Burmese pro-democracy activists have welcomed the stated policy approach by the new Thai government and its call for political change in Burma ahead of Burma's general elections, scheduled for 2010. The Thai Government is also looking to other South...
Somalia's transitional leadership is struggling to form a new government, following the resignation of former president Abdullahi Yusuf, and trying to prevent Islamist extremists from taking control as Ethiopian troops withdraw. Somalia's two top le...
By Derek Kilner Nairobi 13 March 2008 High on the list of tasks for Kenya's proposed power-sharing government will be an overhaul of the country's constitution, viewed by many as an outdated document that has contributed to political instability. Sev...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 02 February 2008 Chadian rebels have entered Chad's capital N'Djamena and are battling against army units near the presidential palace. This follows a one-week rebel offensive to topple long-term President Idriss Deby. VOA's N...
By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu 04 January 2007 In the post-Islamist Somali capital Mogadishu, a deadline for the city's militias and residents to voluntarily hand in their weapons has been largely ignored. As VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu reports from Mogad...
By Sonja Pace London 23 October 2006 Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair, left, meets with visiting Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh, Monday Oct. 23, 2006 raqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh says his government is working to take greater...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 02 April 2006 Acting Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, right, and Bank of Israel Governor Prof. Stanley Fischer, April 2, 2006 Israel has formally begun the process of forming a new g...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 23 March 2006 Donald Rumsfeld U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the delay in forming a new Iraqi government is contributing to the ongoing violence in the country. ----...
By Bill Rodgers Washington 15 March 2006 The latest sectarian violence in Iraq has raised questions about the future of the U.S. mission to establish a secure and democratic country, three years after...