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NAIROBI, KENYA � Catherine Mutua she has always used charcoal and gas to cook for her young family.But, the source of energy she grew up with was becoming too expensive. She found out that she can also cook with another kind of fuel, ethanol."Before I ...

WASHINGTON - The executive director of the United Nations' World Food Program has wrapped up a visit to Sudan after helicoptering into the volatile South Kordofan region to assess humanitarian needs.David Beasley told VOA's South Sudan in Focus that th...

NAIROBI - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Thursday called for the release of four journalists and their driver who were arrested while covering a deadly clash between Burundi security forces and rebels from neighboring Democratic Republic of the Con...

SANTIAGO, CHILE - Chile, grappling with violent protests that rocked the capital Santiago for days, will not let the riots derail plans to host two major global meetings in coming months, Foreign Minister Teodoro Ribera said Thursday.He said there was ...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Maria do Valle Ribeiro of Ireland as United Nations Resident Coordinator for Zimbabwe, with the host country's agreement.Ms. Ribeiro has more than three decades of humanitarian and develop...