Maritime specialists say a surge in pirate attacks on ships between Somalia and Yemen is affecting global commerce and they are urging the international community to quickly find a solution to the crisis. As VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu reports from...
A gathering of U.S. foreign policy experts, observers and diplomats has heard that American policy toward Africa will remain more or less constant, regardless of who wins the November 4 presidential election. VOA's Peter Heinlein in Addis Ababa repo...
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton wrapped up a three-day, four country trip to Africa with an address at a hospital in Senegal. Brent Latham reports from our West Africa bureau in Dakar, Clinton praised a French-led project to provide medicine to c...
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African countries say they are deeply disappointed by the collapse of the Doha Development Round. They are calling for an early resumption of the failed talks to address fair trade issues that are critically needed to get Africa out of poverty. Lisa...
The U.N. refugee agency is urging the government of South Africa not to forcibly deport Zimbabwean asylum seekers back to their home country where they could face danger. The UNHCR reports a significant increase in the number of Zimbabweans crossing...
Leaders from the world's biggest industrial nations meet in Japan on Monday for the annual Group of Eight summit. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has this report on the summit agenda. President Bush gestures during remarks on upcoming G8...
By Scott Bobb Durban 10 June 2008 Qualifying matches have begun around the world for the football World Cup, which begins in two years. In 2010 the World Cup is to be held for the first time in Africa and attention is focusing on host nation South A...
By Tendai Maphosa London 28 May 2008 Amnesty International marks the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with a report finding, among other things, that, despite decolonization, Africa has not seen many promi...
By David Gollust State Department 17 April 2008 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is calling for Zimbabwe's neighbors to step up and press for an end to that country's post-election political crisis. Rice said it is time for Zimbabwe to move o...