On Monday,the ECOWAS mediator met with a Niger government delegation, also in Abuja as a prelude to a wider stakeholder forum on Niger at a later date.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

"Yes,a colonial map that made little sense helped to breed conflict, and the West has often approached Africa as a patron and a source of resources, rather than a partner.

VOA: standard.2009.07.11

I think its a major blow to the nations medical fraternity. It takes six years to produce a doctor, and within a fraction of a second, all that has disappeared. A week ago,Dr.Laroche was in Somalia and met with the minister of health.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

About the size of a small dog, echidnas look like a mixture of a porcupine, an anteater,a pig and a mole.

VOA: special.2009.07.07

Mark Johnson's idea, "Playing for Change," is now a CD,a DVD, a documentary film, a nonprofit organization and a company.

VOA: special.2009.07.31

The team includes Muslims and Christians,mothers,a librarian, a business student and a woman who competed in a beauty pageant.

VOA: special.2010.07.30

There is a risk that giving a patient a strong blood thinner during a stroke can cause bleeding inside the brain.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

So you feel like you are a guest in a home instead of a visitor in a huge, impersonal museum.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

At first he is a captive, then a warrior, and after many battles, a prince of a royal family.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

She takes a job as a babysitter for a woman and her husband who have adopted a child of mixed race.

VOA: special.2010.01.01

At a slam earlier this month, one poet performed a piece about a girl with a very troubled mother.

VOA: special.2009.04.27

But to a new generation of high-speed communicators, a tweet describes a message sent through a popular new service.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

An A is worth four points, a B three points, a C two points and a D one point.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

A passenger in a car threw a grenade that exploded as a crowd demonstrated against the Yemeni government.

VOA: special.2011.02.19