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Severe flooding in Zambia displaced hundreds of families and killed eight people on Monday. Hundreds of people are now living in tents outside Independence Stadium in the capital city, Lusaka. The floods also swept away roads, bridges and government buildings.
Date: 17 March 2010
Category: Zambia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Guests: Studio Selam kidane Human rights activist, Release Eritrea Studio Mr.Sirak Bahlbi Eritrean Community organizer Phone: Thomas C. Mountain Independent journalist, Horn of Africa Description: On the 22nd of February 2009, tens of thousands of Eritreans and Friends of Eritrea took to the streets of Geneva to voice their opposition to Security Council Resolution 1907 (2009) which imposes sanctions against Eritrea . The demonstration in Geneva was part of the world wide demonstrations being held simultaneously in the United States , Australia , Middle East and Africa . It is to be recalled that, on the 23 December 2009 the Security Council adopted Resolution 1907 and sanctioned Eritrea for \\ [More] [Less]
Date: 17 March 2010
Category: Eritrea
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Guests: Studio Selam kidane Human rights activist, Release Eritrea Studio Mr.Sirak Bahlbi Eritrean Community organizer Phone: Thomas C. Mountain Independent journalist, Horn of Africa Description: On the 22nd of February 2009, tens of thousands of Eritreans and Friends of Eritrea took to the streets of Geneva to voice their opposition to Security Council Resolution 1907 (2009) which imposes sanctions against Eritrea . The demonstration in Geneva was part of the world wide demonstrations being held simultaneously in the United States , Australia , Middle East and Africa . It is to be recalled that, on the 23 December 2009 the Security Council adopted Resolution 1907 and sanctioned Eritrea for \\ [More] [Less]
Date: 17 March 2010
Category: Eritrea
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Guests: Studio Selam kidane Human rights activist, Release Eritrea Studio Mr.Sirak Bahlbi Eritrean Community organizer Phone: Thomas C. Mountain Independent journalist, Horn of Africa Description: On the 22nd of February 2009, tens of thousands of Eritreans and Friends of Eritrea took to the streets of Geneva to voice their opposition to Security Council Resolution 1907 (2009) which imposes sanctions against Eritrea . The demonstration in Geneva was part of the world wide demonstrations being held simultaneously in the United States , Australia , Middle East and Africa . It is to be recalled that, on the 23 December 2009 the Security Council adopted Resolution 1907 and sanctioned Eritrea for \\ [More] [Less]
Date: 17 March 2010
Category: Eritrea
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Guests: Studio Selam kidane Human rights activist, Release Eritrea Studio Mr.Sirak Bahlbi Eritrean Community organizer Phone: Thomas C. Mountain Independent journalist, Horn of Africa Description: On the 22nd of February 2009, tens of thousands of Eritreans and Friends of Eritrea took to the streets of Geneva to voice their opposition to Security Council Resolution 1907 (2009) which imposes sanctions against Eritrea . The demonstration in Geneva was part of the world wide demonstrations being held simultaneously in the United States , Australia , Middle East and Africa . It is to be recalled that, on the 23 December 2009 the Security Council adopted Resolution 1907 and sanctioned Eritrea for \"providing financial support to the Somali insurgents\", without ever producing any evidence. The Security Council also called on Eritrea to acknowledge the nonexistent \"conflict with Djibouti \". The participants stated that the Eritrean people would never kneel down and that there was no external pressure that could break the will of a strong and united population. Assembling in front of the UN Office in Geneva, the participants of the demonstration chanted slogans in various languages denouncing the shameful sanctions resolution, and messages from various Eritrean communities in Europe as well as messages of solidarity and friendship from other Horn of Africa communities were conveyed. They also submitted petition representing over 100,000 signatories to pertinent UN officials. [More] [Less]
Date: 17 March 2010
Category: Eritrea
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Africans living abroad are being asked to better participate in the development of the continent. The Africa Union and some African countries now have offices that are soliciting contributions from the Diaspora. VOAs Vincent Makori reports.
Date: 17 March 2010
Category: Nigeria
 
 
 
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Interview with Ngozi Edozien, CEO, Actis West Africa
Date: 24 July 2009
Category: Nigeria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The official video of the FIFA World Cup 2010 Anthem...... In South Africa .... By somali artist Knaan
Date: 04 December 2009
Category: South Africa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Monument to the African Renaissance is meant to draw tourists and pride to Senegals capital, Dakar. But the huge bronze statue is drawing criticism from some in Senegals mostly Muslim population. Ricci Shryock reports.
Date: 09 December 2009
Category: Senegal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Somalia\'s first freely-elected president talks about the war raging in his country, his views on the U.S.-led Global War on Terrorism, and how the Internet may help educate and unite his nation.
Date: 28 September 2008
Category: Somalia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Courtesy: UNICEF NIAMEY, Niger, 14 April 2009 Ten villages in western Niger have decided to put an end to female genital mutilation or cutting (also known as FGM/C), publicly calling all inhabitants in the Tillabery region to give up this practice, which threatens girls lives. More at http://www.unicef.org/ [More] [Less]
Date: 15 April 2009
Category: Niger
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Eritrea - Asmara, the capital of the small east African country of Eritrea, bordering the Red Sea, is referred by many expert travelers as the beautifulest city in Africa and is also home to one of the most important and exciting architectural \'discoveries\' of recent years. Built almost entirely in the 1930s and early 40\'s by Italian and Eritrean workers, Asmara has one of the highest concentrations of modernist architecture anywhere in the world, and has evocatively been described as [More] [Less]
Date: 25 September 2008
Category: Eritrea
 
 
 
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Somalia\'s first freely-elected president talks about the war raging in his country, his views on the U.S.-led Global War on Terrorism, and how the Internet may help educate and unite his nation.
Date: 28 September 2008
Category: Somalia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
video about scateboarding in uganda....interesting
Date: 27 September 2008
Category: Uganda
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Excerpts of a film on the heroic exploits of Kuva Likenye, the Bakweri chief who took up arms against German exploitation of the Bakweri people of Cameroon who live on the foot of mount Fako, in West Africa. An AFRICAphonie film.
Date: 23 September 2008
Category: Cameroon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Malawis agricultural growth since the signing of the Maputo Declaration in 2003 has been impressive, the New Partnership for Africas Development (Nepad) Business Foundation chairperson Dr Reuel Khoza said last week.
Date: 20 November 2009
Category: Malawi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The U-S-based One Laptop Per Child Initiative creates educational opportunities for poor children around the world by providing low-cost, durable portable computers. Seven countries in Africa are already participating in the initiative. One school in Kenya has set up a pilot program to test the computers. Cathy Majtenyi reports for VOA from Nairobi. [More] [Less]
Date: 20 November 2009
Category: Kenya
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
VOAs co-host Vincent Makori talks to Sasha Lezhnev, Executive Director of the Grassroots Reconciliation Group and co-author of the Enough Project paper on Congos minerals. Sasha explains how the minerals are fueling conflicts in the region. He also gives the web link to address the problem at: http://www.raisehopeforcongo.org. [More] [Less]
Date: 20 November 2009
Category: Dem. Rep. Congo
 
 
 
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Courtesy: UNICEF NIAMEY, Niger, 14 April 2009 Ten villages in western Niger have decided to put an end to female genital mutilation or cutting (also known as FGM/C), publicly calling all inhabitants in the Tillabery region to give up this practice, which threatens girls lives. More at http://www.unicef.org/ [More] [Less]
Date: 15 April 2009
Category: Niger
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Animal abuse happens all over the world - But how much do you really know about it?
Date: 01 April 2009
Category: Ethiopia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Awed by their imagination and spirit, in 2005, Dennis Gaboury, an American sculptor spending the year in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second largest city, sponsored a competition among the city’s orphans to encourage and reward their creativity. More than 250 boys and girls built dolls and trucks, motorcycles, airplanes and helicopters. And in the Spring of 2006, at special awards show, they all received prizes – movie tickets and back packs, beans and pencils, courtesy of local and international donors. All their toys were displayed in an exhibition mounted at the National Gallery. And the top four toymakers garnered something even more spectacular – an airplane ride over their own home town. For more, go to www.zimkids.com [More] [Less]
Date: 28 March 2009
Category: Zimbabwe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Animal behaviourist, Kevin Richardson, has struck up a remarkable friendship with an entire pride of lions in South Africa. Sky\'s Africa Correspondent Emma Hurd reports.
Date: 20 March 2009
Category: South Africa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Our bodies?their battleground?, a documentary film that highlights the sexual violence crisis facing women and girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Liberia, received the award of ?Best Feature? for documentaries over 15 minutes. The film gives a voice to victims of rape, and seeks to challenge the culture of impunity that allows this violence to continue unchecked. ?Our bodies?their battleground? was produced by Nicky Chalk and Sylvia Spring, with support from the head of the IRIN film unit, David Gough. www.films4change.co.uk [More] [Less]
Date: 09 January 2009
Category: Dem. Rep. Congo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
video about scateboarding in uganda....interesting
Date: 27 September 2008
Category: Uganda
 
 
 
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