Newsletter Archive

SPECIAL REPORT: Conflicts between Christian farmers and Muslim cattle herders are fueling deadly attacks in Nigeria’s Kaduna state. The area has been a hotbed of sporadic sectarian strife since the 1980s, fueled by politics, land rights and other disputes. VOA spends time with people on both sides of the conflict and learns no one feels safe.

All in the family: Opinions about Donald Trump are split at an Arizona family business where the parent owners, who support the president, hope for tax relief. Meanwhile, their adult son, a self-described political moderate, is looking for Trump to create jobs in new industries, not in ones that are dying out.

VIDEO: Miami is no sanctuary city, according to its mayor, who says Miami will comply with Trump administration immigration policies and enforcement rather than risk losing federal funding. That’s not necessarily a popular decision in Miami-Dade County, a cosmopolitan area where more than half of residents are immigrants — and up to a half-million of them are believed to be undocumented.

Iran seems to think there’s nothing like a little hands-on training for its military students, so it has started using Syrian battlefields as a proving ground for officers in training. Despite the growing casualties, Iranian officials say the country’s military continues to benefit from engaging in battles in war-torn Syria.

More than half of the world’s displaced people are children. And although they’re as bright and curious as any other kids, the barriers they face when it comes to receiving a quality early education sometimes seem insurmountable. That’s where Elmo and Sesame Street come in.

Traditional South African beer has been brewed for centuries, but it’s in danger of drying up. Growing numbers of younger people are abandoning the brew — made from ingredients such as corn malt — in favor of mass-produced ‘fast beer.’ But some brewers are pushing back, ready to prove there’s a place for both modern beer and traditional brew in South Africa.