By Uma Ramiah Dakar 04 April 2008 Rising gas prices, demand for bio-fuels and poor harvests have all contributed to rocketing food prices around the world. In sub-Saharan Africa where most people spend a majority of their income on food, even the sma...
By Tendai Maphosa London 04 April 2008 The European Union has added its voice to those calling for the release, without delay, of the full results of Saturday's elections in Zimbabwe. The EU also protested the arrest of two journalists who were cover...
By Carol Pearson Washington 04 April 2008 April second marked World Autism Day -- a day set aside by the United Nations to raise awareness of this bio-neurological disorder that impacts the development of the brain. Some countries have designated the...
By Peta Thornycroft Harare 04 April 2008 The politburo of Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF party has endorsed President Robert Mugabe as its candidate for president if a run-off election is necessary. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA from Harare that the endorseme...
By Liu Enming Washington 04 April 2008 The National Museum of the Marine Corps opened in November 2006 to honor and celebrate more than 200 years of military history. Located adjacent to the Quantico Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, the museu...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 04 April 2008 An aide to an Israeli cabinet minister has been shot and wounded by a Palestinian gunman. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, a foreign delegation was shot at while touring an observation poi...
By Jeffrey Young Washington 04 April 2008 It is human nature for people to associate with and support others like themselves -- based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender and other factors. In this segment of How America Elects, VOA's Jeffrey Young e...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 04 April 2008 The top nuclear negotiators for North Korea and the United States may meet next week to try to end the impasse over stalled multinational talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program. VOA's...
By Jim Malone Washington 04 April 2008 Friday, April 4, marks the 40th anniversary of the assassination of the American civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. In the years since his death, Reverend King has often been cited as one of th...
By Peta Thornycroft Harare 04 April 2008 The politburo of Zimbabwe's ZANU PF party isgathered at party headquarters in Harare Friday, for an unscheduled meeting where leaders are expected to discuss last Saturday's election. Peta Thornycroft reports...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 04 April 2008 Benin's president Boni Yayi is facing increasing opposition two years after coming to power. Mr. Yayi, an independent banker and political outsider, succeeded Mathieu Kerekou who had ruled the small West African...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 04 April 2008 Zimbabwe is anxiously waiting for official confirmation of reports by pro-democracy groups that President Robert Mugabe has come in second to opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai in Saturday's presidential elec...
By Tendai Maphosa London 04 April 2008 Britain has long been a haven for immigrants, from highly skilled workers from Europe and the United States to those coming from developing countries to escape political persecution or find a better life. Many o...
By David Byrd San Antonio, Texas 04 April 2008 The men's U.S. college basketball tournament is down to four teams: North Carolina, Memphis, UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles) and Kansas. Action gets under way Saturday at 2200 UTC in the s...
By Derek Kilner Nairobi 04 April 2008 An end to the impasse over the composition of Kenya's new power-sharing government may be at hand. But many Kenyans are frustrated by the expanded size of the proposed cabinet. For VOA, Derek Kilner reports from...
