For example, in South Africa, Cape Town's jazz festival included performances by more than forty international and African jazz performers.

VOA: special.2009.04.17

Kenya - the birthplace of Barack Obama's father - will host the Africa and International Friends Inaugural Ball.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

The groups are the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa and the New Partnership for Africa's Development.

VOA: special.2009.11.17

"There's a yield potential of maybe four thousand kilos, ten times what the average is in West Africa."

VOA: special.2010.10.19

New York-based radio producer Wills Glasspiegel discovered this energetic music and helped bring Richard Hlungwani's work to a larger audience outside South Africa.

VOA: special.2010.08.11

Justin Willis,an East Africa researcher at Britain's Durham University, says Sudan's oil industry is deep in mystery.

VOA: special.2011.01.08

He stood two hundred thirty-one centimeters -- tall even for a Dinka, some of Africa's tallest people.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

Diana Atieno Tujuh volunteers as a teacher at the Saint Christine's Community Center in the Kibera slum, one of the largest in Africa.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

In fact,D.C.health officials say infection rates in the nation's capital are higher than in West Africa.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

It is the first time that the world's biggest sports event will be held in Africa.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

Here she performs "Silent Night" which she recorded with the African Children's Choir in South Africa.

VOA: special.2010.12.24

One of the authors was Dr. Jean Nachega of South Africa's Stellenbosch University and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland.

VOA: special.2011.07.20

Today we go on safari to experience the sights and sounds of Africa's rich wildlife.

VOA: special.2009.08.19

"As one business student in West Africa put it, 'English is a lifeline.'" And that's the VOA Special English Economics Report, written by Mario Ritter.

VOA: special.2011.01.21

India's environment minister praised the united position taken by India, China,Brazil and South Africa.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

The crop must be destroyed. Uganda is Africa's leading producer and consumer of bananas.

VOA: special.2009.09.21

South Africa is a nation of forty-nine million people and Africa's biggest economy.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

Today he urges other scientists to turn their attention to Africa's needs.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

Today he encourages other scientists to turn their attention to Africa's needs.

VOA: special.2009.06.16

He was also South Africa's first black president.

VOA: special.2011.06.24

South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen won the British Open.

VOA: special.2011.06.18

"What is necessary in this case is a collective effort, not only by the researchers and the people on the ground, but also the donor community, because controlling those two diseases can go a long way in improving people's food security and livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa."

VOA: special.2009.09.21

That is the change that can unlock Africa's potential. And that is a responsibility that can only be met by Africans,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.11

The run-up to the 2011 elections has reignited concerns about a free,fair and credible vote in Africa's most populous nation.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

To date,it has sold more than and raised over 63 million dollars for humanitarian aid in Africa and the U.S.

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

The U.S.Men's team now heads to South Africa for the FIFA Confederations Cup 2009, where they take on Italy,Brazil,and Egypt.

VOA: standard.2009.06.07

It's a fascinating program. CAPRISA is the center of AIDS program of research in South Africa at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

VOA: standard.2010.07.15