By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 12 September 2007 Uganda's notorious Lord's Resistance Army is lashing out at a senior U.S. official who said Washington would support efforts to wipe out the rebels if peace talks aimed at ending their brutal insurgency colla...
By Noel King Kigali 08 September 2007 Humanitarian aid groups are sounding the alarm as fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo forces tens of thousands of civilians from their homes in North Kivu Province. Noel King has more in this rep...
By Margaret Besheer Washington 04 September 2007 The U.S.-based charity CARE recently made headlines for turning down some $45 million in U.S. government food aid. The decision to refuse the aid is tied to the group's opposition to the practice of se...
By Steve Herman New Delhi 03 September 2007 Two ethnic groups from southern Nepal are claiming responsibility for Sunday's deadly bombings in the Himalayan nation's capital. VOA's Steve Herman reports from our South Asia bureau in New Delhi. Nepalese...
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 27 August 2007 An Ethiopian human rights group is demanding that the United States and other international donors monitor the food and financial aid they give to Ethiopia for its impoverished Ogaden region. As Nick Wadhams rep...
By Webb Malcolm Nairobi 22 August 2007 A Ugandan organization that represents the rights of gays, lesbians and bisexuals says they are deprived of their rights by the country's law that makes homosexuality illegal. The comments follow an anti-gay pro...
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 20 August 2007 Doctor's from the Ugandan peacekeeping force in Somalia examine a malnourished boy at their field hospital at the Halane Camp just south of Mogadishu The medical group Doctors Without Borders is reporting a dras...
By Daniel Schearf Beijing 16 August 2007 The chief U.S. negotiator at the North Korean nuclear talks says negotiators are discussing the technical procedures that would eventually be used to shut down the North's nuclear weapons programs. The talks i...
By Leta Hong Fincher Washington 13 August 2007 A study has found that women with breast cancer who take part in group psychotherapy do not live longer than those who do not -- contrary to a much-publicized study from 18 years ago. But the author of t...
By Arjun Kohli Nairobi 24 July 2007 Key members of Burundi's last rebel group have escaped into the bush before the completion of peace talks in the country's capital Bujumbura. Government officials say they see this move as a sign of aggression. For...