Congolese opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi has rejected poll results giving victory to President Joseph Kabila, and has proclaimed himself the country’s president. In an interview Friday with VOA , Mr. Tshisekedi said he considers the results released by Congo’s electoral commission to be a “provocation.” He said that he sees himself “from this day on, […]
Kabila Named Winner of DRC Election; Tshisekedi Rejects Results
Posted December 9th, 2011 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
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Kabila Named Winner of DRC Election; Tshisekedi Rejects Results
Posted December 9th, 2011 at 1:30 pm (UTC-5)
Congolese opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi has rejected poll results giving victory to President Joseph Kabila, and has proclaimed himself the country’s president. In an interview Friday with VOA , Mr. Tshisekedi said he considers the results released by Congo’s electoral commission to be a “provocation.” He said that he sees himself “from this day on, […]
Syrian Forces Kill 15 as Protests Spread
Posted December 9th, 2011 at 12:05 pm (UTC-5)
Syrian activists say security forces have killed at least 15 people, including four children, as anti-government protests spread nationwide. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told VOA three boys, ages 10, 12, 14, were shot and killed Friday in and around the restive city of Homs. Meanwhile, a 12-year-old girl was shot in the […]
Iranian Human Rights Activists Criticize Tehran’s Satellite Jamming
Posted December 9th, 2011 at 12:05 pm (UTC-5)
Two prominent Iranian human rights activists are calling on the European Union and United States to take action against European satellite companies who host Iranian state programming. Nobel Peace Prize winner and human-rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi and the director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran Hadi Ghaemi made the comments on Friday […]
Hospital Fire Kills 89 in Eastern India
Posted December 9th, 2011 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
The death toll from a fire that engulfed a private hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata has risen to 89. Authorities say the blaze swept through the AMRI Hospital early Friday in the capital of West Bengal state. Local television channels showed patients being rolled out on stretchers and distraught relatives waiting outside […]
Kabila Named Winner of DRC Election
Posted December 9th, 2011 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has been declared the winner of last week’s election, giving him a new five-year term. VOA’s West Africa correspondent Scott Stearns reports from Kinshasa that official results, released Friday, showed Mr. Kabila leading all candidates with 48.9 percent of the vote. Veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi was second […]
New ‘Fiscal Discipline’ Treaty in Eurozone Crisis
Posted December 9th, 2011 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
Most members of the European Union agreed Friday to a new deal that will increase central control over individual government budgets. The plan is an effort to address the debt problems that have threatened the common euro currency and driven Europe into an economic crisis. All 17 EU members that use the euro agreed to […]
Kabila Named Winner of DRC Election
Posted December 9th, 2011 at 11:30 am (UTC-5)
Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has been declared the winner of last week’s election, giving him a new five-year term. VOA’s West Africa correspondent Scott Stearns reports from Kinshasa that official results, released Friday, showed Mr. Kabila leading all candidates with 48 percent of the vote. Veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi was second […]
Hospitalized Pakistani President Says He is Feeling Fine
Posted December 9th, 2011 at 11:25 am (UTC-5)
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari says he is feeling fine and will return home soon, a few days after his trip to Dubai for treatment of a heart condition spurred rumors of his resignation. A reporter with Pakistani television station GEO, Hamid Mir, on Friday quoted Mr. Zardari as making those comments, following a phone […]
NEWSMAKER: JOSEPH KABILA
Posted December 9th, 2011 at 11:20 am (UTC-5)
Congolese President Joseph Kabila originally rose to power a decade ago, at the age of 29, after the assassination of his father, Laurent. Laurent Kabila had become president after helping to oust dictator Mobutu Sese Seko. He appointed Joseph, the eldest of his ten children, as chief of the country’s armed forces. After the elder […]
