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粮农组织会议关注非洲粮食安全 FAO Conference to Focus on African Food Security From VOA Learning English, this is the Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organizati
By Tendai Maphosa London 29 November 2007 Tensions between Britain and Zimbabwe remain high before next month's Europe-Africa summit in Lisbon, Portugal. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown insists he will not attend if Zimbabwean President Robert Mu
The head of an African Observer Mission to Zimbabwe says voter turnout was low in Friday's presidential runoff election and that many voted out of fear. VOA'S Delia Robertson reports from our southern Africa bureau in Johannesburg, the vote count is
The African Union says Guinea's military rulers will face international sanctions if they go back on a promise to hold elections within six months. West African leaders plan to meet in Nigeria Saturday to discuss their response to the coup. Jean Pin
Occupy Movement, African-American Leaders Form Coalition The Occupy Wall Street movement is gaining allies. Our reporter tells us who they are and what they plan to do. Protesters of the Occupy movement are spreading their wings - joining forces with
African American Communities Face AIDS Crisis More than a million people in the United States are living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimates that approximately 50,000 more people are infected with HIV
World Bank: Break Down African Trade Barriers The World Bank says regional trade barriers are blocking African countries from billions of dollars in potential earnings. It says its easier for those countries to trade with other parts of the world tha
Construction Begins on National African American Museum After decades of planning, the Museum of African American History and Culture is being built on the National Mall in Washington. President Obama, former first lady Laura Bush and other dignitari
African Americans Vote in Key Battleground State Early voting is underway in North Carolina and, for African American voters like Walter Gilmore, there's a sense of urgency. I am just worried in general for jobs. So many people in North Carolina are
By Peter Heinlein Kampala, Uganda 22 October 2009 U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres at camp for Darfur refugees (file phot At least 46 African nations are expected to sign a declaration Friday, obligating governments and armed reb
Women on the Rise in African Politics 非洲妇女对政治热情上升 DAKAR Africa now has three female heads of state, after Catherine Samba-Panza of the Central African Republic took office in January. Though women leaders remain the exception in
By Noel King Kigali 28 October 2007 Heads of state and representatives from some of the world's leading information technology companies have descended on the Rwandan capital, Kigali, for the Connect Africa Leaders' summit set to begin Monday. Noel K
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 20 November 2007 Nigeria has rejected plans to host the U.S. African military command, or AFRICOM, on the continent. The government's position was announced at the end of President Umaru Yar'Adua's meeting with state governo
By Delia Robertson Polokwane 16 December 2007 South Africa's ruling African National Congress has opened a national conference that could decide who becomes the country's next president. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from the meeting in Polokwane, th
By Chris Simkins Washington, DC 08 February 2008 February is National Black History Month in the United States - an annual celebration that promotes and highlights the positive accomplishments made by people of African descent. VOA Correspondent Chri
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 12 October 2007 Experts say a single currency across West Africa could boost regional and international trade and increase stability across the region. West Africa's regional economic body, ECOWAS, has said it aims to create a
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 04 December 2007 South Africa's biggest union has staged a one-day strike to protest safety and security problems that have contributed to an increase in mining deaths this year. Correspondent Scott Bobb reports from Johann
By Roger Hsu Washington, DC 06 February 2008 On a number of islands off the coasts of the southern states of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, live the Gullahs, a group many believe is the most authentic African-American community in the U.S. The
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 23 October 2007 South Africa's rugby world-champion, the Springboks, have returned home to a rapturous welcome following their victory over England at the Rugby World Cup in France. VOA's Delia Robertson reports from J
By Terry FitzPatrick Cape Town 12 November 2007 During South Africa's apartheid era, many of the nation's black activists were detained in a notorious island prison near Cape Town. A new film is revealing a bit of hidden history about prison life. Th