By Phuong Tran Dakar 13 August 2007 Governments throughout West Africa have struggled to solve problems affecting their youth including unemployment, clandestine migration, and trafficking. In Ghana, organizers of a national youth conference on Monda...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 24 July 2007 A student newspaper in Los Angeles called L.A. Youth is giving a voice to teenagers, free from censorship by school officials. Mike O'Sullivan reports, the paper deals with controversial issues from sexuali...
That's Sexy Back, a song from this week's top-selling album in America, Justin Timberlake's Future Sex/ Love Sounds. But our contributor Jennifer Sharpe says there is new interest and a new market for music thats all but forgotten. Here is Jennifer....
By June Soh Washington 26 June 2007 Youth exchange programs provide students with opportunities to learn and better understand different cultures and people outside their countries. Several hundred-exchange students from Middle East, Africa and Asia...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 23 April 2007 Young people attending the First U.N. Global Road Safety Week say road accidents can be greatly reduced if young people are involved and given a voice in decision-making. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA that about 40...
By Suzanne Presto Washington, D.C. 14 July 2006 watch Networking report More than 100-million people worldwide have joined the cyber-socializing revolution. Social networking Web sites have sparked intense debate about safety concerns and the declin...
By Nico Colombant Abidjan 23 May 2006 Hawker with little skyscrapers in background in Abidjan A new term being used to describe economic realities in West Africa is de-development. Life in cities buil...
By Jeff Swicord Washington, DC 11 May 2006 watch US Geography report A geographic literacy study released this week provides new evidence that young Americans have a disturbing lack of basic geographi...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 17 April 2006 The mariachi music of Mexico is flourishing in the United States, where Mexican-American youngsters are keeping alive the sounds of their homeland. A three...
By Nico Colombant Fetteh, Ghana 17 March 2006 While more and more African football players are making an impact at the top level in Europe, European clubs have started opening up new academies in Afri...