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Online Support For DRC Organizations 在线支持刚果民主共和国组织 This month, the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, and the Eastern Congo Initiative released an online video series detailing a database of community-based
Ukraine is a country divided by language and history. Western Ukraine, which speaks Ukrainian, was under benevolent Austro-Hungarian rule until World War I. Russified Eastern Ukraine was under Russian imperial domination for centuries. VOA Correspon
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 27 August 2007 Ugandan officials are investigating the crash of an army truck late Sunday that killed at least 72 people in the vehicle, including 57 soldiers. Cathy Majtenyi reports for VOA from Nairobi. The truck in which
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 28 September 2007 Congolese President Joseph Kabila has told world leaders at the United Nations general assembly thathis country, the DRC, needs more U.N. help to disarm and repatriate foreign armed groups. The speech comes a
A coalition of more than 60 humanitarian and human rights organizations says widespread violence continues to threaten civilians in Eastern Congo, despite a peace agreement signed six months ago. Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa bureau in
The U.N. refugee agency says it is increasingly concerned about the humanitarian situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as attacks by the Ugandan rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army, continue. The UNHCR says the number of deaths, abdu
Drug-Resistant TB Threatens Europe The Olallo Project in Central London was set up to help homeless people from Central and Eastern Europe get back on their feet by helping them find a place to live and get a job. The charity has evolved, though, to
Experts: NATO Prepared to Defend Its Members Recent events in Eastern Europe and rising tensions with Russia have revived the debate over NATO enlargement, which Moscow considers a provocation. The question comes as NATO leaders prepare to hold a sum
New G-7 Sanctions Against Russia Expected WASHINGTON The United States and its G-7 partners are imposing new sanctions against Russia. Existing sanctions have not altered Moscows posture towards Ukraine, with Russian forces still massed along its bor
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 07 September 2007 Many civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are hoping for a ceasefire between the army and renegade fighters, but the rival forces as well as U.N. officials are giving conflicting information abou
China's top legislature has made its decision on the election of Hong Kong's chief executive in 2017 at the just-concluded meeting of the NPC's Standing Committee. The decision says a broadly representative nominating committee shall be formed to cho
The United Nations reports a humanitarian aid flight carrying 15 passengers and two crew crashed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, 15 kilometers northwest of the airstrip at Bukavu in South Kivu Monday afternoon. The U.S.-based group that
Im Carl Azuz for CNN 10. Give us 10 minutes, well give you an explanation of news events happening around the world. 我是卡尔阿祖兹,为您播报CNN新闻。10分钟了解世界新闻。 That includes whats going on right now in the Middle Ea
CARL AZUZ, CNN 10 ANCHOR: I'm Carl Azuz for CNN 10. Give us 10 minutes, we'll give you an explanation of news events happening around the world. That includes what's going on right now in the Middle Eastern nation of Syria. For the first time in two
By Phuong Tran Dakar 17 August 2007 United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is urging the U.N. Security Council to approve a new peacekeeping force for the volatile border region between Chad and Central African Republic. The newly revised propo
By Noel King Kigali 07 September 2007 Rwanda's special envoy to the Great Lakes region says a recent upsurge of violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo poses a threat to Rwandan security. He also dismisses charges by the United Nations that
In DRC, Promoting Peace Through Village Committees 在刚果民主共和国,通过村民委员会促进和平 For more than 20 years, the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been wracked by war, ethnic violence and sexual assaults. More than two
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 13 July 2007 The U.N. refugee agency is urging all armed parties in North Kivu province to stop the widespread pillaging and atrocities that are leading to a humanitarian disaster in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The UNHCR
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 01 February 2008 The U.N. refugee agency reports more than 40 staff and aid workers from private organizations have been withdrawn from the Eastern Chad town of Guereda following a series of armed attacks in the area. The aid w
A State Council investigation team, joined by over 20 prominent experts, is undertaking a full investigation into the Yangtze River disaster. The 60-member team has interviewed the survivors, including the sunken cruise ship's captain and the chief e