Days after Zimbabwe's central bank increased daily withdrawal limits, the lines outside Zimbabwe's banks are still as long as ever. As Tendai Maphosa reports from Harare this is seriously affecting productivity for those with jobs. A depositor scrut...
Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden are set to face off in a much-anticipated vice presidential debate Thursday night in St. Louis, Missouri. Voters are likely to be especially focused on Alaska Governor Palin, a newcomer to the national s...
The House of Representatives is approaching a crucial vote expected Friday on Senate-passed legislation aimed at rescuing the U.S. financial markets. VOA's Dan Robinson reports from Capitol Hill, where congressional leaders from both parties are wor...
A report released by British think-tank Chatham House warns that while the international community must do more to stop rampant piracy in Somalia, piracy cannot be eradicated without finding a long-term solution to the country's political problems....
Iran's foreign minister says the United States has difficulty accepting the peaceful nature of Tehran's nuclear program and that Washington is perpetuating huge lies in order to influence the international community against Iran. Manouchehr Mottaki...
European Union Defense ministers have wrapped up a two-day meeting in France focused on beefing up the bloc's defense capabilities and looking at EU missions in Bosnia, Chad and elsewhere. For VOA, Lisa Bryant has more on the talks from Paris. EU mi...
Ethiopia's fractious political opposition is planning a unified parliamentary campaign to demand a complete withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Somalia. But as VOA's Peter Heinlein reports from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia is under pressure by the internat...
The West African nation of Guinea marks the 50th anniversary of independence which it gained after breaking with other French-African colonies that accepted a power-sharing agreement with France, the colonial power. But the celebrations have been su...
The new High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, is calling on governments to stop the arbitrary and unlawful detention of their citizens. Pillay is launching a United Nations initiative to abolish this illegal practice and to highlight the...
After suffering defeat in last year's general election to the Islamic rooted AK party, Turkey's main Kurdish party is turning to religion in its battle to re-establish itself as the region's main political power. But there are concerns about the dir...
The sub-prime mortgage collapse that led to the current U.S. financial crisis has not had as deep an impact in the middle of the nation as it has had on the east and west coasts. But economists say a credit crunch will affect all regions of the coun...
World markets have fallen, despite the fact that a U.S. financial rescue package cleared its first hurdle, passing by an overwhelming margin in the U.S. Senate. From Washington, VOA's Michael Bowman reports. World markets might have been expected to...
A senior American envoy has prolonged his visit to North Korea, in an effort to keep Pyongyang from unraveling a major deal to get rid of its nuclear weapons. At the same time, military talks between North and South Korea have stalled and a South Ko...
If Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe does not soon agree to a fully inclusive Cabinet, it is likely that former South African President Thabo Mbeki will be in Harare before the weekend. Mr. Mbeki has remained in contact with the stumbling Zimbabwean...
The UN Children's Fund, in partnership with diaper-maker Pampers, is launching a global campaign to eliminate tetanus by 2012. UNICEF reports the disease kills about 140,000 newborn infants and 30,000 mothers every year in the poorest countries in t...
