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By Catherine Maddux Washington 28 April 2006 During nearly two decades of civil war in northern Uganda, an estimated 30,000 children have been abducted by rebels and forced to fight or become sex slav
HRW: Release AU Report on S. Sudan A rights group is criticizing the African Union for delaying release of a commission of inquiry report on South Sudans conflict. Human Rights Watch says the AU should reverse its decision and immediately publish the
Islamic State Sets No Limits to Destruction 伊斯兰国破坏文物引发众怒 WASHINGTON There seems to be no limit to the atrocities committed by radical Islamists in their intent to create a world designed according to their own interpretation o
The leading Republican presidential candidates will be back on the same stage for a second debate this time in Simi Valley, California. Therell be one addition former CEO Carly Fiorina, the only woman seeking the GOP nomination. But as NPRs Mara Lias
They will be in a state of shock, they will be shut off, they will shut themselves down and shut off everything that goes and happens to them for a period of time we just go straight off the head. They will just be walking through mire. And they will
Indian neighbors seemed to her to be a happily married couple until recently. When I first heard the noise, I almost called 911. It sounded like my downstairs neighbor was bashing his wife against the wall. But I couldn't imagine Gion, a gentle pacif
AS IT IS 2013-10-18 UN Security Council Moves to Help African Forces in CAR From VOA Learning English, welcome to As It Is! Im Mario Ritter. Today we hear about a measure of how African countries are being governed. But first, we learn about efforts
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and and former Anglican archbishop Desmond Tutu talks during a press conference in Cape Town, South Africa, 22 Jul 2010. Tutu announced he is retiring from public life after his birthday on Oct. 7 when he turns 79. South Af
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 25 October 2009 The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is calling for an independent, international investigation of possible war crimes committed during the last few months of the war in Sri Lanka. The UN agency
By Kurt Achin Pusan, South Korea 22 October 2009 Human rights organizations say tens of thousands of North Koreans live in forced labor camps for political reeducation, where torture, starvation, and illness are commonplace. North Korean defectors s
The U.N. refugee agency reported thousands of Congolese have been uprooted by the latest escalation of fighting in the South Kivu province of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The UNHCR said at least 35,000 people have fled from the latest s
Kerry Fears Fallout From Fighting in Syrian Town With fighting for control of the border town of Qusair now in its third week, Kerry says civilians are under near-constant assault by forces of President Bashar al-Assad and allies from Iran and the Le
Chinese President Xi Jinping is calling for China and Vietnam to work together to mend ties amid recent tensions between the two countries. He has made the comments while meeting with a special envoy of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of
By Raymond Thibodeaux Gulu, Uganda 06 March 2006 It's not easy being a child anywhere, especially in northern Uganda, where thousands of children are forced to flee their villages every night to avoid
By Kate Woodsome Phnom Penh 03 December 2007 A United Nations-backed tribunal formed to hear charges against Cambodia's former Khmer Rouge leaders has denied bail to the first defendant it has seen. As VOA's Kate Woodsome reports from Phnom Penh, the
By Naomi Schwarz/Prince Collins Dakar 10 September 2007 Liberian soldier celebrates with family at the graduation ceremony In Liberia, fanfare has marked the graduation of the latest batch of newly trained army soldiers. The training, which is partly
In 1990, before the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Moscow City Council changed the names of many, but not all, city streets that honored communist leaders associated with Soviet atrocities. Today, Russian civic activists are calling for a complet
Russia and Georgia have signed a European-mediated ceasefire agreement, but each side continues to accuse the other of violating the terms. As VOA's Sonja Pace reports from London, efforts now are on diplomacy to end the fighting, but the conflict's
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 12 February 2008 Representatives of nearly 60 countries addressed the U.N. Security Council Tuesday on the subject of children in armed conflict. They urged the world body to sanction parties that recruit children a
By Marianne Kearney Jakarta 11 December 2007 A consortium of activists from across Indonesia, are pushing for the establishment of a truth commission aimed at uncovering thousands of human rights violations committed during almost three decades of co