By Peta Thornycroft 20 December 2007 Zimbabwe's central bank has introduced higher denomination currency notes in an effort to deal with a raging inflation rate. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA that the central bank recently introduced so many contr...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 04 May 2007 The commander of U.S. forces south of Baghdad says more fighting and more casualties are ahead in the coming months, as the U.S. surge of forces is completed and clashes with insurgents increase. The officer spoke Fr...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 18 April 2007 Saturday's presidential ballot in Nigeria appears headed for a crisis, as a coalition of opposition candidates calls for its postponement. Gilbert da Costa reports for the VOA from Abuja that the opposition's c...
By Margaret Besheer Washington 10 February 2007 U.S. Senator Barack Obama officially entered the 2008 presidential race Saturday, saying he wants to work to build a more hopeful America. The Illinois senator, who hopes to become the United States' fi...
By David McAlary Washington 30 October 2006 The World Bank says rapidly diminishing tropical forests could be saved if farmers and loggers were paid not to cut the trees. It proposes to extend the current international system of carbon trading for t...
By Parke Brewer Berlin 03 July 2006 The official charity campaign of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany is 6 Villages for 2006. It's a joint fundraising project between football's world governing body (FIFA) and the international non-governmental o...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 23 February 2006 The top U.N. official in Afghanistan has urged militants opposing the country's government to end their violent campaign against local schools and teachers....
By Nico Colombant Abidjan 14 February 2006 Protests have marked the start of a trial in Cameroon, over the outing of alleged homosexuals in local newspapers. Several thousand members of a youth group...
By Paula Wolfson Washington 05 February 2006 Outraged Syrians torch Denmark's Embassy in Damascus Muslim outrage over the publication in Europe of political cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed has...
Ross Dunn Israeli forces launched air strikes in the Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza Tuesday killing at least 13 Palestinians and wounding 30 others. Israeli ground forces have also moved into the...