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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 Jordan Davis Dakar 02 January 2007 Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade attended funeral services Tuesday for a close political ally assassinated earlier this week in the Casamance region of the country. Violence in Casamance has persisted despite
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. More than six thousand people died last year in Mexico's drug wars. So far this year the violence has only gotten worse. More than one thousand people have already been killed. Police have become common ta
AS IT IS 2013-06-03 Kenyan President Linked to 2007-2008 Violence Hello, and welcome once again to As It Is, VOAs daily magazine show for people learning American English. Im Christopher Cruise. Today, we tell about a reported link between human righ
AMERICAN MOSAIC - In Domestic Violence Cases, Children Are Often the Forgotten Victims MARIO RITTER: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im Mario Ritter. Today we listen to new music from Feist. We also read some of your recent
By Nico Colombant Abuja 20 April 2007 Violence and delays are marking the hours before Saturday's (today's) presidential vote in Nigeria. Militant leaders in the oil-rich but restive south are vowing to disrupt the process. VOA's Nico Colombant repor
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 21 February 2007 International aid agencies are expressing frustration and alarm at their lack of access to several needy regions of Somalia because of continuing insecurity. VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu in our East Africa Bure
By Al Pessin Pentagon 01 September 2006 A quarterly report by the U.S. Defense Department on the situation in Iraq says sectarian tension and attacks on civilians increased during the summer, in spite of progress toward building the new security for
By Dan Robinson Washington 22 May 2007 The U.S. official responsible for auditing reconstruction efforts in Iraq has told Congress that violence, management problems, and inadequate Iraqi government contributions continue to hamper economic recovery
This past weekend, gun battles between federal forces and drug cartel gunmen in Mexico claimed more than 20 lives. One of the bloodiest incidents occurred in the resort city of Acapulco, where soldiers killed 16 gunmen. But there are signs that the
Leaders at UN Express Concern About Anti-Islam Violence, Syria Obama said the recent attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, in which four Americans were killed, was not just an attack on America, but upon the ideals on which the United Nati
Israel Tries Tougher Stance Against Right-Wing Jewish Violence The Israeli government Israel says it will take tough action against those who attack religious institutions or military installations. The warning comes amid rising violence by right-win
Mexican President Felipe Calderon's fight against drug trafficking cartels in his country has produced an unprecedented wave of violence, especially in Mexican border cities like Juarez, where more than 1,600 people were murdered last year. There ar
Violence, Uncertainty in Egypt Could Affect US Policy Egypt's military rulers have now agreed to form a new government and promise to transfer power to a civilian body by July. But tens of thousands of protesters want an immediate end to military rul
By Noel King Khartoum 02 February 2006 In the wake of increasing violence in Darfur the African Union special envoy to Sudan has blamed the largest Darfur rebel group, the Sudan Liberation Army, for r
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
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 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