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Burma's military government has begun forcing cyclone victims to leave relief centers and return to their homes in the devastated Irawaddy Delta. U.N. officials are condemning the action. They say it is putting families at risk of disease and exposur
By Ron Corben Bangkok 23 September 2007 Thousands of Buddhist monks have been joined by an equal number of civilians, marching in Burma's commercial capital, Rangoon, for a sixth consecutive day. Ron Corben reports from VOA's Southeast Asia bureau in
By Roger Wilkison Bangkok 23 July 2007 Thai police have arrested and charged six people following a protest against last year's military coup that turned violent Sunday night, and they say more arrests are likely. From Bangkok, Roger Wilkison reports
By Ron Corben Bangkok 27 May 2006 Burma has extended the detention of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi for a further year, despite international pressure for her release. The decision comes on the anniversary of her National League for Democracy's
By Ron Corben Bangkok 26 May 2006 United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on Burma's military government to release pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest. Mr. Annan issued the call in Thailand on the last stop of a f
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 24 May 2006 Aung San Suu Kyi (2002 photo) A senior United Nations official says Burmese authorities appear to be preparing for the release of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. -----------------------------
By Kari Barber Dakar 25 March 2007 Mauritanians are choosing their president at the ballot box in the country's first presidential runoff. The polls pit former minister Sidi Ould Sheik Abdallahi against longtime opposition leader Ahmed Ould Daddah. K
By Joe Bavier Abidjan 25 June 2006 Female police officer casts her vote at the city of Nouakchott, Mauritania, Sunday, June 25, 2006 The people of Mauritania are voting in a constitutional referendum aimed at bringing democratic reforms to the West
The European Union has given the West African country of Mauritania a month to restore constitutional order or face unspecified measures. Lisa Bryant has more from Paris where members of the Mauritanian junta met with E.U. officials on Monday. An E.
经济繁荣给泰缅边境带来希望 MAE SOT, THAILAND Thailand and Myanmar are working on big plans to boost trade and entice businesses to locate along their long land border. The influx of money is reshaping a region that has suffered from long
By David Gollust State Department 30 September 2009 The United States has condemned the Guinean military's brazen and inappropriate use of force against demonstrators in Conakry Monday. News reports say at least 157 people were killed and more than
By David Gollust Jakarta 15 March 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gestures during a speech to a group of Indonesian students, parliamentarians and businessmen Wednesday March 15, 2006 in
By Kate Thomas Dakar 03 November 2009 Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore has chaired the first day of mediation talks in Ouagadougou between Guinea's military junta and other political groups. Blaise Compaore, President of Burkina Faso (File)
By Nico Colombant Dakar 21 January 2007 Mauritania The large sparsely populated desert country of West Africa, Mauritania, has held a senate election as part of a post-coup process to bring about civilian rule. VOA's Nico Colombant reports from our r
By Paula Wolfson White House 10 March 2008 President Bush presided at a White House ceremony Monday honoring women around the world who are fighting for freedom. VOA's Paula Wolfson has details . March is women's history month in the United States. A
By Scott Bobb Bangkok 08 May 2006 The pro-democracy opposition in Burma has dismissed claims in the government-controlled news media of mass resignations from the party. The response follows expressio
By David Gollust State Department 04 September 2007 The United States Tuesday dismissed as a total sham the outline for a new Burmese constitution produced by a national convention assembled by the country's military government. The State Department
By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 06 September 2007 Buddhist monks have clashed with government forces in the central Burmese town of Pakokku, and witnesses have been quoted as saying the monks have been holding government officials captive. The incident is th
By Lisa Bryant Paris 16 October 2009 The French government is recommending that its nationals leave the volatile West African country of Guinea, nearly three weeks after a brutal army crackdown against protesters. The move comes a day after the Inte
By Scott Stearns Dakar 12 October 2009 Guinea's capital has been shut down by a strike called to mourn opposition demonstrators killed by government troops two weeks ago. Labor leaders called the strike as a day of prayer to remember what they say a