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By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 25 January 2006 Polls have closed across Gaza and the occupied West Bank and the vote count has begun, after landmark Palestinian elections. Indications are the militant Islami
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 29 March 2007 Southern Africa leaders are meeting the Tanzanian capital in special session called to discuss the crisis in Zimbabwe and recent political events in the Democratic Republic of Congo. VOA's Delia Robertson
A radical Somali Islamist leader has condemned attacks on humanitarian workers in Somalia. As Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi, aid workers have increasingly become a target in the conflict pitting Islamist and clan-base
Police in Puntland, the semi-autonomous region of northern Somalia, are searching for journalists who were kidnapped in the port city of Boosaaso. As Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi, two European journalists, along with
'Fiscal Cliff' Deal Highlights Messy US Democracy in Action Many visitors to the U.S. Capitol, like David Stark from the state of nearby Maryland, come to admire this monument to democracy but express frustration with the political polarization insid
Somali Islamic scholars have condemned Islamist insurgents for launching an attack on pro-government forces and African Union peacekeepers Tuesday in Mogadishu. The fighting is the heaviest of its kind since Ethiopian troops withdrew from Somalia la
Somalia's extremist insurgent group, al-Shabab, says three U.N. agencies working with the country's U.N.-backed transitional government have been declared enemies of Islam and their operations in Somalia have been shut down. A statement released by
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 05 December 2006 Police in Kenya's capital have dispersed demonstrators protesting government support of a faction within the country's main opposition party, a move observers say effectively splits the opposition before ne
By Peta Thornycroft Harare 19 June 2006 The founding legal secretary in Zimbabwe's divided opposition Movement for Democratic Change, David Coltart, has announced he has joined the faction of the party lead by scientist Arthur Mutambara. -----------
By Phuong Tran Dakar 03 September 2007 Mali's government has denounced last week's deadly attacks in its northeastern desert region as acts of terrorism by Tuareg nomads, but Saharan experts say the government is only looking for international sympat
By Meredith Buel Washington 05 May 2006 Kofi Annan U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan says he hopes every party involved in Sudan's Darfur conflict will agree to a peace treaty designed to end three ye
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 11 June 2007 At least nine Palestinians have been killed in a flare-up of factional fighting in the Gaza Strip. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, repeated attempts to restore calm have failed amid a powe
By Sean Maroney New York 20 June 2007 In 1967, Israel countered what it saw as a threat of annihilation by its neighbors and defeated three Arab armies in six days. As a result, Israel nearly tripled the terroritory under its control and began an occ
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 06 November 2006 Palestinian political leaders say a deal on a unity government is imminent, and could be announced at any time. Meanwhile, a Palestinian suicide bomber attacked Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip, wounding one
Local officials in Somalia have accused African Union peacekeepers of firing on civilians in the capital, Mogadishu, killing as many as 39 people after a roadside explosion. A spokesman for the AU force has denied that the troops shot at civilians.
By Noel King Khartoum 15 October 2006 Special Envoy Andrew Natsios met with Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol on Lam Akol Saturday. A spokesman at the Foreign Ministry told VOA that Darfur was on the agenda, but said Sudan will not change its mind
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 09 December 2006 There have been violent protests in the Gaza Strip and West Bank against the Palestinian government led by the Islamic militant group Hamas. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, it is the
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 16 March 2007 Britain is calling for a U.N. Security Council briefing on events in Zimbabwe, including the crackdown on government opponents. But as VOA correspondent Peter Heinlein at U.N. headquarters reports, the
By Sonja Pace Damascus 05 February 2007 Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Khaled Mashaal, in Damascus, Syria (File photo - 21 Jan 2007) Exiled Hamas political leader Khaled Mashaal is to meet Tuesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 10 June 2008 Hardline Somali opposition leaders, who refused to take part in U.N.-led peace talks in Djibouti, have rejected a cease-fire deal signed Monday between Somalia's interim government and another group of more moderat