President Bush is in Tanzania where he has announced a new initiative to fight malaria. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, the program aims to provide insecticide-treated bed nets to every Tanzanian child under five.

U.S. President George Bush has reaffirmed his support for Kosovo's independence.

US President George W Bush heads for his second trip to the African continent on Saturday to boost up economic, political and security interests in the country.

President Bush is scheduled to make his first stop on his Africa tour in the small West African country of Benin. A brief airport meeting is planned Saturday with his counterpart Boni Yayi, to discuss aid and the fight against diseases, like HIV/AIDS and malaria. Although the visit will be brief, expectations are high among residents of the capital Cotonou, as VOA's Nico Colombant reports from our regional bureau in Dakar.

President Bush is stepping up U.S. support for efforts to end the political crisis in Kenya. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports he is sending Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Nairobi during his upcoming trip to Africa.

President Bush has urged his conservative base to unite in order to keep Republican control of the White House in the November elections.

International relief organizations are urging President Bush to increase the amount of funding for a special AIDS program that has provided relief to millions of people in developing countries, especially in Africa. VOA's Jessica Berman reports.

President Bush has thanked the U.S. Congress for approving a free trade deal with Peru and is urging lawmakers to pass similar agreements with Colombia and Panama.

President George Bush is delivering his final 2008 State of the Union address before the U.S. Congress. Everyone is already present, just now the Cabinet, Chief Justice, and the dean of The Diplomatic Corp entered the chamber. The president is entering to deliver the State of The Union speech of 2008 as we are writing these lines. The rest of this article is from Voice Of America report, but we will do live blogging via comments box, your insight and remarks about the State Of The Union address is essential.

President Bush's last State of the Union (SOTU) tonight may be a sorry story of a slumping economy and a surge most striking in its slowness. He may set out a litany of missions unaccomplished, dressed up as ambitious agenda items for his final turn -- not. Reprise his failed attempts to revamp Social Security and overhaul immigration rules? uh-huh. More likely he will set the bar low, and focus on low-hanging fruit, easily achieved but of little real import.

Tonight President Bush will deliver his last State of the Union (SOTU for short) address. As is usual at this time each year, rumors abound as to what will be in the speech. Will this particular SOTU focus on his legacy? How ambitious will be the agenda he lays out for the coming 12 months?

President Bush is preparing to deliver his final State of the Union Address -- the annual speech before the U.S. Congress that outlines the president's policy agenda for the coming year.