By Selah Hennessy Dakar 19 October 2007 Analysts say the transfer of former Congolese warlord Germain Katanga to The Hague is an important step towards ending impunity in war-ravaged DR Congo. Katanga was transferred to the International Criminal Cou...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 19 October 2007 The UN refugee agency says it has begun transferring people who have been internally displaced by clashes in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from makeshift settlements to a new camp. The UNHCR say...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 19 October 2007 There is a new hitch in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, a powerful group of Israeli lawmakers is trying to prevent concessions on Jerusalem. Sixty-one o...
By Noel King Kigali 19 October 2007 Congo's 2006 democratic elections were intended to usher in a new era of peace in the once war-torn nation. And while improvements have been seen in certain areas across the vast country, holdout armed groups in th...
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 19 October 2007 U.S. embassy officials say they have requested assistance from Chad's government in gaining to the release of an American humanitarian worker being held by rebels in the north. The rebels accuse him of spying fo...
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 19 October 2007 From South African President Thabo Mbeki to children playing on the streets of Soweto, South Africans are once again united in support of the national rugby team, the Springboks, ahead of their World Cu...
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 19 October 2007 South African Reggae star Lucky Dube has been killed in an apparent car-jacking attempt. The 43-year-old musician was shot Thursday night in a suburb south of Johannesburg. Correspondent Scott Bobb reports f...
By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 19 October 2007 Supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto are expressing outrage over the twin explosions that killed at least 125 people and wounded scores of others during her homecoming parade in Kar...
By Gary Thomas 18 October 2007 Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's return to Pakistan Thursday after eight years of self-imposed exile does not automatically clear the uncertainty in Pakistan's political landscape. VOA correspondent Gary Thomas re...
By Mike O'Sullivan Seattle 18 October 2007 A museum in Seattle highlights two distinct expressions of popular culture - pop music and science fiction. VOA's Mike O'Sullivan reports, the Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum look at inno...
By Barry Wood Washington 18 October 2007 World Bank President Robert Zoellick, three months into the job, said Thursday his vision for the development lender is to partner with the private sector to promote growth in developing countries. VOA's Barry...
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 18 October 2007 On the third anniversary of an army crackdown that killed more than 70 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, families of the victims fear their court case is being blocked by powerful politicians. The army...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 18 October 2007 The House of Representatives has failed to override President Bush's veto of legislation approved by Congress that would have expanded a government-subsidized children's health insurance program. VOA's Dan...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 18 October 2007 The United Nations Children's Fund says hundreds of thousands of flood victims in North Korea are in a fragile state and need emergency assistance. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva that UNICEF says food,...
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 18 October 2007 Preliminary legislative election results in Togo show the long-time ruling party winning an absolute majority out of 81 seats. But the largest opposition party, the Union of Forces for Change, vows to dispute t...
