Thu, 23 Mar 2023 17:35:09 +0000 How to Fight Climate Change for a Bargain A new study argues that ramping up renewable energy production would bring down costs more quickly.
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Zimbabweans Start Debate on Ending Death Penalty Zimbabwe’s government has started two weeks of nationwide consultations on whether to abolish capital punishment for people convicted of premeditated murder. As Columbus Mavhunga reports for VOA, people’s views on the issue are varied. (Camera: Blessing Chigwenhembe)
Wed, 29 Mar 2023 08:33:38 -0400 French Laboratory Boat Fights Plastic Pollution in Senegal The French ship the Plastic Odyssey is on a world tour to show how billions of tons of plastic waste is affecting the ocean. Allison Fernandes has this story from the Port of Dakar in Senegal. Salem Solomon narrates.
Wed, 29 Mar 2023 08:29:20 -0400 US VP Harris to Announce $1 Billion in Funding for Women’s Economic Empowerment U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is set to announce Wednesday $1 billion in public and private financing for programs focused on economic empowerment of women as she wraps up a visit to Ghana.
The funding will support expanding access to digital services, job training and support for entrepreneurs, her office said.
Harris is holding a roundtable of women entrepreneurs Wednesday in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, before departing for Tanzania, the next leg of her weeklong Africa...
Wed, 29 Mar 2023 03:48:26 -0400 Al-Shabab Has Lost Third of its Territory, US Ambassador Says The U.S. ambassador to Somalia said the Somali government's military operations against al-Shabab have cost the militants one third of their territory.
"Somali-led offensives have restored Somalia's sovereignty to 1/3 of the territory formerly misruled by al-Shabaab," Larry André told VOA Somali in an email. "Ending al-Shabab's oppression is one step further toward Somalia's full revival."
Since January, the United States donated weapons to the...
Tue, 28 Mar 2023 23:53:45 -0400 Pirates Boarded Danish Ship in Gulf of Guinea Pirates boarded a Danish-owned Liberian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Guinea over the weekend, the owner said Tuesday, adding that contact with the 16 crew members had been lost.
The 135-meter Monjasa Reformer "experienced an emergency situation" on Saturday around 260 kilometers west of Port Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo, owner Monjasa said.
The ship owner said the crew had sought refuge in the tanker's secure room when the pirates boarded, "in accordance...
Tue, 28 Mar 2023 23:06:10 -0400 US VP Touts Hopeful Future for Africa During Stop in Ghana Africa and the U.S. share not only a grim past but also a hopeful future. Vice President Kamala Harris emphasized this on her first official voyage to the continent, where in one day she covered both the possibilities ahead and the pain that links both societies. VOA’s Anita Powell traveled with the vice president in Cape Coast, Ghana.
