By Douglas Bakshian Jolo 22 February 2007 Far from the headlines and the rest of the world a drama in the global war on terror is playing out on Jolo island in the southern Philippines. A Muslim guerrilla group called Abu Sayyaf is on the run from th...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 13 February 2007 Relief agencies in southern Africa say rising flood waters across several countries in the region are threatening 500,000 people and that more than 60,000 have been evacuated in Mozambique. Aid groups repor...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 25 January 2007 Representatives from southern Sudan have appeared before a U.S. congressional committee on Capitol Hill to detail what they say are deliberate efforts by the National Congress Party government in Khartoum...
By William Eagle Washington,DC 29 December 2006 A confluence of events has led to an increase in food and health needs in Zimbabwe. Like other parts of southern Africa, Zimbabwe has been the victim of drought, and a subsequent decline in crop produc...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 01 November 2006 Francoise Le Goff The Red Cross says funds for its AIDS programs in southern Africa are due to run out in three months. Officials made the announcement in South Africa as they launched what they said was t...
By Challiss McDonough Qasmiye, Lebanon 17 August 2006 Lebanese Army soldier flashes victory sign as he rides in a truck on the way to deployment in southern Lebanon, Thursday, August 17, 2006 Fifteen thousand Lebanese Army troops are deploying in so...
By Challiss McDonough Tyre, Lebanon 07 August 2006 In south Lebanon, the last road leading out of the city of Tyre has been cut by Israeli airstrikes. That means that aid workers may no longer be able to get vital supplies into town from the north....
By Andre de Nesnera Washington 27 July 2006 Smoke rises from extensive Israeli air strikes as Lebanese motorists speed away The conflict in southern Lebanon continues as Israeli forces battle Hezbollah guerillas. In this report from Washington, Seni...
By Catherine Maddux Washington 26 July 2006 The vice president of Sudan's post-war unity government, Salva Kiir Mayardit, who is also president of southern Sudan's regional government, has taken on a new role, using his position to help put an end t...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 22 January 2006 Thai bomb squad officer defuses bombs found on the roadside in Narathiwat province, Nov. 25, 2005 Muslim insurgents in southern Thailand have adopted a new tactic...