In a lakeside village in Cameroon, West Africa, 2,000 people mysteriously die in one night. Witnesses claim their neighbors were suffocated by a white fog as they slept. Without any other clues, the question remains, was this Death Fog natural or man-made? In this area of volcanic activity, could the deaths have been caused by toxic fumes? Or was something...
Car packed with explosives was detonated outside the United Nations’ main office in Nigeria’s capital this morning, flattening one wing of the building and killing an undetermined number of people.
What have been the effects of the Paris Declaration principles on aid effectiveness in Senegal? A video crew was assigned to produce short video clips each illustrating various aspects and issues relevant to aid effectiveness and the Paris Declaration.
Investigating the plight of African women caught up in a web of organised crime, prostitution and human trafficking.
Guinea is pushing ahead with plans for legislative elections and a census to revamp the vote roll. VOA’s Ndimyake Mwakalyelye reports.
BLUE BIRD – a feature film by Gust Van den Berghe. Selected for Directors’ Fortnight Cannes 2011. “Blue Bird” was shot in Togo, particularly in the Northeast region of Koutammakou. For the cast and partly for the crew, Berghe worked with local people from that region: the Batammariba or Tamberma.