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By Bill Rodgers Washington, DC 31 August 2006 watch US, Iraq Strategy There are calls in the United States for a change in strategy to head off what some fear may become a full-blown civil war in Iraq. President Bush has ruled out withdrawing U.S. t
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
By Efam Dovi Accra 31 March 2007 Ministers from the Economic Community of West African States have agreed to use biotechnology to increase food production in their region. The agreement was reached at the third ECOWAS ministerial meeting on biotechno
Violence Cripples Pakistan's Economic Hub Political killings, honor killings, kidnappings and gang warfare are not uncommon in this city. Violence taking a toll According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, more than 1,450 people including ch
Down with Depressio 性命忧 关 1. Everyone has a bad day once in a while. Problems at work, arguments with family members, or even changes in the weather can all bring us down and leave us feeling unhappy for a day or two. But if this mood lasts f
By Margaret Besheer Washington 23 November 2007 It's the day after the annual Thanksgiving holiday in the United States when Americans hit the shopping malls in search of special bargains that mark the start of the holiday shopping season. This day i
Tensions are rising in Northern Ireland as a policeman becomes the third murder victim in the province in the past 48 hours. Just like the two British soldiers killed on Saturday, the officer was gunned down. While politicians are united in their co
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 22 February 2007 A new radio station launched this week in the West Bank hopes to help bridge the divide between Palestinians and Israelis. VOA's Jim Teeple reports, those behind the station say they had success with a similar
By Noel King Khartoum 09 December 2006 In another blow to emergency aid operations in Sudan's embattled Darfur region, the International Committee of the Red Cross says it has been forced to evacuate staff from the town of Kutum in northern Darfur d
By Greg Flakus Laredo, Texas 09 October 2006 The U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Tony Garza, recently stirred controversy by warning Americans about rising crime levels in Mexico, especially in border towns where drug-trafficking gangs have been fighting
The United States said it is withholding judgment on whether the unity government accord approved Thursday by Zimbabwe's parliament will lead to real power-sharing between President Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai. The State Department said it i
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 11 January 2007 In Ethiopia, former communist dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam has been sentenced to life in prison on genocide charges and other crimes committed during his brutal 17-year-long rule. But as VOA Correspondent Alis
By Scott Bobb Nairobi 07 February 2008 The U.S. government says it is barring 10 Kenyan leaders suspected of involvement in the post-election violence that has killed nearly 1,000 people. Correspondent Scott Bobb reports from Nairobi. U.S. Ambassador
By Barry Newhouse Irbil 11 February 2007 Iraqi army soldier inspects a car destroyed in a car bomb explosion in central Baghdad, 11 Feb 2007 As Baghdad residents prepare for new security measures they hope will reduce the capital's chaotic violence,
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 Al Pessin Washington 12 October 2006 General George Casey The commander of coalition forces in Iraq says the high level of violence in the country is likely to continue for the 'next couple of months,' but there is progress toward stabilizing the
By Lisa Ferdinando Miami 14 July 2006 A top U. N. official says at least 20 people, including children, have been killed in recent violence in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. Experts on Haiti express deep concern about the current situation in
By Phuong Tran Dakar 10 April 2007 In Chad, dozens of people have been reported killed or wounded in fighting that began Monday between government forces and rebels in the eastern part of the country near the border with Sudan. Chad's government says
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 13 June 2008 Violence in the Somali capital Mogadishu and elsewhere has increased dramatically since a U.N.-backed peace agreement was signed Monday in Djibouti between Somalia's transitional federal government and a moderate f
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 17 November 2006 In Zimbabwe, the association representing commercial farmers is reacting with caution to the government's latest offer to compensate white farmers for farms seized under a controversial land reform program