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Posted: Mar 15, 2025, 4:33 PM
Location: Kigali, Rwanda
Caption: 🇷🇼🎤🎸Rwanda musician Ezra Kwizera empowers youth through art and entrepreneurship initiative @ezrakwizera_music , the founder of the Izere Art and Media Hub which is based in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, is using his initiative to empower young artists from the East African nation by nurturing their talents and teaching them more about entrepreneurship. For insight into Kwizera’s work, VOA’s @jacksonmvunganyi visited Izere Art and Media Hub and filed this report. #rwanda #storytelling #music #afrobeats #production #reels #voaafrica #explorepage

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Posted: Mar 14, 2025, 10:03 PM
Caption: From fighting climate change, improving trade and dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, the outgoing Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations, Patricia Scotland, highlighted her successes during her nine-year tenure. Madam Patricia Scotland is scheduled to officially step down later this month. VOA's Peter Clottey spoke to her during the recent 48th meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community or CARICOM in Barbados.

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Posted: Mar 14, 2025, 5:49 PM
Caption: Ethiopian model Keneni Adugna was laid to rest on Friday at Saint Cathedral Church in Addis Ababa surrounded by grieving family and friends mourning her sudden death. ⁣ ⁣ According to a statement released Wednesday by Addis Ababa Police, Keneni fell from the balcony of her fifth-floor apartment under unclear circumstances. ⁣ ⁣ Investigators have examined the scene, gathering forensic and technical evidence, while her fiancé, the popular singer Andualem Gosa, remains in police custody as the inquiry continues. ⁣ ⁣ Keneni's family and fans are waiting for further details from the ongoing investigation.⁣ ⁣ #ethiopia #news

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Posted: Mar 14, 2025, 3:38 PM
Location: Maryland, U.S.A
Caption: 🇺🇸🌇🌅A total lunar eclipse was visible in the Western Hemisphere overnight Thursday, with the best views in North America and South America. The moon turned red last night for skywatchers across the U.S. VOA Horn of Africa Services’ Tigist Geme, captured these images in Silver Spring, a city in the U.S. state of Maryland Thursday evening.

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Posted: Mar 14, 2025, 2:48 PM
Caption: A British national was killed by a speeding motorcade transporting Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday, according to local reports.⁣ ⁣ Videos on social media showing the hit-and-run by a government vehicle in the capital of Nairobi have caused outage in the country.⁣ ⁣ The victim has been identified as 79-year-old Edgar Charles Frederick.⁣ ⁣ Police said on Friday that the driver of the government vehicle was arrested and later released on bail, adding that investigations are underway.

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Posted: Mar 13, 2025, 10:57 PM
Caption: Namibia's cholera-free decade ends with one confirmed case⁣ ⁣ Namibia has confirmed its first cholera case in a decade, a 55-year-old woman from the Kunene region, who has since recovered.⁣ ⁣ The Africa Centres for Disease Control (Africa CDC) labeled the case a major alert for health officials.⁣ ⁣ The patient had no recent travel history, and the case is believed to be linked to an ongoing cholera outbreak in neighboring Angola, which has resulted in 237 deaths since January.⁣ ⁣ While the number of infections in Angola is declining, Africa CDC has sent 2,000 oral cholera vaccines to the country to protect healthcare workers.⁣ ⁣ Cholera, which can be fatal without treatment, is spread through contaminated food and water, making access to clean water and sanitation crucial in controlling outbreaks.⁣ ⁣ The WHO reports a 12% decline in cholera cases in Africa in 2024, though deaths increased slightly by 3.1%.⁣ ⁣ Some information for this report was provided by Reuters.⁣ ⁣ #namibia #cholera #voaafrica

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Posted: Mar 13, 2025, 9:27 PM
Caption: Nigeria's lower house of parliament passes tax reform bills, with some tweaks⁣ ⁣ Nigeria's lower house of parliament passed four tax reform bills proposed by President Bola Tinubu, aiming to boost revenue and overhaul the tax system.⁣ ⁣ The reforms seek to raise VAT to 12.5% by 2026, streamline tax collection, and revise revenue-sharing between federal and state governments.⁣ ⁣ However, lawmakers kept VAT at 7.5%, excluded minimum wage earners from income tax, and capped VAT revenue allocation to high-revenue states at 30%.⁣ ⁣ The bills also replace the 85% petroleum profit tax with a 30% corporate tax rate for oil operations. A global minimum tax for multinationals and a higher tax threshold for domestic businesses were introduced.⁣ ⁣ Free zone entities exporting 75% or more of goods will be exempt from the minimum tax. The bills will take effect after passing the upper house and receiving presidential assent.⁣ ⁣ Some information for this report was provided by Reuters.⁣ ⁣ #nigeria #bolatinubu #voaafrica

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Posted: Mar 13, 2025, 9:01 PM
Caption: Fears grow of renewed conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray⁣ ⁣ Tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea are escalating, with fears of a potential new war due to clashes in Ethiopia's Tigray region. A civil war between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) from 2020 to 2022 resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths, and a fragile peace deal in 2022 has failed to restore stability. Rival factions in Tigray are intensifying disputes, particularly between the Tigray interim administration led by Getachew Reda and the opposing TPLF faction, led by Debretsion Gebremichael. The latter has taken control of the town of Adigrat, increasing fears of renewed conflict.⁣ ⁣ Eritrean involvement in the region, including military mobilizations, further raises the specter of war. Both Eritrea and Ethiopia have historically had strained relations, with a border war from 1998-2000 and a subsequent peace agreement in 2018. However, tensions resurfaced after Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's comments about Ethiopia’s right to access the Red Sea, seen as a threat to Eritrea. Eritrea's dissatisfaction with the peace deal and strategic concerns over the region have contributed to the rising tensions.⁣ ⁣ Analysts fear that the situation in Tigray could trigger a wider conflict between the two nations, especially as Eritrean and Ethiopian forces position themselves near the border. International bodies, including the United Nations and Western embassies, have called for urgent dialogue to prevent further violence. However, the political situation remains unstable, with Ethiopia's federal government and Eritrea's leadership remaining largely silent on the escalating crisis.⁣ ⁣ Some information for this report was provided by Reuters and AFP.⁣ ⁣ #tigray #ethiopia #eritrea #tplf #voaafrica

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Posted: Mar 13, 2025, 8:35 PM
Caption: The head of the U.N. children’s program, UNICEF, said Thursday that 16 million children in Sudan are suffering horribly from the country’s civil war, with many facing daily threats of violence, starvation, disease and sexual assault.⁣ ⁣ "The fighting is happening right at their doorsteps, around their homes, their schools and hospitals, and across many of Sudan’s cities, towns, and villages,” Catherine Russell, UNICEF’s executive director, told a meeting of the U.N. Security Council.⁣ ⁣ She said children under the age of 5 are particularly at risk, with more than 1.3 million living in five famine hotspots in the country, and another 3 million at risk of diseases.

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Posted: Mar 13, 2025, 7:52 PM
Caption: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he supports the idea of a 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine but has "serious questions" about how it would work. ⁣ ⁣ Putin told reporters that he may call U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss the deal.⁣ ⁣ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he has accepted a U.S. proposal to the ceasefire earlier this week after talks with U.S. officials in Saudi Arabia.⁣ ⁣ (Some information from The Associated Press and Agence France-Presse.)

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Posted: Mar 13, 2025, 6:56 PM
Caption: 🇿🇦💶💶💶European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced a new $5.10 billion (4.7 billion euros) investment package for South Africa Thursday at the eighth EU-South Africa summit in Cape Town. The funding includes "clean energy transition" projects and efforts "to boost vaccine manufacturing," she said. EU chief von der Leyen said the commission is aware of South Africa's drive to protect the "health of its people, autonomy and local industries," adding that "Europeans want to diversify some of our most critical supply chains, and we know that virus knows no borders," she said. Von der Leyen made the remarks while sitting next to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and European Council President Antonio Costa. In his opening remarks, Ramaphosa said the summit attests to the "long-standing and close relationship," that is a "partnership based on shared values and common interests." The Council of the European Union named South Africa as the EU’s largest trading partner in Sub-Saharan Africa, with $53 billion (49 billion euros) worth of trade in goods in 2023.

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Posted: Mar 13, 2025, 5:02 PM
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Caption: 🇿🇦💶💶💶European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced a new $5.10 billion (4.7 billion euros) investment package for South Africa Thursday at the eighth EU-South Africa summit in Cape Town. The funding includes "clean energy transition" projects and efforts "to boost vaccine manufacturing," she said in a video posted on X. EU chief von der Leyen said the commission is aware of South Africa's drive to protect the "health of its people, autonomy and local industries," adding that "Europeans want to diversify some of our most critical supply chains, and we know that virus knows no borders," she said. Von der Leyen made the remarks while sitting next to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and European Council President Antonio Costa. In his opening remarks, Ramaphosa said the summit attests to the "long-standing and close relationship," that is a "partnership based on shared values and common interests." The Council of the European Union named South Africa as the EU’s largest trading partner in Sub-Saharan Africa, with $53 billion (49 billion euros) worth of trade in goods in 2023.

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Posted: Mar 15, 2025, 4:33 PM
Location: Kigali, Rwanda
Caption: 🇷🇼🎤🎸Rwanda musician Ezra Kwizera empowers youth through art and entrepreneurship initiative @ezrakwizera_music , the founder of the Izere Art and Media Hub which is based in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, is using his initiative to empower young artists from the East African nation by nurturing their talents and teaching them more about entrepreneurship. For insight into Kwizera’s work, VOA’s @jacksonmvunganyi visited Izere Art and Media Hub and filed this report. #rwanda #storytelling #music #afrobeats #production #reels #voaafrica #explorepage

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Posted: Mar 14, 2025, 10:03 PM
Caption: From fighting climate change, improving trade and dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, the outgoing Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations, Patricia Scotland, highlighted her successes during her nine-year tenure. Madam Patricia Scotland is scheduled to officially step down later this month. VOA's Peter Clottey spoke to her during the recent 48th meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community or CARICOM in Barbados.

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Posted: Mar 14, 2025, 5:49 PM
Caption: Ethiopian model Keneni Adugna was laid to rest on Friday at Saint Cathedral Church in Addis Ababa surrounded by grieving family and friends mourning her sudden death. ⁣ ⁣ According to a statement released Wednesday by Addis Ababa Police, Keneni fell from the balcony of her fifth-floor apartment under unclear circumstances. ⁣ ⁣ Investigators have examined the scene, gathering forensic and technical evidence, while her fiancé, the popular singer Andualem Gosa, remains in police custody as the inquiry continues. ⁣ ⁣ Keneni's family and fans are waiting for further details from the ongoing investigation.⁣ ⁣ #ethiopia #news

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Posted: Mar 14, 2025, 3:38 PM
Location: Maryland, U.S.A
Caption: 🇺🇸🌇🌅A total lunar eclipse was visible in the Western Hemisphere overnight Thursday, with the best views in North America and South America. The moon turned red last night for skywatchers across the U.S. VOA Horn of Africa Services’ Tigist Geme, captured these images in Silver Spring, a city in the U.S. state of Maryland Thursday evening.

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Posted: Mar 14, 2025, 2:48 PM
Caption: A British national was killed by a speeding motorcade transporting Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday, according to local reports.⁣ ⁣ Videos on social media showing the hit-and-run by a government vehicle in the capital of Nairobi have caused outage in the country.⁣ ⁣ The victim has been identified as 79-year-old Edgar Charles Frederick.⁣ ⁣ Police said on Friday that the driver of the government vehicle was arrested and later released on bail, adding that investigations are underway.

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Posted: Mar 13, 2025, 10:57 PM
Caption: Namibia's cholera-free decade ends with one confirmed case⁣ ⁣ Namibia has confirmed its first cholera case in a decade, a 55-year-old woman from the Kunene region, who has since recovered.⁣ ⁣ The Africa Centres for Disease Control (Africa CDC) labeled the case a major alert for health officials.⁣ ⁣ The patient had no recent travel history, and the case is believed to be linked to an ongoing cholera outbreak in neighboring Angola, which has resulted in 237 deaths since January.⁣ ⁣ While the number of infections in Angola is declining, Africa CDC has sent 2,000 oral cholera vaccines to the country to protect healthcare workers.⁣ ⁣ Cholera, which can be fatal without treatment, is spread through contaminated food and water, making access to clean water and sanitation crucial in controlling outbreaks.⁣ ⁣ The WHO reports a 12% decline in cholera cases in Africa in 2024, though deaths increased slightly by 3.1%.⁣ ⁣ Some information for this report was provided by Reuters.⁣ ⁣ #namibia #cholera #voaafrica

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Posted: Mar 13, 2025, 9:27 PM
Caption: Nigeria's lower house of parliament passes tax reform bills, with some tweaks⁣ ⁣ Nigeria's lower house of parliament passed four tax reform bills proposed by President Bola Tinubu, aiming to boost revenue and overhaul the tax system.⁣ ⁣ The reforms seek to raise VAT to 12.5% by 2026, streamline tax collection, and revise revenue-sharing between federal and state governments.⁣ ⁣ However, lawmakers kept VAT at 7.5%, excluded minimum wage earners from income tax, and capped VAT revenue allocation to high-revenue states at 30%.⁣ ⁣ The bills also replace the 85% petroleum profit tax with a 30% corporate tax rate for oil operations. A global minimum tax for multinationals and a higher tax threshold for domestic businesses were introduced.⁣ ⁣ Free zone entities exporting 75% or more of goods will be exempt from the minimum tax. The bills will take effect after passing the upper house and receiving presidential assent.⁣ ⁣ Some information for this report was provided by Reuters.⁣ ⁣ #nigeria #bolatinubu #voaafrica

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Posted: Mar 13, 2025, 9:01 PM
Caption: Fears grow of renewed conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray⁣ ⁣ Tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea are escalating, with fears of a potential new war due to clashes in Ethiopia's Tigray region. A civil war between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) from 2020 to 2022 resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths, and a fragile peace deal in 2022 has failed to restore stability. Rival factions in Tigray are intensifying disputes, particularly between the Tigray interim administration led by Getachew Reda and the opposing TPLF faction, led by Debretsion Gebremichael. The latter has taken control of the town of Adigrat, increasing fears of renewed conflict.⁣ ⁣ Eritrean involvement in the region, including military mobilizations, further raises the specter of war. Both Eritrea and Ethiopia have historically had strained relations, with a border war from 1998-2000 and a subsequent peace agreement in 2018. However, tensions resurfaced after Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's comments about Ethiopia’s right to access the Red Sea, seen as a threat to Eritrea. Eritrea's dissatisfaction with the peace deal and strategic concerns over the region have contributed to the rising tensions.⁣ ⁣ Analysts fear that the situation in Tigray could trigger a wider conflict between the two nations, especially as Eritrean and Ethiopian forces position themselves near the border. International bodies, including the United Nations and Western embassies, have called for urgent dialogue to prevent further violence. However, the political situation remains unstable, with Ethiopia's federal government and Eritrea's leadership remaining largely silent on the escalating crisis.⁣ ⁣ Some information for this report was provided by Reuters and AFP.⁣ ⁣ #tigray #ethiopia #eritrea #tplf #voaafrica

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Posted: Mar 13, 2025, 8:35 PM
Caption: The head of the U.N. children’s program, UNICEF, said Thursday that 16 million children in Sudan are suffering horribly from the country’s civil war, with many facing daily threats of violence, starvation, disease and sexual assault.⁣ ⁣ "The fighting is happening right at their doorsteps, around their homes, their schools and hospitals, and across many of Sudan’s cities, towns, and villages,” Catherine Russell, UNICEF’s executive director, told a meeting of the U.N. Security Council.⁣ ⁣ She said children under the age of 5 are particularly at risk, with more than 1.3 million living in five famine hotspots in the country, and another 3 million at risk of diseases.

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Posted: Mar 13, 2025, 7:52 PM
Caption: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he supports the idea of a 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine but has "serious questions" about how it would work. ⁣ ⁣ Putin told reporters that he may call U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss the deal.⁣ ⁣ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he has accepted a U.S. proposal to the ceasefire earlier this week after talks with U.S. officials in Saudi Arabia.⁣ ⁣ (Some information from The Associated Press and Agence France-Presse.)

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Posted: Mar 13, 2025, 6:56 PM
Caption: 🇿🇦💶💶💶European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced a new $5.10 billion (4.7 billion euros) investment package for South Africa Thursday at the eighth EU-South Africa summit in Cape Town. The funding includes "clean energy transition" projects and efforts "to boost vaccine manufacturing," she said. EU chief von der Leyen said the commission is aware of South Africa's drive to protect the "health of its people, autonomy and local industries," adding that "Europeans want to diversify some of our most critical supply chains, and we know that virus knows no borders," she said. Von der Leyen made the remarks while sitting next to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and European Council President Antonio Costa. In his opening remarks, Ramaphosa said the summit attests to the "long-standing and close relationship," that is a "partnership based on shared values and common interests." The Council of the European Union named South Africa as the EU’s largest trading partner in Sub-Saharan Africa, with $53 billion (49 billion euros) worth of trade in goods in 2023.

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Posted: Mar 13, 2025, 5:02 PM
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Caption: 🇿🇦💶💶💶European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced a new $5.10 billion (4.7 billion euros) investment package for South Africa Thursday at the eighth EU-South Africa summit in Cape Town. The funding includes "clean energy transition" projects and efforts "to boost vaccine manufacturing," she said in a video posted on X. EU chief von der Leyen said the commission is aware of South Africa's drive to protect the "health of its people, autonomy and local industries," adding that "Europeans want to diversify some of our most critical supply chains, and we know that virus knows no borders," she said. Von der Leyen made the remarks while sitting next to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and European Council President Antonio Costa. In his opening remarks, Ramaphosa said the summit attests to the "long-standing and close relationship," that is a "partnership based on shared values and common interests." The Council of the European Union named South Africa as the EU’s largest trading partner in Sub-Saharan Africa, with $53 billion (49 billion euros) worth of trade in goods in 2023.

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