of its first large gatherings since the coronavirus pandemic. World leaders are expected to return to the United Nations for meetings

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