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New details are emerging of a link between rising piracy off the coast of Somalia and insurgent activities on shore. A Kenyan piracy expert says a prominent Somali factional leader turned Islamist helped the country's militant Shabab group seize the
Welcome back, now the world of digital download where top of the pops is dead and pop stars complain about piracy. The good old days are making a comeback. The Live Gig is now the biggest money maker in the industry with revenues from tours often mat
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 18 July 2007 Nigerian authorities are investigating a suspected case of human trafficking involving children. Gilbert da Costa reports for VOA that Nigeria has taken a tough stance in the fight against human trafficking. Nea
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 22 August 2007 Nigerian lawmakers, opposition party pressing for an investigation into how the parliamentary speaker spent nearly $5 millionto renovate two official residences. From Abuja, Gilbert da Costa reports for VOA th
By Franz Wild Abidjan 31 May 2006 After more than 70 people died in a fuel tanker explosion in Benin last week, the government is announcing a clamp down on illegal fuel sales. Informal fuel trading sustains thousands of Beninois. ------------------
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 24 January 2006 Opposition politicians in Kenya are calling for early elections and other tough measures following damning allegations by the former head of a government corr
By Leta Hong Fincher Washington 23 March 2007 watch US Oil Security The U.S. Congress has held a hearing Thursday on how rising global demand for oil is affecting U.S. national security. Some lawmakers and energy experts say America's dependence on o
A Voice for Models, in Time for New York's Fashion Week Sara Ziff started modeling at age 14. By 21, she was walking the runways for top designers. Her image was plastered all over Manhattan on ads for popular clothing lines, as shown in her 2009 doc
US Congress Prepares to Vote on Three Free Trade Pacts Both houses of the U.S. Congress are expected to approve free trade pacts with South Korea, Colombia and Panama. The accords were negotiated during the former Bush administration, and had been sh
As Israelis and Palestinians head into U.S.-brokered negotiations, both sides are drawing lessons from Israel's unilateral pullout from the Gaza Strip, five years ago. By removing thousands of Jewish settlers and Israeli troops, Israel hoped to ease
One-Time Slave Pen Now a Museum About Horrors of Slavery ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA The award-winning movie 12 Years a Slave is based on the memoir of Solomon Northrup, a free black man from New York who was kidnapped in Washington in 1841. It is also the
Report: Widespread Trafficking of Great Apes Its estimated at least 3,000 great apes are illegally seized and sold every year. For every ape that is captured alive, many others are slaughtered. A new report Tuesday says law enforcement is undermanned
NOEL KING, HOST: This week, comedian Jerry Seinfeld performed to a packed stadium in Montreal. He was in Canada as part of the annual comedy festival called Just For Laughs. Now, at the same time at the same festival about 10 minutes away, a group of
By Craig Fitzpatrick Calvert County, Maryland 06 February 2006 watch Tobacco Farmers report In recent months, several countries in Europe have banned cigarette smoking in enclosed public spaces, somet
His memory would be obliterated by events which would create Ireland's first and most enduring cult of personality. It is the story of a spiritual revolution born in an age of imperial collapse. Since the beginning of the fifth century, barbarian att
By Ade Astuti and Susy Tekunan Palm Springs, California 12 October 2007 Dates have been a staple food in the Middle East for thousands of years -- and they are especially consumed by Muslims during Ramadan. Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iran are the world'
Australia's once mighty wine industry is facing one of the biggest ever surpluses as supply levels soar and sales shrink. The country's wine surplus is estimated at about 100 million cases. That figure is expected to increase by 40 percent over the c
Zimbabwe's civil servants said Friday they are going on strike for better wages. This strike is a serious blow to the year-old unity government which says it has no money to increase their wages. Peta Thornycroft | Harare 05 February 2010 Zimbabwean
India is considering lifting certain trade duties with African countries. The move is aimed at countering China's increasing business ventures in the resource-rich continent. 印度正在考虑对非洲国家解除某些贸易关税。印度的这个举
China's first global import expo, to be held later this year, is expected to offer unprecedented opportunities for Australian businesses to tap the Chinese market. A series of business forums have been held recently in major Australian cities to prom