Newsletter Archive

VIDEO: The opioid and heroin epidemic has ravaged swaths of the United States, with opioids playing a role in more than 33,000 deaths in 2015, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. VOA checks back in with one woman trying to stay clean.

VIDEO: U.S.-trained Afghan pilots made their first ever nighttime airstrikes according to the Afghan Ministry of Defense, which released footage of the strikes on Wednesday. Afghan officials told VOA the strikes were carried out in southern Uruzgan province against Taliban hideouts.

VIDEO: The Trump administration will roll out a new U.S.-Africa strategy Thursday, that they say will increase efforts to counter Russian and Chinese influence, while shifting focus away from counterterrorism. Ahead of the policy rollout, administration officials and analysts briefed lawmakers on some of those changes and how they will fit into ongoing U.S. development efforts.

VIDEO: With the New Year just weeks away, New York taxi drivers have prepared their own unique gift to the city, a 2019 calendar featuring themselves. According to statistics, around 90 percent of yellow cab drivers are immigrants, and the calendar, which is a comedic take on the traditional pin-up, draws attention to this fact while being light and entertaining

The December 23 elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo are the country’s most important in more than a decade. After delaying a new poll for two years, longtime President Joseph Kabila is stepping aside. Two main candidates are vying to replace him, one is his handpicked successor, the other an opposition leader.