Hundreds of fighters have left the Somali militant group al-Shabab since 2013, and some of them are getting a chance at a fresh start thanks to a U.N.-backed rehabilitation program. The goal is to help them reintegrate into society. For VOA, Jason Patinkin has the story from Baidoa.
Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp is slated for closure, but residents say life is better there than in native Somalia
Improvised Explosive Devices are the weapon of choice for al-Shabab in targeting soldiers and civilians
Political wrangling, funding problems force delay to polls
Millions of goats, sheep en route to Saudi Arabia ahead of annual Muslim pilgrimage
Thirty-year expansion project in Berbera would increase trade, backers say; it could cost traditional fishing jobs, critics contend
VOA caught up with Santino Kenyi, 16, one of three athletes who will compete in this year's summer games in Brazil
New fighting was reported in the countryside while the government and opposition traded accusations over who was at fault
Fighting Friday outside presidential palace, which led to more than 100 deaths, is latest clash in brutal civil war that broke out in 2013
In South Sudan, rapper Lual D'awol uses his music to speak out against a government with a reputation for silencing dissenting voices. VOA's Jason Patinkin reports from Juba.
Lual D'awol says it's his job to be 'voice of the voiceless' in country where 'there's a lot of injustice, a lot of unfairness'
Team shoots for Rio Paralympics and battles discrimination
But New York Times op-ed, bylined by President Kiir and Vice President Machar, argues for truth commission instead of tribunal
Juba doctors cannot perform life-saving operations, and one doctor says facility has mostly stopped working at night
Legal Action Worldwide, South Sudan Law Society say members of security or militia groups have perpetrated much of the violence
President Salva Kiir appoints 30 ministers that bring together politicians from opposite sides of country’s civil war
With new alliance between South Sudan’s long feuding leaders, country, crippled by two and a half years of civil war, now looks for way forward
South Sudan rebel leader returned to capital Tuesday after two-and-a-half years of civil war and was sworn in as country's top vice president under President Salva Kiir
Children were taken when suspected ethnic Murle fighters attacked villages in Ethiopia's southwestern Gambella region on Friday; more than 200 people were killed in those attacks
Failure of South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar to return to Juba Tuesday puts war-torn country's peace deal at risk, according to international monitors
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