By Nico Colombant Dakar 26 March 2008 Liberia's much-heralded and awaited census is plodding ahead amid problems with workers who want more money and Liberians who are not staying home to be counted. VOA's Nico Colombant has more from our regional bu...
By Naomi Schwarz and Ruby Amable Dakar 29 February 2008 There is oil excitement in Ghana as government officials work with oil companies and civil society to plan how to exploit recently discovered offshore reserves. But many Ghanaians look with caut...
By Raymond Thibodeaux Rawalpindi, Pakistan 16 February 2008 Pakistan's national elections are due to be held Monday. The poll is seen as a test of the country's commitment to democracy. But many Pakistanis are expressing pessimism that the political...
By Peta Thornycroft 14 January 2008 As of last Friday, Zimbabwean citizens who are also journalists no longer need accreditation or a license to work in their profession. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA that a number of amendments to existing securi...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 28 December 2007 Peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians are moving ahead despite a dispute over Jewish settlements. But as Robert Berger reports from Jerusalem, deadly violence in the West Bank is overshadowing pea...
By Ravi Khanna Washington 12 December 2007 More than six years after the terrorist attacks on the United States, and billions of dollars spent and thousands of lives lost in the war on terror, two questions in particular go unanswered in the public m...
By Paula Wolfson White House 25 November 2007 President Bush meets Monday at the White House with Israeli and Palestinian leaders as delegations gather for a U.S.- led Mideast conference in nearby Annapolis, Maryland. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports the...
Possible Suicide Attack By VOA News 08 November 2007 Former Pakistani Prime Minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto says her party plans a massive protest in Rawalpindi Friday against emergency rule and the suspension of the country's constitu...
By Phuong Tran Dakar 13 October 2007 Campaigning has ended for Togo's legislative elections, the first serious challenge to the ruling party's more than four-decade grip on power. Party leaders say Sunday's election can change Togo's reputation as an...
By Peta Thornycroft Southern Africa 13 August 2007 South African President Thabo Mbeki's anticipated report to the Southern African Development Community summit on Thursday is unlikely to reveal significant progress toward resolving the crisis in Zim...