The government of Ivory Coast's incumbent president is rejecting calls for more U.N. peacekeepers, saying the entire force should leave the country because it is violating its neutrality. The head of U.N. peacekeeping wants as many as 2,000 additiona...
African leaders are in Abidjan for more talks with Ivory Coast's rival presidents. The country's political crisis has sent thousands of refugees into Liberia. Leaders met with defiant Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo Monday, offering him an amnes...
France and Britain are standing shoulder-to-shoulder in a new defence alliance. The British Prime Minister David Cameron and the French President Nicolas Sarkozy signed two new defence treaties this week that include joint training exercises for a ne...
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has announced an informal summit of European Union leaders to consider the future direction of the troubled alliance. 英国首相布莱尔宣布，欧盟将在几个月内举行一次非正式的欧盟领导人峰会，...
By Doug Levine Washington 29 April 2008 The departure of two key members of the Caribbean Jazz Project marks a new beginning for the Grammy Award-winning jazz group. VOA's Doug Levine tells us about the formation of an exciting musical alliance betwe...
By Margaret Besheer New York 19 September 2007 A new U.N.-sponsored initiative is being launched to bridge the digital divide and connect African countries with each other and the rest of the world. VOA's Margaret Besheer reports from U.N. headquarte...
By Kari Barber Dakar 19 March 2007 Mauritanian presidential candidate Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdellahi casts his vote in Nouakchott, 11 March 2007 The third-place finisher in Mauritania's first round of presidential polls, Zeine Ould Zeidane, has thrown in...
By Kari Barber Dakar 06 February 2007 Guinea's President Lansana Conte has been getting help and advice from the government of neighboring Guinea Bissau to put an end to union-led protests. Union leaders in Guinea are threatening to resume a nationw...
By Katherine Cole Washington 11 March 2006 In the past few months, we've reported on the Grammys, the Country Music Awards, and the International Bluegrass Music Awards. Now there's another music awar...
DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Alliance for the New Humanity By Jill Moss Broadcast: Monday, January 12, 2004 This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Development Report. Graphic Image A new group says...
