The World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund are launching an emergency appeal for $1.6 million to try to contain a cholera epidemic in Guinea-Bissau, which has affected more than 12,000 people and killed more than 200. Lisa...
NATO warships have launched an anti-piracy operation off the coast of Somalia by escorting one ship to port with plans for a similar operation on Tuesday. Lisa Bryant has more from Paris. The NATO operation aims to help calm the situation off Somali...
India has launched its first unmanned mission to the Moon. The mission is a major boost to the country's space program, as India joins Asian nations China and Japan in exploring the Moon. Anjana Pasricha has a report from New Delhi. In this photo pr...
The Sudanese government has launched a peace initiative for the country's Darfur region. As Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi, the effort is being supported by the country's main political parties, but has been rejected b...
The UN Children's Fund, in partnership with diaper-maker Pampers, is launching a global campaign to eliminate tetanus by 2012. UNICEF reports the disease kills about 140,000 newborn infants and 30,000 mothers every year in the poorest countries in t...
By Zulima Palacio Washington 16 May 2008 With the HIV/AIDS epidemic now 25-years-old, the World Bank has launched a new strategy to combat the disease where it is the most prevalent -- Africa. Nearly two million have died on the continent and HIV has...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 28 April 2008 India has launched a record number of satellites into space in a single mission. The launch marks a milestone for the country's space program. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, India wants to emerge as...
By Lisa Schlein Washington 17 April 2008 A new drug that offers hope to millions of malaria sufferers is being launched in Latin America and Southeast Asia. The medicine, developed by a Brazilian pharmaceutical company and a non-profit drug developme...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 11 April 2008 Four Palestinian civilians and two militants have been killed in raids by Israeli air and ground forces in the Gaza Strip. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, Israel was retaliating for a dea...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 07 April 2008 A woman once forced into a life of sexual slavery and domestic labor has filed suit against the government of Niger. The case is being heard by the court of the Economic Community of West African states. The cour...