Senegalese musician Baaba Maal is using an annual music festival to focus on education in the country's remote northern regions. At Baaba Maal's fourth annual Festival les Blues du Fleuve, musicians from around West Africa gathered along the Senegal...
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, says the Obama administration is committed to supporting international peacekeeping operations, including reforms to address issues such as misconduct by peacekeepers. Rice also addressed specif...
A veteran American figure in the U.S.-India relationship is predicting the civil nuclear agreement between the two countries will quickly open the door to closer trade ties, but he warns that talk of a strategic alliance is premature. VOA correspond...
By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 19 April 2008 Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan has appeared in a video aired by an Arabic-language channel, saying he is being held by Taliban militants. Ayaz Gul reports from Islamabad this is the first word from the diplom...
By George Dwyer Washington 29 February 2008 Representatives from the world's zoos and aquariums have officially proclaimed 2008 The International Year of the Frog. In Washington, the National Geographic Society is using the sudden global focus on fro...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 22 January 2008 The U.S. ambassador to Kenya has angrily denounced print and broadcast advertisements placed by the government of President Mwai Kibaki, which accuses the United States and other Western countries of contributing...
By Suzanne Presto New York 16 August 2007 Russia's ambassador to the United Nations says the Security Council should not take any action on Georgian allegations that Russia violated its airspace until after officials of the two countries carry out th...
By Deborah Tate Capitol Hill 19 July 2007 U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker Thursday offered a mixed picture of the political progress being made by Iraqi leaders in a briefing to U.S. lawmakers by video link from Baghdad. Lawmakers, in turn, expr...
By Liam Cochrane Kathmandu 09 July 2007 The U.S. ambassador to Nepal says the Maoist party remains the biggest threat to holding peaceful elections in November. He says the Maoists are still considering violence as a way to gain absolute control of N...
By Al Pessin Washington 02 July 2007 The Afghan ambassador to the United States says U.S. and NATO forces in his country need to do more to avoid killing civilians as they battle Taleban insurgents. The ambassador spoke an interview with VOA Pentagon...