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By Jordan Davis Dakar 31 December 2006 Senegalese officials say they are investigating the killing of a top politician El-Hadj Oumar Lamine Badji (File photo) in the country's southern Casamance region. Separatist groups in Casamance have waged a tw
By William Eagle Washington,DC 29 December 2006 Relief agencies say over the next year theyll be working to help stabilize Central Africa and especially the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has gone from years of civil war to democratic elections
By Kent Klein Washington 30 March 2008 The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency says al-Qaida has established a safe haven in the tribal areas near the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, and that it presents a clear and present danger to
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 23 October 2006 Tensions in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta have flared in recent months as local communities accuse foreign oil companies and the government of reneging on promises to provide jobs and social amenities. Gilb
By Noel King Khartoum 29 May 2007 Sudan says President Bush is unjustified in his decision to impose new sanctions on Khartoum because of the situation in Darfur. Before the sanctions were even announced at the White House on Monday, Sudanese officia
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 26 March 2007 The U.N. mediator for Kosovo has recommended independence for the breakaway Serbian province. From U.N. headquarters, correspondent Peter Heinlein reports Serbian officials called the decision unacceptab
By Al Pessin Pentagon 24 January 2007 A U.S. military official has confirmed to VOA that U.S. military forces made a second air strike on al-Qaida targets in Somalia this week. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon. AC-130 (File photo) The offic
A new international initiative to increase grain crop yields could help raise incomes for six million farmers in South Asia and combat hunger in one of the poorest regions of the world. Indian farmer women winnow mustard crop at Baraikapurva village
Fierce fighting has broken out in Somalia's semi-autonomous state of Puntland, as the government mounts an offensive to drive out Islamist forces accused of destabilizing the region. Attacks in the region took place near Bosaso, in the western Bari r
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard reaffirmed her support for the war in Afghanistan and pledged cooperation with the United States on issues in the Asia-Pacific region during an address to the U.S. Congress. Prime Minister Gillard delivered wha
US Officials Back Indonesian Stand Against Papua Independence Analysts say U.S. support for Indonesia's strong stand against Papuan separatists puts added pressure on the independence movement to seek a negotiated settlement. But there are concerns t
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 17 September 2007 Military leaders in Mali say the national army is ready to retaliate after Tuareg rebels carried out a deadly ambush on Sunday. Government officials say the rebels are fighting to take control of the region's
By Heda Bayron Hong Kong 05 June 2006 East Timor's defense minister has met with disgruntled soldiers in a tentative step toward settling a dispute that has plunged the country into violent unrest. Au
By Kari Barber Dakar 14 April 2007 Hundreds of demonstrators in the restive Casamance region of southern Senegal filled the streets Saturday protesting what they are calling police brutality. Angry mobs in Kolda burned tires and razed houses to the g
Todd: So, Keiko, so you lived in The States and they have a different system of collecting trash. Can you explain the difference of collecting trash in America and collecting trash in Japan? Keiko: OK, my personal experience, in The States you just p
BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) -- China's top meteorological authority on Sunday issued a blue warning for heavy rain as the country's southern regions are forecast to be pounded by downpours over the next three days. Torrential rains will hit parts of An
By Noel King Khartoum 02 September 2006 In Sudan's Darfur region, African Union officials and human rights observers say the government has begun shelling villages in volatile northern Darfur. The renewed violence follows reports of a government tro
Senegalese musician Baaba Maal is using an annual music festival to focus on education in the country's remote northern regions. At Baaba Maal's fourth annual Festival les Blues du Fleuve, musicians from around West Africa gathered along the Senegal
SAN JOSE, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Costa Rican cyclist Nieves Carrazco Thursday won for the second time in his carrer, the 10th stage of Costa Rica's International Cycling Tour, where Colombian Oscar Sanchez is general leader. Carrazco was the first one t
The spiritual leader of the radical Somali militant group al-Shabab has sharply criticized the leadership of the breakaway region of Somaliland for having ties with Ethiopia. The radical leader also called the brand of democracy practiced in the Som