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By Jim Malone Washington 28 September 2007 In the crowded field of Republican presidential contenders, perhaps no one is better known than Senator John McCain of Arizona. McCain is making his second run for the White House in 2008, and VOA National C
By Franz Wild Abidjan 23 May 2006 As Ivory Coast prepares to play in its first football World Cup, many in the war-divided country are pinning their hopes of peace on the sport. Politicians recently o
By Meredith Buel Islamabad 19 February 2008 An influential member of the U.S. Congress, Senator Joseph Biden, is proposing a massive increase in non-military financial aid to Pakistan. Senator Biden made the proposal during a news conference in Islam
A court in the Ivory Coast has sentenced two men to prison terms for dumping toxic waste that killed 17 people two years ago in Abidjan. But activists are criticizing the case because the trading company that transported the waste was not prosecuted
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 23 August 2007 An influential U.S. Senate Republican says President Bush should announce an initial withdrawal of troops from Iraq on September 15. Senator John Warner of Virginia made his comments to reporters Thursday,
A group of Darfurian refugees who recently fled the war in Sudan have gathered across the border in the northern Central African Republic. But rather than living in a displacement camp as is usually the case for refugees, they live on their own, in
By Michael Bowman Washington 20 May 2008 One of America's best-known political figures, Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy, has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washington, the diagnosis comes days afte
By Carol Pearson Washington 21 May 2008 Doctors performed a biopsy on U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy and announced Tuesdaythat they found a malignant brain tumor. The Democrat and elder statesman of American liberal politics suffered a siezure last Satu
Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro (R) and President Laurent Gbagbo (L), 15 September 2009 (file photo) Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro is expected to announce a new government this week, and Ivorian opposition leaders continue to call for t
By Nico Colombant Abidjan 06 June 2006 Days before their football team's first-ever game in the World Cup, many Ivorian fans are still waiting for visas to support their side in Germany. -------------
By Nico Colombant Dakar 28 November 2007 Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo has embarked on a planned multi-city three-day trip to the rebel-held north in Ivory Coast, following an agreement with rebel leader turned Prime Minister Guillaume Soro to hol
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 26 November 2007 The U.S. Senate's number two Republican, Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi, has announced he will retire next month. He becomes the sixth Republican to announce plans to leave the Senate, where Democrats
By Nico Colombant and Karene Bassompierre Abidjan 06 April 2006 A micro-algae recently rediscovered by scientists is helping weak and sick people in West Africa. VOA's Nico Colombant reports from Abid
By Phillip Wellman Dakar 19 September 2007 United Nations peacekeepers and French rapid reaction forces are gradually pulling back from front lines of the Ivory Coast conflict, giving more of a role to Ivorian forces, five years after the conflict be
By Phillip Wellman Dakar 16 September 2007 Efforts to reunite war-divided Ivory Coast have been fraught with difficulty, but some say the Ivorian band Magic System has been able to bring people together in a way politicians have not. The band is mark
By Nico Colombant Dakar 12 June 2007 Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore traveled to Yamoussoukro, the capital of Ivory Coast, Tuesday to assess a March peace deal he brokered with northern rebels, opposition leaders and President Laurent Gbagbo.
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 20 May 2007 President Laurent Gbagbo has attended a ceremony in western Ivory Coast to mark militia disarmament. Experts say successful disarmament would be an important step in the country's peace process, but they also say t
By Brian Wagner Caracas 02 December 2007 A leading U.S. senator has rejected allegations by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez that Washington is seeking to destabilize the South American nation. In Caracas, VOA's Brian Wagner reports Mr. Chavez is in
The UN Children's Fund warns thousands of Ivorian refugees(难民,逃难者), who have fled to Liberia, are threatened by disease outbreaks. UNICEF says cramped living conditions are increasing health and protection risks for children and women.
By Anne Look Dakar 13 October 2009 Former Ivorian prime minister Alassane Dramane Ouattara declared his candidacy for the country's long-delayed presidential elections, now scheduled for November. Former Ivorian prime minister Alassane Ouattara (fil