By Derek Kilner Nairobi 20 December 2007 Ethnic and regional affiliations have long been central to Kenya's politics. As Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, general elections on December 27 are not expected to be different, with Kenyans voting in larg...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 23 November 2007 Polls show that Israelis and Palestinians support next week's international peace conference sponsored by the United States. But as Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, they don't believe it w...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 23 November 2007 After nine days of crippling national transportation strikes France appeared to be returning to normal Friday amid negotiations between labor unions and government officials. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports that...
By Victoria Cavaliere New York 17 November 2007 The Caspian region of Central Asia is home to some of the world's largest oil and gas discoveries in recent decades. A top U.S. diplomat says western countries are eager to expand capacity and productio...
By Gary Thomas Washington 09 November 2007 At the heart of the current political crisis enveloping Pakistan is Pervez Musharraf's insistence on holding on to his military rank as chief of the army while remaining president. The military has been the...
By Phillip Wellman Dakar 14 October 2007 The United States Agency for International Development and the U.S.-based World Cocoa Foundation have agreed to launch a multi-year partnership aimed at improving education and providing greater opportunities...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 10 October 2007 The international humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders says it is launching a worldwide appeal aimed at getting donors and governments to support a campaign to provide ready-to-use food to malnouris...
By Liam Cochrane Kathmandu 08 October 2007 Nepal's former Maoist rebels are drafting a motion to abolish the monarchy and they plan to propose it in a special session of Parliament. Liam Cochrane reports from Kathmandu The move comes as political par...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 26 September 2007 A senior Eritrean official says U.S. support for Ethiopia as an anti-terror ally is encouraging the regional giant to take an aggressive stance against Eritrea. The statement follows a threat Tuesday by Ethiopi...
By Lisa Schlein Juba, Sudan 04 September 2007 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he fully supports the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, which ended Sudan's decades-long civil war. He says he told southern Sudan's president th...