By Lisa Schlein Geneva 09 January 2008 A new U.N. report says the risk of global economic recession is rising. The report, by the U.N. Conference On Trade and Development, says international trade is expected to slow and the world economy to cool off...
By Carol Pearson Washington 28 November 2007 Every year, more than one and a half million people worldwide fall and fracture a hip. Of that number, about 80 percent are women. These fractures are painful and associated with a high death rate. VOA's C...
By Melinda Smith Washington 07 November 2007 Cholesterol reducing drugs are some of the most common medications prescribed around the world. They are highly beneficial in reducing heart disease. Now they are gaining new respect as a drug that may del...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 12 October 2007 A Kenyan diplomat, who helped negotiate the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the Sudanese government and southern rebels two years ago, is urging Khartoum to quickly implement key elements of...
By Mandy Clark London 08 October 2007 The fate of hundreds of refugees from Sudan's Darfur region may well hinge on what happens in Britain's House of Lords. The highest court in Britain is deciding whether it is safe to return Darfuri asylum seekers...
By Phuong Tran Dakar, Senegal 05 October 2007 Hundreds of Africans, mostly young men, try every week to board fishing canoes headed for Spanish territory. Some make it, but thousands are caught, detained and sent back to Africa. Phuong Tran met with...
Training for a marathon or an Ironman, how much you drink is important. Of course, there's the risk of dehydration, but athletes now know they can also get into trouble by drinking too much which dilute levels of sodium in the blood. The death of on...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 07 March 2007 The United Nations is focusing attention on child soldiers in Africa. One country where children are still feeling the terrible effects of war is the Democratic Republic of Congo. VOA's Nico Colombant reports fro...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 08 December 2006 U.N. aid agencies are stepping up humanitarian assistance to three flood-stricken countries in the Horn of Africa. The agencies are warning the risk of epidemics breaking out in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia is...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 06 October 2006 A Pakistani boy runs past the ruins near his family's refugee tent in Muzaffarabad in the Kashmir region of Pakistan, Sept. 23, 2006 International aid agencies say hundreds of thousands of people in northern Pa...