By Carol Pearson Washington, DC 25 January 2007 watch Bush Health Care report Health spending is rising faster than incomes in most developed countries, and that trend is particularly acute in the United States where 46 million Americans lack health...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 25 January 2007 Efforts to determine who can get nationality papers in divided Ivory Coast are slowly resuming, while talks are being prepared between the president and northern rebels. VOA's Nico Colombant reports from our r...
By Kari Barber Dakar 25 January 2007 Gambians went to the polls Thursday to elect new members of parliament. While independent candidates have made some ground, the ruling party is expected to maintain a strong hold on its power. President Yahya Jamm...
By Sean Maroney Washington, DC 25 January 2007 watch State of Union Reaction President Bush's annual State of the Union speech is getting mixed reviews both at home and abroad. And as VOA's Sean Maroney reports, the biggest debate centers on Mr. Bus...
By Franz Wild Kinshasa 25 January 2007 Human rights group Amnesty International warned Thursday the Democratic Republic of Congo's army reform threatens its stability. Franz Wild has the details from Kinshasa. Congolese army soldiers use a bicycle to...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 25 January 2007 Suspected armed militants attacked a Chinese oil company in the Southern Nigeria state, Bayelsa, Thursday, kidnapping at least two Chinese workers. From Abuja, Gilbert da Costa reports the latest hostage-tak...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 25 January 2007 A week before the Bush administration tries to revive stalled Middle East peace talks, Israeli and Palestinian politicians pledged new efforts Thursday to secure a breakthrough during a high-level conference in D...
By Phuong Tran Dakar 25 January 2007 The Nigeria-Cameroon commission is meeting in the capital of Cameroon to help resolve a decades-old and, at times, violent border dispute that has become a drawn-out legal process. Phuong Tran reports from VOA's W...
By Jim Randle Baghdad 25 January 2007 Iraq's prime minister says his new security plan for Baghdad will leave no sanctuaries for militants to hide, not mosques, schools, or offices of political parties. VOA's Jim Randle reports from Baghdad, where M...
By Suzanne Presto New Delhi 25 January 2007 Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh talk to each other during their press conference in New Delhi, 25 January 2007 Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime...
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 Lisa Bryant Paris 25 January 2007 Lebanon's embattled government received a generous boost Thursday when donors meeting in Paris pledged more than $7.5 billion in assistance, including loans. Lisa Bryant has more on the meeting for VOA from the F...
By Marissa Melton Washington 24 January 2007 Peace activists have announced they will hold an anti-war rally on the National Mall in Washington Saturday, the first since Democrats assumed control of Congress. Organizers say they have given up on sway...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 25 January 2007 Lebanon is set to reap millions of dollars in aid Thursday, when representatives from some 35 Western and Middle Eastern countries meet for a donors' conference in Paris. From the French capital, Lisa Bryant has m...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 24 January 2007 The World Economic Forum has begun in Davos, Switzerland, gathering more than 2,400 politicians and business leaders to talk about the international economy and problems like climate change, poverty and the Middl...
