The United States said Monday the government of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe cannot be considered legitimate in the absence of a presidential runoff election. In the wake of opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai's forced departure from the c...
By Nico Colombant Malabo, Equatorial Guinea 13 May 2008 With rising oil prices, oil exporters like the lightly-populated central African country of Equatorial Guinea, are awash with new revenue. Here, a new modern capital called Malabo II is being bu...
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By Barry Wood Washington 13 November 2007 With world credit markets still not functioning smoothly, experts say inadequate US regulation is largely to blame for the home loan related credit squeeze that surfaced last August. VOA's Barry Wood has more...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 05 November 2007 Director-General of the World Health Organization says people in poor countries should not be denied medicine they need to treat illnesses such as HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis because of the cost. Lisa Schlein rep...
By Scott Bobb Luanda 24 July 2007 Angola's civil war ended five years ago but today the country and its people still struggle to overcome the devastation caused by the 27 years of conflict. At one point, 80 percent of the people lived off the informa...
By Kurt Achin Kyoto 07 May 2007 ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda answers to questions during a press conference, at Kyoto International Conference Center, 07 May 2007 The chief of the Asian Development Bank says the organization will not sacrifice its e...
By Scott Stearns White House 30 March 2007 President Bush has apologized for the poor living conditions for some wounded servicemen and women at a military hospital outside the capital. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. Presi...
By June Soh Baltimore, Maryland 22 February 2007 watch Donation report Outside of major cities in the United States, public transportation is not always well developed in many communities. Cars and other personal vehicles dominate the American cultu...
By Jim Bertel Washington, DC 04 January 2007 watch Oprah Winfrey school report Oprah Winfrey honors her promise to open a school for poor girls in South Africa Billionaire talk show host Oprah Winfrey opened her new school for poor girls this week i...