Senegal has severed diplomatic relations with Iran, accusing it of supplying weapons to separatist rebels in the southern Casamance region where three Senegalese soldiers were killed in attacks over the weekend. The two countries' previously strong d...
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 03 January 2008 Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, who was declared the winner of last week's disputed elections, is accusing opposition leaders of fomenting post-election violence that has claimed more than 300 lives. Nick Wadhams...
By Tendai Maphosa London 24 August 2007 Amnesty International has released photographs it says show that Sudan's government is still deploying weapons to Darfur in what the rights organization describes as breathtaking defiance of a United Nations ar...
By Suzanne Presto United Nations 23 August 2007 Georgian U.N. Ambassador Irakli Alasania is accusing Russia of new airspace violations. Georgia is already pursuing investigations into an alleged incursion and missile launch earlier this month. From V...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 20 February 2007 A Karen boy, 6, allegedly shot in the arm by Burma military, during a massacre of villagers (File) A U.S. human rights and environmental group accuses Burma's military government of forcing ethnic Karen out of t...
By Peter Heinlein United Nations 16 February 2007 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has accused Sudan's president of breaking a promise to allow a human rights mission to visit Darfur. VOA's correspondent at the U.N. Peter Heinlein reports. Ban Ki-m...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 02 May 2006 The U.S. representative to the six-nation talks aimed at resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis says Pyongyang is boycotting the process. Speaking at a U.S.-K...
By Michael Bowman Washington 30 April 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has accused Iran of "playing games" in its dealings with the international community concerning its nuclear activities. S...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 07 March 2006 U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has accused Iran of sending members of an elite military force into Iraq to stir up trouble. Defense secretary held a news co...
By Michael Bowman Washington 08 February 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Syria and Iran have deliberately inflamed Muslim passions over cartoons satirizing the Prophet Muhammad that have...