American Jewish organizations, Israeli activist groups and other supporters of Israel rallied in New York City Monday to protest Iran's nuclear program and the appearance of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the United Nations' General Assemb...
Zimbabwe's leaders are meeting to choose a new government as part of a power-sharing agreement signed Monday aimed at ending the country's political crisis. But human rights groups say they will press the new unity government to reign in abuses by s...
Human Rights Watch says at least 10 people are being detained without charges in Ethiopia, following an operation in early 2007 that covertly transferred terrorism suspects between countries in the Horn of Africa region. As Derek Kilner reports from...
An international medical aid group says the number of people dying from malaria could be dramatically reduced by providing free testing and treatment. The group made the announcement based on three successful programs in Africa where most malaria de...
British humanitarian organization ActionAid is calling for governments in the Horn of Africa to help small-scale farmers and for donor nations to increase funding and food-aid shipments to the region. The organization says without urgent action, sev...
Nigeria is due to complete its withdrawals from the disputed Bakassi peninsula on the 14th of August, but fresh tension is mounting as Nigerian gunmen opposed to the handover intensify attacks on Cameroon troops in the territory. Gilbert da Costa in...
Earlier this year, President Bush said the United States would spend $350 million over five years to fight seven of the world's most common parasitic and bacterial diseases affecting hundreds of millions of people in tropical regions of the world. A...
A leading U.S. advocate for combating climate change has unveiled an ambitious plan to drastically slash global carbon emissions over the next 12 years, saying aggressive action is both necessary and feasible. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washi...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 19 June 2008 Vietnamese-American groups, human rights organizations, and members of Congress are urging President Bush to make human rights in Vietnam a priority in his talks next week with visiting Vietnamese Prime Mini...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 18 June 2008 A group of American doctors that promotes human rights says it has examined 11 former detainees who were held by the U.S. military, and determined they were systematically tortured with the complicity of medical pe...