By Carol Pearson Washington 26 March 2008 Pre-term or prematurebirth is one of the leading causes of infant death in the developed world. A new study shows that babies born before 37 weeks of gestation not only have lower survival rates, but they fac...
By Nancy Palus Dakar 14 March 2008 The presidents of Chad and Sudan have signed an agreement to stop destabilizing each other's country after several hours of meetings in the Senegalese capital, Dakar. But analysts and officials agree there are remai...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 13 March 2008 Planned Chad-Sudan peace talks have faced more delays on the sidelines of the Islamic conference being held in Senegal. Host Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade promised a new deal, but instead so far his efforts...
By Tendai Maphosa London 11 March 2008 Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni says as part of the peace agreement between his government and the Lord's Resistance Army, the rebels indicted by the International Criminal Court are to be tried in Uganda und...
By Peta Thornycroft 05 February 2008 A senior and long-standing member of the ruling ZANU-PF, Simba Makoni, announced in Harare that he will stand as an independent candidate against President Robert Mugabe in the upcoming presidential election. Peta...
By Nico Colombant Nzerekore, Guinea 05 February 2008 Health and aid workers in the west African country, Guinea, say they face many challenges to help victims of HIV / AIDS, mostly because of a lack of funding and inadequate information campaigns. Ni...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 02 February 2008 Chadian rebels are facing off against army troops and President Idriss Deby in the capital N'Djamena, after a day of heavy fighting in which rebels closed in on the presidential palace. VOA's Nico Colombant re...
By Leta Hong Fincher Washington, DC 01 February 2008 The narrowed U.S. presidential race will enter a new phase when voters in more than 20 states hold primaries and caucuses Tuesday. But political experts say that for the Democratic Party, rules on...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 11 January 2008 Recent surveys indicate French President Nicolas Sarkozy's popularity is declining. According to a poll to be published Saturday, his confidence rating is at less then 50 percent. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports t...
By Steve Herman Bhopal, India 08 January 2008 Dow Chemical, the world's second-largest chemical manufacturer, is facing difficulties trying to expand in India. The company is haunted by the 1984 leak of methyl isocyanate, one of the most lethal chemi...