From NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Raum. President Bush is wrapping up his five-nation African tour with a visit to Liberia. He arrived today in the capital Monrovia named for President James Monroe. Liberia had been founded by freed slaves. The

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Ebola Outbreak Also Harms Economies 埃博拉疫情还会危害经济 The World Bank Group is warning that the West Africa Ebola crisis could severely harm the economies of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone unless action is taken quickly. World Bank p

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This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders is a documentary by movie director Mark Hopkins. It tells the story of four doctors and their volunteer work in Liberia and the Democratic Rep

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AS IT IS 2014-08-02 American Ebola Victim to be Brought to US 美国埃博拉受害者被带到美国 An American infected with the Ebola virus in West Africa is returning to the United States. The unnamed aid worker will receive treatment at a hospi

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AS IT IS 2014-07-31 Liberia Closes Most Borders to Contain Ebola 利比里亚关闭大多数边界包含埃博拉 Last weekend, the president of Liberia announced measures to try to contain the Ebola virus. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said that h

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Rebuilding Liberia Health Care 重建利比里亚卫生保健系统 As Liberia rebuilds a healthcare system severely damaged by the Ebola outbreak, researchers said the nation must provide better medical services in remote rural areas. A report exami

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埃伦约翰逊-瑟利夫 (Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf) ,2006年1月16日当选利比里亚总统,成为非洲历史上首位女总统。作为一名女权主义者, 2011年10月7日,瑟利夫与活动家莱伊曼-古博薇及也门活动家塔瓦库

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Aid Agencies Concerned for Safety of Refugees in Ivory Coast 援助机构关注象牙海岸难民的安全 A flare-up of fighting in Ivory Coast has alarmed aid agencies , which fear a new wave of ref

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1. A fire at suburban Chicago air traffic control center brought flights to halt for several hours Friday at two of the nation's busiest airports, triggering the delay and cancellation across the country. 2. President Barack Obama told representative

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Liberia Education Program Targets Illiterate Women 利比里亚针对文盲妇女的教育项目 From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。 A United Nations agency estimates that 516 mill

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AS IT IS 2013-12-13 Transparency International: Africa Shows Strong Progress in Fight Against Corruption 国际透明组织称非洲反腐败斗争进展迅速 From VOA Learning English this is As It Is. Welcome back. Im Caty Weaver. And Im Kelly Jea

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AS IT IS 2015-02-13 Schools Closed by Ebola Reopen in Guinea and Liberia 几内亚和利比里亚由于埃博拉关闭的学校重新开学 Children in Guinea started their school year in January. Schools were closed there for five months because of

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US Ambassador to South Korea Injured in Attack 美国驻韩国大使遇袭受伤 A Korean nationalist stabbed the U.S. ambassador to South Korea on Thursday. The knife attack, which took place in Seoul, has left Ambassador Mark Lippert with 80 stitch

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Liberian Diaspora Debates Reconstruction, Dual Citizenship Former Liberian foreign minister Olubanke King-Akerele, in a keynote speech, proposed a public-private sector partnership whereby Liberians abroad can set up businesses at home. But, she said

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Ebola Hits Households Hard 埃博拉使得贫困家庭更加困难 The World Bank says the economies of Liberia and Sierra Leone continue to be hard hit by the Ebola crisis. The effects of the outbreak have spread throughout the countries, and not ju

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Liberia Ebola Fight Needs More Aid 利比里亚需要更多援助来对付埃博拉 An NGO on the frontlines of the West Africa Ebola outbreak says the scale-up of the international response comes none too soon. SIM USA says more beds, medical suppli

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埃博拉与孕产妇死亡率的关系 The World Bank warns the Ebola deaths of hundreds of healthcare workers could cause maternal mortality rates to soar in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The disease has killed health workers at a higher rate t

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By Nico Colombant Monrovia 23 February 2008 Former fighters in Liberia's civil war are making statements before the country's ongoing Truth And Reconciliation Commission, trying to move on by admitting what they did. VOA's Nico Colombant caught up in

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Related reading: MONROVIA, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Liberia discharged the last confirmed Ebola patient on Thursday from a Chinese-run Ebola Treatment Unit (ETU). There are now no confirmed Ebola cases in all of Liberia's nineteen ETUs across the whole co

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After years of living as refugees in neighboring Liberia, some Sierra Leoneans are choosing to integrate into Liberian society and apply for full citizenship instead of going home. Jebbeh Konneh fled to Liberia as a young woman nearly 18 years ago. S

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