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Kenya is one of 16 African countries that have organized female gamers competitions this month. Kenya’s competition attracted at least 10 female gamers competing for a chance to represent the nation in the Democratic Republic of Congo next month. Mohammed Yusuf reports. (Camera: Mohammed Yusuf)

Criticism is growing against Hungarian leader Viktor Orban, and so are questions about the future of his country’s role in Europe. Hungary holds the EU presidency, and its rising opposition is accusing Orban of working to undermine Europe’s security. VOA’s Myroslava Gongadze reports from Budapest.

Yosibel Cabrera, a student from Nicaragua studying at the University of Notre Dame, says that finding community is the key to thriving on a U.S. campus. Here, she writes about how she did it. (September 2024) 

In South Africa, and elsewhere on the continent, albino people are a target; they face daily discrimination and sometimes even death. But young social media influencers and artists are trying to change the narrative, as Kate Bartlett reports from Johannesburg. Videographer: Zaheer Cassim

Chinese airliners can fly directly over Russia to Europe, offering customers shorter trips and cheaper ticket prices

Nebraska's top election official had no authority to declare unconstitutional a state law that restored voting rights of those who have been convicted of felony, the state Supreme Court rules

Zimbabwe doesn’t have a thriving standup comedy scene tradition. But when Learnmore Jonasi was exposed to the art form in his native Zimbabwe, he knew that making people laugh was what he wanted to do. VOA reporter Keith Baptist caught up with him in Harare and has this story.

Since the U.S. Supreme Court sent the issue of abortion back to the states in 2022, Democrats have mobilized to protect abortion rights while Republicans have worked to restrict the procedure. The issue is motivating voters. VOA Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson has more from Nevada.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif advocates expanding China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), saying it would enhance regional trade cooperation and promote 'the vision of a connected Eurasia'

Most of the data the foreign company has collected have been determined to be state secrets, according to China's state security ministry

A new guide issued by the US agency charged with protecting the president lays out a step-by-step plan for early intervention 

Kenya's National Assembly voted on Tuesday last week to impeach the deputy president, Rigathi Gachagua, on 11 charges which included corruption, undermining the government and stirring ethnic hatred

Italy has built two reception centers in Albania, in the first scheme by a European Union nation to divert migrants to a non-E.U. country

Many of the victims had been trying to collect fuel spilt on the road after the tanker crashed in northern Jigawa state late on Tuesday, police spokesman Lawan Shiisu Adam told AFP

'It is recommended that a network security review is initiated on the products Intel sells in China, so as to effectively safeguard China's national security and the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese consumers,' CSAC said 

Under Prince Mohammed, Saudi Arabia has been criticized for what activists describe as a fierce crackdown on even vaguely critical online speech

Georgia's October 26 election seen as choice between a future aligned with Russia or West

The museum has been under construction for more than a decade, and an overall opening date has not yet been set