By Jordan Davis Dakar 31 December 2006 Senegalese officials say they are investigating the killing of a top politician El-Hadj Oumar Lamine Badji (File photo) in the country's southern Casamance region. Separatist groups in Casamance have waged a tw...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 31 December 2006 Palestinians participate a rally to protest Saddam Hussein's execution in Jenin, 31 Dec 2006 The Palestinians have condemned the execution of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. But as Robert Berger repo...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 31 December 2006 Bollywood actors Esha Deol, left, John Abraham, center, and Remi Sen, right, interact with fans at the promotion of the hindi film Dhoom in Bombay (File photo) India's prolific Hindi movie industry, popu...
By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 31 December 2006 Iraqis grieve beside the burial site of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in Ouja, Iraq, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad Sunday 31 Dec. 2006 Former dictator Saddam Hussein, who was exec...
By Joe Bavier Kinshasa 31 December 2006 The Democratic Republic of Congo's President Joseph Kabila has named life-long opposition leader Antoine Gizenga as the country's new prime minister in a presidential decree read on state-owned television late...
By Kari Barber Dakar 30 December 2006 Senegal is preparing to observe the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha (the feast of the sacrifice) starting Sunday. The holiday, known as Tabaski in parts of West Africa, requires Muslims to sacrifice a sheep for the n...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 December 2006 The U.N. refugee agency says it is preparing for the possible exodus of thousands of Somalis to neighboring countries, in the wake of the fighting between Ethiopian-backed government troops and Islamist fighte...
By Scott Stearns White House 30 December 2006 The body of former U.S. President Gerald Ford is to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol until Tuesday, when a memorial service will be held. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, President Bu...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 30 December 2006 Nigeria has confirmed its status as the most populous country on the African continent, announcing its population has exceeded 140 million. Gilbert da Costa reports the announcement sought to avoid some of...
By Scott Stearns White House 30 December 2006 U.S. President George Bush says Saddam Hussein's execution is an important milestone for Iraq, but will not stop the violence there. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Mr. Bush is worki...
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 William Eagle Washington,DC 29 December 2006 In Somalia, which has not had an effective central government in 16 years, the UN says an estimated 1.4 million people need emergency humanitarian relief. Of those, 400,000 are those whove been interna...
By William Eagle Washington,DC 29 December 2006 The political scene in West Africa showed improvement last year with elections in Liberia, where a 14-year civil war had spread refugees and violence to surrounding countries. But tensions continued in...
By William Eagle Washington,DC 29 December 2006 A confluence of events has led to an increase in food and health needs in Zimbabwe. Like other parts of southern Africa, Zimbabwe has been the victim of drought, and a subsequent decline in crop produc...
By William Eagle Washington,DC 29 December 2006 Relief agencies say over the next year theyll be working to help stabilize Central Africa and especially the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has gone from years of civil war to democratic elections...
