By William Eagle Washington,DC 29 December 2006 A confluence of events has led to an increase in food and health needs in Zimbabwe. Like other parts of southern Africa, Zimbabwe has been the victim of drought, and a subsequent decline in crop produc

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 31 May 2008 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the Burmese military government's rejection of aid soon after the May second cyclone may have cost the lives of 'tens of thousands' of people. As Ron Corben reports from VOA's

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African Stars Give Band Aid 30 Ebola Track Cool Welcome LONDON Dozens of British music stars have come together to record a new version of the song Do They Know Its Christmas? to raise money for the fight against Ebola. But the song has not been univ

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By Paula Wolfson White House 05 March 2007 President Bush is expanding U.S. aid for education, health care, housing and other programs for Latin America. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House the announcement came just days before the pre

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By Bill Rodgers Washington 14 May 2007 A woman and her child wait with hundreds of other flood survivors at the Convention Center in New Orleans (file photo) Another controversy is brewing over how the Bush administration handled recovery efforts fo

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With congressional hearings set Thursday and Friday of this week in advance of a vote on lending money to the beleaguered U.S. auto industry, General Motors says it needs money almost immediately. VOA's Barry Wood has more on the controversy over go

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By Noel King Khartoum 03 October 2006 The African Union mission in Sudan has reported a flare-up in violence in southern Darfur. The AU says the former rebel Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) has begun attacking civilians in Gereida, following clashes

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By Selah Hennessy London 30 September 2009 An International aid agency is calling for the World Bank to abandon old trade policies that it says harm the developing world. The British-based Christian Aid says developing country governments must have

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By Michael Bowman White House 14 April 2008 The Bush administration says it is working to provide additional food aid to hunger-ravaged countries that need it most. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from the White House, the initiative comes at a time whe

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By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 07 January 2008 Bangladesh is stepping up food aid for millions of poor people following a massive hike in prices for rice in recent months. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi that the government is trying to rush in

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U.S. President George Bush is getting a first hand look at the damage inflicted on his home state of Texas by Hurricane Ike. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports that the president traveled Tuesday to areas hardest hit by the storm. Marine One, with Presiden

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By Margaret Besheer United Nations 07 May 2008 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging the government of Burma to speed the arrival of aid workers and relief supplies to the cyclone-devastated country. From United Nations headquarters in New Yor

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 04 December 2006 watch Somali Refugees in Kenya Dadaab Somali refugees In Somalia, tensions between the rapidly-expanding Islamic Courts Union and the fledgling transitional government are escalating, prompting fears of an

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By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 07 August 2006 Fifteen aid workers have been found executed in the eastern Sri Lankan town of Muttur - where fighting between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels has raged for nearly two weeks. Other humanitarian groups

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International aid agencies are expressing concern about the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan, noting that problems have spread to previously stable areas and attacks on aid agencies and their staff are on the increase. Tendai Maphosa

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A string of kidnappings and targeted killings of aid workers in Somalia in recent weeks has prompted some international and local agencies to suspend operations in Mogadishu and in other parts of the south. As VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu reports fr

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 04 October 2009 The International Organization for Migration says female-headed households displaced in Iraq suffer most from lack of health care, basic services and the threat of eviction. IOM is beginning a new program to he

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By David Gollust Washington 13 October 2009 Pakistani FM Shah Mahmood Qureshi, 12 Oct 2009 The Obama administration and Congressional leaders reiterated Tuesday that a planned long-term U.S. civilian aid program for Pakistan would not impinge on tha

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The United Nations chief in Afghanistan is making an appeal to the Taliban not to disrupt food aid heading to hungry Afghans. The representative of the world body on Monday also lashed out at the increasing number of pessimistic voices predicting th

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By Mike O'Sullivan American Samoa 07 October 2009 In the villages of American Samoa struck by last week's earthquake and tsunami, residents are salvaging their belongings. Aid workers are fanning out through coastal villages and some people are taki

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