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By Noel King Khartoum 22 October 2006 Jan Pronk The Sudanese government is expelling a top United Nations envoy from Sudan, the foreign ministry said on Sunday. The expulsion comes in the wake of comments U.N. envoy Jan Pronk made on his Web site in
By Nico Colombant Kinshasa 29 October 2006 Vote-counting has started in the Democratic Republic of Congo, following a second-round presidential election to end a transition period, and years of war and misrule. The national election commission says
By Jordan Davis Dakar 23 October 2006 Chad's government says it has regained control of two eastern villages after rebel advances on Sunday. Meanwhile, several Chadian rebel groups appear to have reached a new unity accord. Humanitarian workers in E
By Nico Gnecchi Dadaab, Kenya 20 September 2006 Former rebel leader and self-proclaimed spiritual medium Alice Lakwena said she is ready to return home to Uganda after years of exile in a refugee camp in northern Kenya. The charasmatic leader, who c
By Teri Schultz Brussels 23 July 2007 European Union foreign ministers have given the go-ahead on planning for the potential deployment of a short-term force to protect refugees in the border area between Sudan, Chad and the Central African Republic.
By David Gollust State Department 24 July 2007 U.S. and Iranian diplomats, meeting in Baghdad for the second time in two months, agreed Tuesday to set up a joint subcommittee with Iraq on Iraqi security issues. But U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crock
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 12 January 2008 President Bush says the so-called surge strategy in Iraq is working. The president gave this assessment of the situation in Iraq Saturday in Kuwait. It is one of several stops on a tour of the Middle East t
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 01 April 2006 Ismail Haniyeh looks on as he receives congratulations from ministers and diplomats at the Council of Ministers in Gaza City The Islamic militant group Hamas i
By Stephanie Ho Washington 23 April 2006 U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad addresses a news conference after the Iraqi Parliament session in Baghdad The U.S. Ambassador to Iraq says the man na
By Nico Colombant Chad 29 May 2006 watch Chad Refugees report Sudan's war in the Darfur region has been devastating, marked by attacks in which pro-government militias have burned villages, killed people in front of their relatives, and raped young
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 22 January 2007 Some of the ten Somali men accused of piracy stand in the dock under guard of Kenyan police officers in the court in Mombasa (3 Feb 2006) Piracy attacks are falling worldwide but hot spots remain, including i
Amnesty International warned local politicians in the troubled southern Philippine island of Mindanao against arming civilians for protection against Muslim rebel attacks, saying it could set a dangerous precedent and further escalate the violence t
The Pentagon says it has no indication that Iran has reduced what a spokesman calls its meddling in Iraq, even though attacks by Iranian-backed militias are down significantly. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon. Geoff Morrell (file photo) Pr
By Nilanjana Bhowmick Nandigram, India 29 May 2008 India's rapid economic development is taking a toll on some segments of the population, and a recent village council election in a district of west Bengal, where the ruling party was ousted after 30
The top U.S. diplomat for South Asia is praising Pakistan's efforts to recruit local militias against Taliban and al-Qaida fighters in the country's volatile tribal regions. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad. U.S. Assistant Secretary of St
U.S. defense officials responded cautiously Thursday to a report that Pakistan plans to give weapons to thousands of men in its western region so they can join the fight against militants who have taken refuge in the area. VOA's Al Pessin reports fr
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has rejected opposition calls for a timetable for withdrawing his country's troops from Somalia. As VOA's Peter Heinlein reports from Addis Ababa, Mr. Meles indicated there would be no change in Ethiopia's dete
Building Peace at the Grassroots Level A Christian-based aid organization says if peacebuilding is to succeed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, it must begin at the grassroots level. Millions of people have died in the Eastern DRC from nea
Libyans Hold Emotional Multi-Party Election, First in 60 Years Many young men were fighting the forces of Moammar Gaddhafi just nine months ago. Today, some of those same young men are presiding over a raucous intersection of celebratory horn honking
A new public-opinion survey by a Kenyan anti-corruption organization warnrd the country could face another round of violence at its next elections, if the government does not increase its efforts to fight graft. According to the survey by the Kenyan