By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 01 February 2007 At least four Palestinians were killed Thursday in the Gaza Strip, as violent clashes erupted between the Hamas and Fatah factions. The clashes took place just three days after a truce went into effect betwee...
By Marissa Melton Washington 31 January 2007 watch Sean Maroney's report The International Organization for Migration reports Tuesday that increasing violence in Iraq is forcing more and more people to leave their homes while funding to help them is...
By Jim Randle Baghdad 30 January 2007 Bombers have struck Shi'ite worshippers in two Iraqi cities as part of a series of attacks that killed more than 50 people Tuesday. VOA's Jim Randle reports from Baghdad. Man wounded in attack on mini bus transpo...
By Jim Randle Baghdad 29 January 2007 Violence continued in Iraq on Monday following a bloody weekend that included a battle in Najaf that Iraqi officials say left about 200 militants dead and more than 100 in custody. VOA's Jim Randle reports has m...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 26 January 2007 A mortar attack and shootings are the latest violence to hit the Somali capital, which is struggling to regain stability after Ethiopian-backed government forces ousted Islamists who controlled the capital fo...
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 24 January 2007 Experts say a Southeast Asian terrorism network has expanded its influence in Central Sulawesi amid escalating violence during the past month. A new report from the International Crisis Group says terrorist ce...
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 15 January 2007 Tear gas, thrown rocks, and a handful of arrests heated up the scene in Guinea's capital, Conakry, as a nationwide strike against the government entered a second week. Naomi Schwarz reports for VOA from our West...
By Jordan Davis Dakar 02 January 2007 Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade attended funeral services Tuesday for a close political ally assassinated earlier this week in the Casamance region of the country. Violence in Casamance has persisted despite...
By Noel King Khartoum 19 December 2006 Sudan hosted summits by both the African Union and Arab League during the past year, and it has one of the 10 fastest-growing economies in the world. But the country's Darfur region remains wracked by a deadly...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 10 November 2006 The U.N. refugee agency says inter-ethnic violence is increasing in eastern Chad. It says an interagency mission reports a recent spate of attacks in the Kerfi area, southwest of Goz Beida, has also extended t...