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The Political Career of a Female Politician Modest and soft-spoken, Agatha Muthoni Mbogo, 24, is hardly the image of a revolutionary. Yet, six months ago, she did a most revolutionary thing: She ran for mayor of Embu, Kenya, and won. Ms. Mbogo's vict
AS IT IS 2016-09-30 New Tech Tools Might Help Americans Choose a President 新科技工具或能帮助美国人选总统 Six weeks remain until elections in the United States. Yet many Americans say they still do not know who they want as president.
Explanation: The United States has a representative democracy, which means that citizens vote for people who will represent them in the government, making laws and decisions that reflect (or are the same as) what the citizens want. If Americans do no
The Voting Rights Act's 40th Anniversary 美国投票权法案40周年纪念 The Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. African-Americans, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., take to the streets in peacef
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Obama is back from his first trip to Asia since becoming what he called America's first Pacific president. The president, born in Hawaii, began his eight-day trip in Japan, then visited Singapore
By Margaret Besheer Washington 20 January 2006 Two women cast their votes at a polling station in Iraq on Decemeber 15, 2005 As final results of January's election for a four-year parliament are annou
Women on Front Line of Arab Spring Protests Many women have been among the protesters on the front lines of anti-government movements in the Middle East and North Africa. They helped to topple longtime leaders in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. They played
US Advocates Political Solution in Mali The Obama administration says it shares French military goals in the fight against Islamist militants in northern Mali and will help the Economic Community of West African States -- or ECOWAS -- send their own
Numerous undemocratic regimes now enjoy solid American backing Mohamed Elshinnawi | Washington, DC 11 May 2010 Mideast scholars believe President Obama should recognize that many of the Islamist groups whose policies and tactics the US opposes are of
If southern Sudan chooses independence in Sunday's referendum, the country of Sudan will not be the only thing splitting in two. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), currently the ruling party in the south and a primary opposition party in
Experts on Iraq say citizens there are frustrated, as Iraqi leaders continue to struggle with forming a government. U.S media reports say some of that frustration is causing hundreds of well-armed Iraqi fighters, allied with US troops, to quit or eve
U.S. Senator Jim Webb, who won the release of an American prisoner in Burma, says the United States must develop new ways to bring about political and economic change in the isolated state. Senator Webb called on China to end its silence on Burma an
Ortega Aims for Nicaraguan Presidency, Again Catherine Elton Managua 8 Aug 2001 14:45 UTC A decade after he was 1)voted out of office in Nicaragua, Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega is asking Nicaraguan
也门总统访问华盛顿 Yemeni President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi recently met with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to discuss the democratic transition underway in Yemen. Yemen, said Secretary Kerry, has been going through an extraordinary tra
A former prime minister of Bangladesh, jailed for more than a year on corruption charges, is free. Khaleda Zia was released from custody in Dhaka, late Thursday morning. From our South Asia Bureau, VOA Correspondent Steve Herman explains that Khaled
By Margaret Besheer Baghdad 15 December 2006 On Saturday, Iraqi political figures, parties and other groups will gather in Baghdad to try to find a way to stop the sectarian violence that in recent months has been killing on average nearly 100 Iraqi
Voters in the Netherlands go to the polls next week in a general election brought on the by the collapse of their coalition government over prolonging the country's troop presence in Afghanistan. Our reporter found that public opinion on Dutch involv
BEIJING, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Top political advisor Jia Qinglin on Monday visited two exhibitions showcasing China's sustainable use of mines and charitable deeds of the country's political advisors. Jia, chairman of the National Committee of the Chin
The State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office has once again urged Tsai Ing-wen to support the one China principle. Spokesperson Ma Xiaoguang says if she doesn't, there is likely to be consequences. Institutionalized cross-Strait dialogue, as well as wha
The State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office has once again urged Tsai Ing-wen to support the one China principle. Spokesperson Ma Xiaoguang says if she doesn't, there is likely to be consequences. Institutionalized cross-Strait dialogue, as well as wha