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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 01 October 2007 The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, is calling for new strategies and greater international commitment to deal with increasing numbers of people fleeing their homes. At the start of the UN
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 31 October 2007 The World Meteorological Organization says theLa Niaweather event is under way across the central and eastern equatorial Pacific and these conditions are expected to continue through the first quarter of 2008. L
By Paul Sisco Washington 31 October 2007 A team of British explorers has announced they are going to the North Pole to measure the ice cap's thickness. The expedition, a collaboration of Cambridge University in Britain and a U.S. Navy oceanography sc
By Lisa Bryant Abidjan 15 December 2007 More than a year after 500 tons of toxic waste from Europe were dumped illegally around the Ivory Coast's economic hub, Abidjan, roughly a fourth of the area poisoned by the spill has not yet been cleaned up. M
By Noel King Kigali 03 October 2007 Conflicting reports are emerging from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo regarding an alleged alliance between Congo's army and outlaw Hutu and Mayi Mayi militias, aimed at purging a rebellion by dissident genera
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 31 October 2007 The World Economic Forum says the United States tops the overall ranking in this year's Global Competitiveness report, followed by Switzerland and the Nordic countries. It says, in Sub-Saharan Africa, only South
By Noel King Kigali 03 December 2007 Fighting has again erupted in eastern Congo's North Kivu province between forces loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and the Congolese army. Noel King has more in this report from Kigali. Rebels and Congo's
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 25 October 2007 Alisher Saipov, a freelance journalist who provided in-depth reports for VOA's Uzbek Service, has been buried less than 24 hours after his murder Wednesday evening in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh. VOA Mosco
By Noel King Kibaya, DRC 21 November 2007 As fighting continues between dissident general Laurent Nkunda and the Congolese army, displaced Congolese have packed into squalid camps that are plagued with growing health problems. Humanitarian workers ar
By Andre de Nesnera Washington 16 October 2007 Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has been in office for almost four years following the heady days of the Rose Revolution. But it appears Georgians are disillusioned with his tenure. In this backgr
By Peta Thornycroft Harare 21 April 2008 Zimbabwe's private hospitals are full of people who have suffered violence since results of parliamentary elections were announced early this month. Peta Thornycroft reports from Harare that the victims, mostl
By Lisa Bryant Paris 05 November 2007 French President Nicolas Sarkozy heads for Washington, Monday, for a visit expected to underscore the dramatic improvement in relations between the two countries in recent months. LIsa Bryant has more from Paris.
By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 15 February 2008 Scientists have started analyzing data and images acquired when the Messenger space probe passed within 200 kilometers of the planet Mercury last month. It was the first flyby of the solar system's inner-
By Tony Budny Washington, DC 08 February 2008 Nintendo's popular Wii game system has sold more than 20 million units around the world. Its popularity comes from a unique wand-like device that players use to control a video game. Some players have suf
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 08 December 2007 Israeli officials are throwing cold water on this week's U.S. intelligence report that plays down Iran's nuclear ambitions. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, Israel remains deeply suspic
By Phillip Wellman Dakar 16 October 2007 Officials from both sides of the coalition government of President Laurent Gbagbo and rebel-leader turned Prime Minister Guillaume Soro in Ivory Coast have said they strongly disagree with a recent U.N. report
By Noel King Kigali 22 October 2007 Congo's armed forces are preparing to mount an offensive against community-based militias in the east, known as the Mai Mai. A high-ranking member of Congo's army says disarming the Mai Mai will take precedent over
By Ravi Khanna Washington, D.C. 12 November 2007 It has been more than a week since President Pervez Musharraf imposed emergency rule in Pakistan, a move accompanied by daily protests throughout the country. A former state department official who wa
By Gary Thomas Washington 15 February 2008 The assassination of a top operative for the Lebanon-based group Hezbollah was both a surprise and a puzzle for many people. Imad Mugniyeh was a wanted man for some of the most spectacular terrorist attacks
By Noel King Masisi 16 October 2007 Humanitarian officials warn a crisis in eastern Congo's war-torn North Kivu Province is deepening with each passing day. A new eruption of fighting between rebels and the Congolese army has sent thousands of civili