By Jocelyn Ford Banda Aceh 08 February 2007 Newly-elected Governor of Aceh Irwandi Yusuf, second from right, and his deputy Muhammad Nazar, right, are congratulated by officials after swearing- in ceremony in Banda Aceh, 8 Feb 8 2007 A former guerill...
By Sonja Pace Damascus 05 February 2007 Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Khaled Mashaal, in Damascus, Syria (File photo - 21 Jan 2007) Exiled Hamas political leader Khaled Mashaal is to meet Tuesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 26 January 2007 As leaders of the 53-member African Union prepare to meet in Ethiopia next week for a summit, a report commissioned by leading non-governmental organizations is urging the African Union to improve its performanc...
By Heda Bayron Cebu, Philippines 14 January 2007 Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, center, welcomes S. Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, left, and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, in Cebu, 14 Jan 2007 The leaders of Japan, China and South Korea take up trade and secur...
By Heda Bayron Cebu, Philippines 12 January 2007 Development, trade and security issues will be high on the agenda as Southeast Asian leaders open their annual meeting. VOA's Heda Bayron reports from the central Philippine city of Cebu, where some s...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 11 January 2007 In Ethiopia, former communist dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam has been sentenced to life in prison on genocide charges and other crimes committed during his brutal 17-year-long rule. But as VOA Correspondent Alis...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 09 January 2007 Interim Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed (R) with his PM Ali Mohamed Gedi during a media briefing in Mogadishu, 09 Jan 2007 Somalia's interim president say a U.S. strike late Monday on al-Qaida hideouts in...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 05 January 2007 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has named Tanzania's Foreign Minister Asha-Rose Migiro as his deputy. As VOA's Peter Heinlein reports from the U.N. Mr. Ban is also asking 60 top officials to turn i...
By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 30 December 2006 Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was executed Saturday morning for crimes against his people. Iraqi officials present at the hanging say Saddam went to his death a broken man, but showed no remors...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 29 December 2006 Somalia's interim Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi says his secular government troops and their Ethiopian allies are firmly in control of the capital, Mogadishu, one day after the once-powerful Islamists hastily...