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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 21 November 2006 US Ambassador Michael Ranneberger address delegates of American Chamber of Commerce in Nairobi, Nov. 21, 2006 U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Michael Ranneberger Tuesday delivered a speech to the American Chamber
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 23 July 2007 Ethiopia's Ogaden National Liberation Front rebels are urging the United Nations to launch a fact-finding mission in the Ogaden region to confirm mounting reports that the Ethiopian military is committing war crimes
Iraq's president Jalal Talabani, touting security gains in that country, has appealed to nations around the world to open diplomatic missions in Baghdad and drop sanctions left over from the Saddam Hussein era. The Iraqi leader was among speakers Th
By Peta Thornycroft Harare 24 August 2006 Arthur Mutambara, the Zimbabwe opposition leader who returned from South Africa to run for political office, took his campaign to his home district this week. The political rally was the first in Mutambara's
World Bank Urges Greater HIV Prevention Efforts The World Bank says significantly better HIV prevention efforts are needed in Africa. It says a slow global economy and uncertain donor aid make preventing new infections a necessity. A new World Bank r
Kenyan environmentalist and 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai (file photo) One week before an international conference convenes in Uganda to reaffirm the mandate of the International Criminal Court, Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai has call
Panel Urges Study of Nanomaterial Risks The nano market is booming. In 2009 developers generated $1 billion from the sale of nanomaterials. The global market for products that rely on these materials is expected to grow to $3 trillion by 2015. Yet wi
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday called for political reconciliation in Liberia, using her political career as an example. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (r) with Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in Monrov
By Leta Hong Fincher Washington 07 November 2007 Protests continue in Pakistan against President Pervez Musharraf's state of emergency. Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday and Pakistan's deposed chief justice urged la
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Let's chat now with one of President-elect Donald Trump's most high-profile advisers. It's former House Speaker Newt Gingrich who, like Trump, led a political upheaval. That was 1994. Gingrich helped Republicans take control of bo
DAVID GREENE, HOST: It's been quite a whirlwind the last few days for Microsoft. That company's operating system, Windows, was the target of a massive cyberattack that took down hundreds of thousands of computers across 150 countries. While it's too
Rice Urges Compromise Following One-Day Trip to Nairobi By Scott Bobb Nairobi 18 February 2008 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Monday urged the parties in Kenya's reconciliation talks to compromise and share power. The U.S. official met Keny
By Melinda Smith Washington 09 August 2007 The World Health Organization says a mother's milk is the perfect food for a newborn baby. But worldwide statistics show that breastfeeding is frequently abandoned right after birth. VOA's Melinda Smith has
By Paula Wolfson White House 10 May 2007 President Bush is under increased pressure from members of his own political party to show positive results in Iraq. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House, where the president met behind closed door
By Michael Bowman White House 19 May 2006 Saudi Arabia's foreign minister says he hopes the United States will release more prisoners from the detention facility at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanam
By David Gollust State Department 28 December 2007 The United States, in the wake of Benazir Bhutto's assassination, is urging all moderate Pakistani political forces including the party of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to take part in the coun
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 17 May 2006 The international community was urged not to support factions outside of the Somali government by a top official in the seven-nation regional grouping Intergovern
By Michael Drudge London 10 March 2006 The chief of the 57-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference says the West's showdown with Iran over its nuclear program should be resolved through diplomac
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 08 March 2007 The chief prosecutor for the Yugoslavia war crimes tribunal has marked International Women's Day with a call to end impunity for wartime sexual violence. VOA's Peter Heinlein reports prosecutor Carla de
By Michael Bowman Washington 09 May 2007 Colombian politicians and human rights activists visiting Washington this week say U.S. aid to their country focuses too much on military and anti-drug assistance and not enough on humanitarian needs. The dele