As fighting rages on in the Somali capital Mogadishu, international stakeholders in Somalia are urging the country's transitional federal government and an Islamist-led opposition faction to implement a cease-fire agreement outlined in a recently-si...
The economic crisis has spread into many areas of the U.S. economy--banks, investment firms, insurance companies, and even the oil markets. But as VOA's Kent Klein reports from Washington, experts seem to agree that the trouble started with bad loan...
In the final days of the U.S. presidential election campaign, candidates Barack Obama and John McCain will focus on a relatively small handful of states that will provide the margin of victory on Election Day, November 4. VOA National Correspondent...
Americans will be voting for members of the U.S. Congress as well as the president when they go to the polls November 4. With Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama leading in national opinion polls, congressional Democrats hope political mo...
Early next month a national conference called by dissenting current and former senior members of the ruling African National Congress is likely to give birth to new South African political party. As VOA's Delia Robertson reports from our southern Af...
While one former Congolese warlord has been ordered released by the International Criminal Court at The Hague, proceedings are just beginning against another one. One analyst says the ICC needs to be more careful about the timing of such cases, espe...
By Heda Bayron Bangkok 26 May 2008 The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has long had a policy of engaging with Burma, even when many countries have criticized its military government. Now, some regional political analysts credit ASEAN with help...
By Peta Thornycroft Harare 28 March 2008 Analysts loyal to the ruling ZANU-PF at the University of Zimbabwe's political science department have predicted that President Robert Mugabe will easily win a new term in Saturday's election. Peta Thornycroft...
By Peta Thornycroft Harare 06 March 2008 All three presidential candidates in the Zimbabwe election have launched their campaigns for the election scheduled for the end of this month. But, as Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA, there are already indica...
By Brian Wagner Miami 19 February 2008 The resignation of Cuban leader Fidel Castro may open the door for his brother, Raul, to officially take over the communist government. VOA's Brian Wagner has this report from Miami. The announcement by Fidel Ca...