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By Nico Colombant Abidjan 24 February 2006 With Reporting by Pauline Bax in Kaduna and Kano, Nigeria Even as Nigeria's government gets serious about tackling bird flu among its poultry, many Nigerians
Instead of buying a house in the suburbs or an apartment in an apartment building in the city center, many people are starting to purchase apartments that are in a hotel. Unlike a traditional apartment, in these their neighbors change each day. This
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 12 September 2006 U.S. pop music star Madonna is scheduled to entertain tens of thousands of fans in Moscow, Tuesday night, in her first concert in Russia. The show had been scheduled for September 11 - the fifth anniversary o
By Tendai Maphosa London 18 June 2007 Many Zimbabweans have left home in pursuit of better lives elsewhere, as the country's economic meltdown worsens. From London, Tendai Maphosa looks at how some of them are finding innovative ways to help those th
By Malcolm Brown Houston, Texas 20 September 2007 Different cultures have different ways of coping with extreme heat. In Houston, Texas, when the mercury rises, office workers head underground rather then go outdoors. Their refuge is an elaborate net
A huge crowd has gathered in central Cairo calling for President Hosni Mubarak to step down. The opposition has called for one million people to protest. Crowds headed on foot for Cairo's Tahrir Square throughout the day Tuesday. They included women
By Nico Colombant Dakar 15 January 2007 As residents of Liberia's war-torn capital Monrovia prepare to mark the first year of power for President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the mood remains one of general praise and hope for Africa's first elected femal
By Shally Zomorodi Los Angeles, California 17 November 2006 watch Roads To You Concert Roads to You musicians on tour Musicians from all over the world are putting their differences aside to spread a message of peace to audiences in the Middle East,
By VOA News Pinar del Rio, Cuba 14 February 2007 watch Inside Cuba: part 2 This week we are bringing you a special series of reports called Inside Cuba - Reporter's Notebook. The series is based on the reporting of a video crew that contributes mate
By Michael Bowman Washington 03 May 2006 When it comes to health care, Peru faces daunting challenges. The infant mortality rate is among the highest in Latin America, as is the mortality rate for wom
By Sarah Simpson Lagos 01 February 2007 The Nigerian government's announcement earlier this week that tests confirmed the country's first human death from the bird flu virus appears to have left Lagos residents unfazed. Sarah Simpson reports for VOA
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 11 January 2007 The International Committee of the Red Cross is calling for respect for international humanitarian law in Somalia. It says it is deeply concerned about the plight of the civilian population, the war wounded, an
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 09 June 2006 At least seven Palestinian civilians have been killed in Israeli shelling in the Gaza Strip. Injured girl is treated by medics at hospital in northern Gaza Strip, Friday Israeli artillery shells slammed into a
By Barry Wood Belgrade 21 January 2007 An ethnic Albanian man casts his ballot with his son at a polling station in Presevo, 21 Jan 2007 Citizens of Serbia are casting ballots in the country's first parliamentary election since neighboring Montenegro
By Parke Brewer Hamburg 10 June 2006 Germany's Miroslav Klose, right, during World Cup opening game The 2006 World Cup football tournament got under way with host country Germany winning its opening match against Costa Rica in Munich. Millions of fo
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 13 June 2006 Italian fans watch Italy vs Ghana, Group E, World Cup 2006, soccer match, on a giant screen set up in downtown Duomo square in Milan Italians celebrated their victory over Ghana in the first soccer game in th
By Steve Herman Tokyo 09 November 2006 A de facto spokesman in Tokyo for North Korea says Pyongyang now regards Japan as the most hostile nation in the world. The spokesman also says ethnic Koreans affiliated with the North have increasingly been th
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 05 April 2007 The Eritrean government has banned the practice of female genital mutilation. Cathy Majtenyi reports for VOA from Nairobi. Proclamation 158 went into force on the last day of March. It mandates jail terms or fi
By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 10 April 2006 Pakistan has banned a tribal militant group, the Baluchistan Liberation Army, after declaring it a terrorist organization. The underground group has been accused of
By Fid Thompson Dakar 08 October 2009 Mobile banking has already taken off in Southern and Eastern Africa. Sierra Leone is now one of the few West African countries with a service providing mobile phone transactions. Across West Africa, the yellow a