By Joana Mantey Accra, Ghana 07 April 2008 Experts in the field of water and sanitation have gathered to share their knowledge at an international conference opening Monday in Accra, Ghana. The meeting is a collaborative effort by Ghanas Ministry of...
By Katherine Cole Washington 31 March 2008 The official motto of Austin, Texas, is Live Music Capital of the World. That's certainly true for 10 days in mid-March each year, when the annual South By Southwest (SXSW) music, film and interactive-arts f...
By Daniel Schearf Irbil 18 March 2008 Iraq's national reconciliation conference got off to a rough start when large Sunni and Shi'ite blocs boycotted the meeting or walked out. The conference, hosted by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, is designed to...
By Uma Ramiah Dakar 13 March 2008 The Organization of the Islamic Conference summit has opened in Senegal's capital, Dakar. The heads of state are discussing negative views of Islam, solidarity with poorer Muslim nations, and helping Palestinians. Fo...
By Uma Ramiah Dakar 12 March 2008 Heads of state from Islamic countries have started arriving in Dakar for the meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. Uma Ramiah reports from Dakar the 57-nation group aims to tackle issues such as redu...
By Darren Taylor Washington,DC 06 March 2008 Next week, Senegal will host the 11 th Summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), an event expected to attract several heads of state and thousands of guests. The theme of the meeting is T...
By Kayla Rosenfeld Honolulu 01 February 2008 Officials from the world's 16 largest greenhouse gas emitters gathered in Hawaii this week to discuss how to curb global climate change. Kayla Rosenfeld reports from Honolulu the goal was to advance the ro...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Bali, Indonesia 15 December 2007 The U.N. Climate Change Conference in Bali ended Saturday with an agreement to begin negotiations for a new treaty on global warming. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins, who covered the conference, rep...
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Bali, Indonesia 11 December 2007 Debate at the U.N. climate-change conference has intensified over whether to include greenhouse gas emissions targets in a new climate accord. As VOA Correspondent Nancy-Amelia Collins reports...
By Trish Anderton Bali, Indonesia 03 December 2007 Representatives of more than 180 nations gathered on the Indonesian island of Bali today to kick off a United Nations-sponsored conference on global climate change. The U.N. hopes the meeting will co...