Americans are marking the election of Barack Obama as the country's 44th president, and the first African-American to reach the summit of U.S. politics. VOA's Dan Robinson reports. President-elect Barack Obama stands on stage along with his wife Mic...
Zambians go to the polls Thursday to elect a new president following the death in August of Levy Mwanawasa who had won two elections and served six years in office. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from our southern Africa bureau in Johannesburg. There...
One of the unexpected stars of Wednesday night's U.S. presidential debate turned out to be someone who was not even on the stage in New York. A man called Joe the Plumber was mentioned a total of 23 times by the candidates, who each tried to use him...
By Tom Rivers London 05 April 2008 Despite the delay in the release of Zimbabwe's official election results, South African President Thabo Mbeki said Saturday that the international community should wait for first round results to come out before con...
By Peta Thornycroft 13 December 2007 Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF has once again endorsed President Robert Mugabe as its presidential candidate. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA the party met in an extraordinary congress in Harare. There was little fest...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 22 November 2007 South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki is due to meet leaders of Zimbabwe's ruling party and opposition as part of a nine-month effort to mediate an end to the Zimbabwean crisis. The meetings come as parties...
By Cindy Saine Miami 14 October 2006 In Ecuador, the frontrunner in a field of 13 candidates for president is an outspoken outsider with close ties to leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. One of Ecuador's former presidents once described politi...
By Michael Bowman Lima, Peru 10 April 2006 Partial election results in Peru are showing a tight three-way presidential contest that all but assures a second round of balloting to determine a final win...
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Nancy Beardsley The Democratic presidential candidates aren't the only ones caught up in a grueling campaign schedule right now. USA Today political columnist Walter Shapiro has spent nearly two years...