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By Dan Robinson Washington 30 June 2006 The top U.S. official for Africa has renewed Washington's concern about what she calls militant elements within Somalia's Supreme Islamic Council that she says may be providing a haven for terrorists. VOA's Da
AILSA CHANG, HOST: More than 130,000 Americans will go through drug courts this year. They're often charged with possessing drugs or stealing, to feed their habit. To avoid jail, they're offered treatment. And sometimes, that includes medication to t
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 25 June 2007 An Egyptian court has sentenced a nuclear engineer to life in prison for handing over nuclear secrets to Israel. VOA Correspondent Challiss McDonough has more from Cairo. Egyptian engineer Mohammed Sayyed Sabe
American History: Early Leaders Debate the Issue of Presidential Powers From VOA Learning English, welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in Special English. Im Steve Ember. This week in our series, we continue the story of the United Sta
By Catherine Maddux Washington 19 December 2006 A recent report issued by the Council on Foreign Relations says unresolved tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea could inflame an already dangerous situation in neighboring Somalia. VOA's Catherine Mad
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 20 October 2006 A senior U.S. diplomat says Somalia must not further become a safe haven for terrorists. The president of Somalia's interim government alleges that radicals inside the Islamic courts movement that controls much
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 23 October 2006 The Somali government says it has control over a town that experienced a battle with the Islamic Courts Sunday. The coordinator of Somali affairs in Kenya, Mohamed Ali Nur Americo, tells VOA that, as of Mond
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 21 March 2007 Somali analysts are warning the country's interim government that excluding political opponents from a crucial reconciliation conference next month could strengthen the position of radical Islamists. VOA Correspond
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 22 January 2007 One of the top leaders of the Somali Islamist movement is reportedly in U.S. and Kenyan custody in Nairobi, three weeks after Somali government and Ethiopian troops ousted the Islamic Courts Union from power. VOA
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi, Kenya 22 January 2007 watch Somalia Flooding Somalia's interim government says it is in control of Somalia now that the Islamic Courts Union has abandoned key posts across the country. That should have been good news to Un
The Pentagon says U.S. and Iraqi negotiators have reached a draft agreement establishing the legal framework for U.S. troops to stay in Iraq after the United Nations authorization expires at the end of the year. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pent
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 10 January 2007 Tensions are running high in Somalia's capital Wednesday following a U.S. air strike on al-Qaida hideouts in the south and a statement by the interim president that ousted Islamist leaders should be punished
By Jim Stevenson Fitzgerald Tennis Center, Washington 04 August 2006 While family members in Israel continue to be threatened by Hezbollah fired rockets, Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich are waging battles on tennis courts in the United States. VOA's Ji
By Pearse Lynch Nairobi 04 August 2006 Deep divisions within the transitional government of Somalia appear to be worsening, with four more ministers defecting from the administration. International observers fear rising tension in Somalia could engu
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 05 September 2006 East African heads of state meeting in Kenya are vowing to send a regional peacekeeping force into volatile Somalia, a move that could undermine an agreement signed Monday between the Union of Islamic Cour
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 03 March 2008 In Somalia, several dozen residents of Dobley town, near the Kenyan border, are reportedly trying to cross into Kenya following a U.S. military air strike that was aimed at terror suspects in the area. VOA Correspo
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 15 November 2006 U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan urged feuding Somali leaders to return to the negotiating table and the international community to stop interfering in the Horn of Africa nation's politics. ---- Talks betw
By Noel King Khartoum 02 November 2006 Reconciliation talks in Khartoum between Somalia's transitional government and Islamists who control much of the country have ended before the rival parties even met face-to-face. On Wednesday, the Somali talks
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 09 May 2006 In recent months, Mogadishu, Somalia has become a deadly battleground between militias loyal to Islamic courts and a newly formed anti-terror coalition that is believ
By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu 08 June 2007 Reports in Somalia say that a coalition of groups opposed to Somalia's struggling transitional government and its Ethiopian backers has been formed with the support of the Eritrean government. VOA Correspondent Al