Presidents Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (r) and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Brazil (2009 photo) Iran's nuclear program is expected to be the focus of a trip to Tehran by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Saturday's scheduled visit follows last y...
Despite long delays caused by new automated voting machines, millions of Filipinos have headed to the polls to choose a new president. Most voters set out early Monday to avoid the midday sun and temperatures topping 38 degrees to vote in an election...
Despite Hurricane Katrina, it isn't New Orleans Ted Landphair | Washington, DC 26 April 2010 This Harper's Weekly illustration, published shortly after the flood, was no exaggeration of the churning, watery wall of death that befell Johnstown. One of...
A Sudanese election official displays a ballot for observers to view, during the counting process at polling station in Khartoum, Sudan, 16 April 2010 As soon as the National Congress Party (NCP) is declared winner of this months Sudanese elections,...
Foreign observers keeping a close eye on Cambodia's upcoming general elections have reported a more peaceful pre-election period than for previous campaigns. However, rights groups and opposition parties accuse the government of trying to steal the...
The head of an African Observer Mission to Zimbabwe says voter turnout was low in Friday's presidential runoff election and that many voted out of fear. VOA'S Delia Robertson reports from our southern Africa bureau in Johannesburg, the vote count is...
By Stefan Bos Budapest 02 June 2008 International observers say Macedonia's elections, which were disrupted by ethnic violence, failed to meet international standards. The prime minister's conservative party, which advocates pursuing European Union...
By Steve Herman Kathmandu 12 April 2008 Allegations of intimidation of voters and other problems are tainting an otherwise positive assessment of Nepal's election. Initial results show the former Maoist rebels performing much better than expected in...
By Peter Fedynsky Tbilisi 06 January 2008 Election results in Saturday's Georgian presidential election continue to trickle in, with the interim count giving incumbent President Mikhail Saakashvili a narrow victory. International observers say the el...
By Derek Kilner Nairobi 20 December 2007 An observation mission from the Commonwealth group of nations has arrived in Kenya before presidential and parliamentary elections on December 27. Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, where the head of the team,...