Arab leaders tried to patch over their differences as a two-day summit in Kuwait drew to a close, but the Gaza conflict appears to have exacerbated the tensions. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Al Sabah, Amir...
Leaders of the military coup that overthrew the elected president of Mauritania show no sign of meeting Monday's African Union deadline to relinquish power. On the eve of the deadline security forces dispersed pro-democracy demonstrators in Nouakcho...
VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Shirley Griffith. This week, we tell about a discovery of gorillas in the Republic of Congo and the loss of Bengal tigers in Nepal. We also tell about...
University students in Mauritania say they feel disillusioned with democracy, one year after a series of elections ended years of military-dominated rule. They say it seems corruption, insecurity and their prospects for a better life are getting wor...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 05 June 2008 Two members of Iraq's parliament have testified before a congressional committee about future U.S. - Iraq relations. As VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, in their testimony, the two members of Ir...
By Sean Maroney Washington 23 February 2007 watch International Migration report Millions of people flee their homes each year to escape war, famine or disaster. The international community helps many of them when they end up as refugees in foreign...
y Mil Arcega Washington, DC 21 September 2006 watch OnLine Films report Disney movie clip The Walt Disney Company says it has sold 125,000 digital copies of its movies -- less than one week after making the films available for download through Apple...
By Franz Wild Abidjan 24 May 2006 Charles Konan Banny greets villagers in Meagui In war-divided Ivory Coast disarmament and personal identification, the two obstacles to elections, saw partial success in a pilot program this week. There is little si...
By Joe Bavier Dantchandou, Niger 10 April 2006 Scientists in Niger, the world's poorest country, are using a new high-tech satellite transmission system to help with rural health care. The network of...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 01 January 2006 An elderly woman carries part of the food ration she received from the World Food Program in the drought-stricken southern Somali town of Wajid The World Food Pr...