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By Nico Colombant Dakar 09 April 2008 Plans to lift presidential term limits in Cameroon are being sped through the country's national assembly, angering the opposition. President Paul Biya has been in power a quarter century, and the change would al
By Nico Colombant Abidjan 22 February 2006 Map of Mauritania Mauritania is set to join the club of Africa's oil producers, but before any crude has started flowing, uncertainty already surrounds the l
By Peter Heinlein New York 03 October 2006 Ban Ki-Moon South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon is on track to become the next secretary-general of the United Nations. A formal vote of the Security Council is set October 9. VOA's correspondent at t
By Lisa Bryant Paris 26 September 2006 A man reads a newspaper behind a bus window painted with the EU sign and a map of Bulgaria, in Sofia, September 25, 2006 The European Union gives the green light today for Romania and Bulgaria to join the 25-me
This is the VOA Special English Education Report. College enrollment has reached an all-time high in the United States. About forty percent of all eighteen- to twenty-four-year-olds -- or almost eleven and a half million -- were in school in October
By Kurt Achin Seoul 28 March 2008 South Koreans are now counting the days to their country's historic first astronaut in space, set to launch aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket on 8 April. The mission is full of landmarks: it will be the first time a Sout
The Beijing Olympics have been declared a sporting success. Attention is now turning to the Paralympics, which many hope will improve the situation for the disabled in China. Daniel Schearf reports from Beijing. The Beijing Olympics ended Sunday nig
The massive aircraft carrier USS George Washington is escorted into the Busan port in Busan, South Korea, for joint military exercises as a South Korean destroyer, top, passes by 21 July 2010. The U.S. and South Korea will launch joint military exerc
During talks in Beijing, U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao endorsed a package of energy projects, including deals on clean coal and electric vehicles. Environmental analysts say the talks offer new hope the two countries wi
Some companies in Hong Kong, Macau and Southeast Asia can now do business in China's currency, in the latest move to internationalize the yuan. A new program allows some importers and exporters to settle trade in China's currency, the yuan, beginnin
Former PM Nawaz Sharif Set to Lead Pakistan Once Again After a late night of celebrating Pakistans national election results, which showed former prime minister and businessman Nawaz Sharif as the big winner, Pakistanis woke up in the capital Islamab
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The Justice Department has told ATT it will block ATT's takeover of Time Warner unless the company sells off its TV properties, including CNN. President Trump of course is no fan of CNN. Here's what he said about CNN on a recent
DAVID GREENE, HOST: K-pop is popular in much of the world, and it is about to extend its reach into North Korea. One of the genre's hottest acts is performing there this weekend. As NPR's Elise Hu reports, the music may be lighthearted, but the purpo
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The wildfires have set off a political debate in California's state capitol. It centers on who should pay when power lines cause fires. Marisa Lagos from member station KQED reports. MARISA LAGOS, BYLINE: A special joint legislativ
Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden are set to face off in a much-anticipated vice presidential debate Thursday night in St. Louis, Missouri. Voters are likely to be especially focused on Alaska Governor Palin, a newcomer to the national s
By Rosanne Skirble Annapolis, Maryland 22 November 2007 Next week, the leaders of Israel, the Palestinian Authority and the United States along with foreign ministers of other countries will gather in Annapolis on Tuesday for the Middle East Peace Su
By Stefan Bos Budapest 08 July 2006 Polish President Lech Kaczynski, left, and his twin brother Jaroslaw Kaczynski are show in this 2005 file photo The twin brother of Poland's president has been chosen by the governing Law and Justice party to take
U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama set aside politics on Thursday as they honored the memory of those killed seven years ago in terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. The sharp rhetoric that has marked much of this year
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 05 November 2009 US Capitol, Washington DC The stage is set for a historic debate in the U.S. Congress on legislation crafted by majority Democrats to reform the U.S. health care system. The debate expected in a special
By Derek Kilner Nairobi 20 March 2008 Members of an international commission tasked with investigating the conduct of Kenya's disputed December elections have arrived in the country and have been sworn in. Meanwhile, concerns are emerging about how a