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Fight breaks out at AU parliament meeting 2 hours ago width No media source currently available 0:00 0:00:59 0:00 Lawmakers aimed kicks, tussled over a ballot box and shouted at a meeting of the Pan-African parliament on Monday, amid a dispute over electing the AU bodys next president. They fought over the process for electing a new president. Southern Africans want to their representative to be president. Share

PROTEST: Some people staged a protest Wednesday outside the Voice of America's headquarters in Washington DC, complaining about what they called "undue and unfair" coverage of the violence in Tigray where the government has allegedly killed many people. (Video: VOA)

President Joe Biden was in Oklahoma Tuesday, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to commemorate the anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, the destruction in 1921 of a prosperous Black community by a white mob that left up to 300 people dead and thousands homeless.

Spam Mania width No media source currently available 0:00 0:03:20 0:00 Before “spam” became a computer term, it was an American luncheon meat that was exported and embraced by cultures around the world, especially Asians. Spam is sold in more than 40 countries worldwide, and immigrants in the U.S. are serving it — but with a twist. Share

Saudi Arabia is requiring all pilgrims for the scaled-back, annual Hajj in July to be vaccinated against COVID-19. In Tanzania, where vaccinations have still not begun, Muslims hoping to go to Mecca are urging authorities to start jabbing. Charles Kombe reports from Dar es Salaam.

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South Asian countries are turning to China for COVID-19 vaccines as India suspends vaccine exports. Analysts say that will help Beijing increase its clout in a region where it has long jockeyed for influence. From Mumbai, Anjana Pasricha has a report.

"In the Heights,” a film about the dreams and struggles of the Latino community in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood is Lin Manuel Miranda’s love letter to the place where he grew up. Miranda is also says people will flock to theaters after months of COVID restrictions.

In Senegal, some growers are trying new farming techniques to reduce the use of man-made chemicals and improve crop yields. Allison Lékogo Fernandes checks on an agroecology experiment in a Dakar suburb.

From mammoth cash prizes to free perks, states and businesses in America are finding all kinds of ways to encourage residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19. More with VOA Correspondent Mariama Diallo.