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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
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
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
The vessel, a small British-flagged catamaran, was carrying what is being described as symbolic quantities of toys, musical instruments and prosthetic limbs. Its passengers included a Holocaust survivor, a former Israeli fighter pilot and an Israeli
Aid to Syrian Opposition Falls Short of Expectations The continuing death and destruction in Syria have intensified international concern, but have not changed the strategic situation: The West and key Arab countries don't want to do anything that wo
By Lisa Bryant Paris 18 April 2008 French President Nicolas Sarkozy says his country will double emergency food aid to meet a crisis sparked in several developing countries over sharply rising food prices. Lisa Bryant has more on Mr. Sarkozy's remark
By Brian Wagner Miami 17 August 2007 Peru's government has appealed for calm as relief workers try to deliver aid to survivors of a massive earthquake that killed at least 500 people. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports that immigrant groups in the
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 19 December 2007 Aid agencies report significant progress has been made in helping survivors of the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami rebuild their lives and livelihoods three years after the disaster struck. While progress has
By Marianne Kearney Jakarta 15 June 2006 The United Nations has canceled an aid contract with a militant Muslim group chaired by Abu Bakar Bashir, who has just finished a jail term for terrorism-related offenses in Indonesia. The group was deliverin
By Nico Colombant Monrovia 07 April 2008 Countries overwhelmed by conflict, disaster or poverty pose a serious risk to world stability. Liberia, Afghanistan and Haiti are some of the so-called failed states trying to rebuild after years of conflict.
By Greg Flakus Cactus, Texas 25 January 2007 On December 12, the United States government carried out the largest nationwide operation against illegal immigrants at their workplaces in U.S. history, arresting 1,300 people at six meat-packing plants
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 07 July 2007 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says it is stepping up its humanitarian operations in Sudan's conflict-ridden province of Darfur. The ICRC says it must get aid to tens of thousands of people in
By Jim Malone Washington 01 June 2006 A controversy over federal agents raiding the office of a congressman has its roots in the formation of the U.S. Constitution more than 200 years ago. The controv
The Bush administration confirmed Thursday it plans to reallocate counter-terrorism aid money for Pakistan to allow that country to upgrade U.S.-supplied F-16 fighter planes. The move is drawing criticism from some members of the U.S. Congress. VOA'
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 30 October 2006 The humanitarian organization, Doctors Without Borders, says new drugs to combat extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis are urgently needed. The group is calling for the World Health Organization to take the l
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 24 July 2007 The International Committee of the Red Cross is stepping up humanitarian operations for 100,000 displaced people in the Central African Republic. A Red Cross Official just back from the CAR tells VOA these people a
By Lameck Masina Blantyre, Malawi 22 January 2008 In Malawi, the government, non-profit organizations and other stakeholders have introduced a new initiative to combat hunger. The move called Hunger Free is part of a worldwide campaign to eliminate h
By David Gollust Washington 19 January 2006 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, continuing a bureaucratic shake-up, is reorganizing the United States' foreign aid apparatus. She is creating what amou
By Cathy Majtenyi Mekele 21 March 2006 The northern Ethiopian region, Tigray, is plagued with inconsistent rainfall, environmental degradation, poor quality soils and other problems, making the area p
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