Somalia's militant al-Shabab group has promised to launch more attacks against African Union peacekeeping troops a day after 11 soldiers from Burundi were killed in blasts claimed by the group. On an Internet website, al-Shabab posted pictures of th...
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A coalition of more than 60 humanitarian and human rights organizations says widespread violence continues to threaten civilians in Eastern Congo, despite a peace agreement signed six months ago. Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa bureau in...
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has repeated a call for more US troops and greater funding for Afghanistan as part of his plan to overhaul America's war on terrorism. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washington, Senator Oba...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 08 June 2008 Israel is backing away from a threat to attack Iran. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. Shaul Mofaz (file photo) Israeli defense officials have rejected comments by Cabinet Minister Shaul...
By Peter Fedynsky Moscow 16 April 2008 The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has protested a series of recent statements by senior Russian officials that appear to threaten the integrity and security of Ukraine. VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky repor...
By Derek Kilner Nairobi 05 March 2008 Kenya's parliament is set to reconvene Thursday to begin the process of enacting a power-sharing agreement reached last week between the country's two main parties. But as Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, incid...
By David Gollust Washington 13 February 2008 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Wednesday condemned implicit threats by Russian President Vladimir Putin against Ukraine, if the Kyiv government upgrades its relationship with NATO. Mr. Putin sug...
By Selah Hennessy Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo 07 December 2007 Government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo are making military gains against rebel fighters in the east. But military victories are pushing combat north, towards displac...
By Trish Anderton Bali, Indonesia 04 December 2007 The anti-poverty group Oxfam says global warming is altering the human food supply and threatening some of the world's poorest people with hunger. At the United Nations Conference on Climate Change i...