Democrat Barack Obama is trying to hold his lead in the U.S. presidential race in the final days, while Republican John McCain is looking for anything that might give him a last-minute bump in the polls. VOA National correspondent Jim Malone reports...
Ethiopia is appealing for $266 million in emergency aid for the remainder of this year to alleviate food shortages threatening the lives of nearly 6.5 million people. VOA's Peter Heinlein in Addis Ababa reports officials estimate that one of every e...
The United Nations chief in Afghanistan is making an appeal to the Taliban not to disrupt food aid heading to hungry Afghans. The representative of the world body on Monday also lashed out at the increasing number of pessimistic voices predicting th...
The United Nations is appealing for more than $58.5 million to provide emergency assistance to tens of thousands of people affected by the crisis in Georgia over the next six months. Aid agencies report their biggest problem remains one of access. L...
Pope Benedict XVI issued another strong appeal on Sunday for a humanitarian corridor to be opened to allow aid to get through to the displaced in Georgia. Sabina Castelfranco reports for VOA from Rome. Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful during th...
The White House is making a renewed appeal for an end to the bloody conflict between Georgia and Russia over the Georgian breakaway province of South Ossetia, and accusing Russia of 'disproportionate' action. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from Beijing...
By Kent Klein Washington 09 May 2008 Days after a deadly cyclone swept through Burma, governments and aid organizations around the world are ready to help, but Burma's military government has allowed very few aid workers to enter the country. As VOA'...
By Jeffrey Young Washington 01 May 2008 With primary elections coming up on 6 May in the Midwestern state of Indiana and the southern east coast state of North Carolina, Democratic Party presidential contenders Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clint...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 19 April 2008 The World Food Program (WFP) has issued a new appeal for financial aid to respond to a growing worldwide food crisis. The agency says soaring fuel and food prices have rendered its original budget of nearly $3 bil...
By Steve Herman Kathmandu 08 April 2008 An anxious calm has descended over Nepal prior to Thursday's national election. Voters are to select members of a special assembly that will draft a new constitution, the latest attempt to move Nepal out of its...