Tens of thousands of South Africans donned bright colors and marched to Jacob Zuma’s official residence in Pretoria, singing and dancing as they made their way through the streets.
On Zuma’s 75th birthday, protesters have a dubious gift in mind
VOA speaks with the captain of a boat hijacked by Somali pirates
In this photo taken Wednesday, March 8, 2017, the former pirate village of Eyl is viewed from a nearby hill, in Somalia's semiautonomous northeastern state of Puntland. The recent hijacking of an oil tanker has surprised the international shipping community, as many Somali pirates had quit and turned to fishing as anti-piracy patrols increased, but local officials have warned that rampant fishing by foreign trawlers is destroying the fishermen's livelihoods and stoking fears of a return of piracy as a way to make money. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Captain Salim Osman says pirates separated the crew three days after hijacking the boat.
‘Political theater’ doesn’t worry South Koreans
Visitors take their souvenir photos with cherry blossoms in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
North Korea’s accelerated nuclear and ballistic missile testing, and increasing talk of a US preemptive strike, don’t rattle South Koreans enjoying the cherry blossoms.
Raised in the USA, but not quite American
President Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to undo DACA, which protects young adults who were brought to the US States illegally as children from being deported.
Ready to be the world’s policeman?
President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sunday, April 9, 2017. Trump is returning from a trip to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Airstrikes against Bashar al-Assad’s government have some wondering whether President Donald Trump is more open to being the world’s policeman than Candidate Trump was.
Free college tuition is about to become a real thing in New York
FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2017, file photo, Brooklyn College students walk between classes on campus in New York. The New York state Legislature approved a budget on April 9, 2017, that includes funding for Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to offer free tuition for middle class students at state universities. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
Proposed by the governor and approved by the state legislature, the initiative will cover the education costs for nearly one million working-class families, but is that enough?