By Simon Marks Paris 04 May 2007 French voters go to the polls on Sunday (May 6th) to elect a new president. They face a stark choice between a conservative, former Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, and the Socialist Party's candidate, Segolene Roya...
By Mike O'Sullivan Los Angeles 04 May 2007 Republican presidential candidates debated the war in Iraq, taxes and terrorism in a wide-ranging exchange Thursday evening. Mike O'Sullivan reports, 10 Republicans faced off in their first debate of the cam...
By Benjamin Robertson London 21 February 2007 Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar says that his country is heading for autocracy and dictatorship unless voters support him in the upcoming presidential elections. For VOA in London, Benjamin Robert...
By Jim Malone Washington 02 February 2007 Several Democratic presidential contenders auditioned before a crowd of party activists in Washington Friday. All six candidates who spoke focused largely on the war in Iraq, as we hear from VOA National cor...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 02 January 2007 Somalia's interim president is in Kenya for talks with President Mwai Kibaki and other top security officials. Meanwhile, Kenyan authorities have arrested and detained at least eight people at a border cross...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 29 November 2006 A court in Nigeria has struck down a report by a government panel that said Vice President Atiku Abubakar should be indicted on graft charges that claim he had diverted public funds . For VOA, Gilbert da Co...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 24 October 2006 South Africa's president, Thabo Mbeki, has told organizers of the 2010 Soccer World Cup that his country will spare no effort to ensure a successful soccer World Cup championship in four years. Mr. Mbeki wa...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 18 October 2006 South African President Thabo Mbeki says he has relinquished his role as mediator in the Ivory Coast political crisis. The announcement came at a meeting of top African Union officials in Ethiopia. ----- Th...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 10 October 2006 A special court in the Nigeria Tuesday started a hearing on corruption charges filed against Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports that the charges flow from a public dispute betwe...
By Challiss McDonough Beirut 17 February 2006 The leaders of the anti-Syrian alliance that holds the most seats in Lebanon's parliament are calling on President Emile Lahoud to resign by March 14, and...