By Robert Berger Jerusalem 04 July 2007 Kidnapped BBC Journalist Alan Johnston, freed from captivity in Gaza early Wednesday, has described his experiences in a meeting with the media in Jerusalem. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau...
By Kane Farabaugh New York City 20 April 2007 In 1998, screenwriter Lawrence Wright had no idea that his movie The Siege would touch on the frayed nerves of Americans three years later in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. But it is the research...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 21 March 2007 The National Union of Somali Journalists is calling for Somalia's transitional government to train its armed forces not to violate media freedom. The call followed a national conference on media freedom and the...
By Peter Fedynsky Washington 11 December 2006 It is said that information is power. To stay in power, corrupt individuals and groups around the world censor, jail, and even kill journalists who reveal information about criminality and abuse of offic...
By Noel King Khartoum, Sudan 10 September 2006 American journalist Paul Salopek is on his way back to the United States following his release from jail by the Sudanese government Saturday. Salopek was arrested and charged with spying in early August...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 28 June 2006 There's an angry backlash after Tuesday's arraignment of two Nigerian journalists in a court in Abuja on sedition charges. The trial is raising questions about tolerance for press freedom in Africa's most popul...
By Challiss McDonough Beirut 20 July 2006 VOA Correspondent Challiss McDonough has been reporting from Beirut since last week, but has only rarely been able to venture into the southern suburbs, which have been heavily bombed. Hezbollah's offices ar...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 09 July 2006 Not a single opposition or independent newspaper was for sale Sunday in Cairo because of a strike over a controversial proposed press law. The same issue brought hundreds of journalists into the streets to pr...
Broadcast: Apr 08, 2003 The U.S. Central Command said it regrets that three journalists were killed in Baghdad Tuesday as U.S. warplanes bombed the city and U.S. and Iraqi units fought near a downtown...
By Judith Latham The Sudanese government agreed Tuesday to halt military flights over the Darfur region, and it signed a separate agreement to allow access to aid for the nearly two million people dis...