By Jade Heilmann Dakar 04 December 2007 Opposition leaders in Togo say they are angry that a little-known ruling party official has been named the country's new prime minister. They say the government should be more open to opposition parties, given...
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 04 December 2007 Diamonds from Sierra Leone have fueled the country's gruesome civil war and enriched warlords. Now, the government and activists are trying to make sure the profits from Sierra Leone's post-conflict diamonds he...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 04 December 2007 Iran has welcomed the new U.S. intelligence estimate which suggests the Tehran government is not currently trying to develop nuclear weapons. VOA correspondent Challiss McDonough has more from our Middle...
By Paige Kollock New York 04 December 2007 One person's trash is sometimes another person's treasure, especially when art is involved. Paige Kollock reports on one stolen painting's odyssey, as it went from the sidewalk to the auction block. One mill...
By Alex Villarreal Washington 04 December 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is calling on the international community to do more for Afghanistan in its fight against extremists. Gates has been visiting the country, which is experiencing an ups...
By Tendai Maphosa London 04 December 2007 The British teacher jailed for letting her students name a teddy bear Muhammad as part of a writing project arrived in Britain after being pardoned - ending a case that set off an international outcry and ang...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 04 December 2007 South Africa's biggest union has staged a one-day strike to protest safety and security problems that have contributed to an increase in mining deaths this year. Correspondent Scott Bobb reports from Johann...
By Derek Kilner Nairobi 04 December 2007 Representatives from Sudan's neighbors met with international mediators in Egypt to discuss the conflict in the Darfur region of Western Sudan. Derek Kilner has more from VOA's East Africa bureau in Nairobi. T...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 04 December 2007 The U.N. refugee agency says the worsening security situation in eastern Chad is limiting access to refugee camps and leaving thousands of refugees and displaced people feeling extremely vulnerable. Lisa Schlei...
By Rahim Gul Sarwan Kabul, Afghanistan 04 December 2007 Brown and full of weeds, Afghanistan's only golf course is a symbol of survival. Once an oasis, today it shows the scars from decades of war. Now, six years after the fall of the Taliban, the po...
By Mil Arcega Washington 04 December 2007 A decommissioned coal mine in the Rocky Mountain state of Wyoming is about to get a new lease on life. Although it no longer produces enough coal to generate electricity, the company that owns the land has fo...
By Noel King Kigali 04 December 2007 Fighting between forces loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda and the Congolese Army has forced the U.N. World Food program to suspend the delivery of food aid to between 250,000 and 300,000 vulnerable people....
By Nico Colombant Dakar 04 December 2007 Burkina Faso's cotton production this year has decreased due to inconsistent rains and high oil prices, frustrating executives and farmers in sub-Saharan Africa's leading cotton producer. VOA's Nico Colombant...
By Nicola Fell Sydney 04 December 2007 On the eve of European settlement in Australia, around 250 indigenous languages were spoken. Today most of them have been lost, and only 17 are thought likely to survive for another generation. But in the state...
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...
