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By Dan Robinson Two U.S. lawmakers just returned from Sudan say the situation in the western Darfur region remains intolerable, and are urging the government in Khartoum to take further actions to all
By David Gollust London 31 January 2006 watch Quartet report UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan (l) and US Secretary of State Rice The international diplomatic Quartet on the Middle East late Monday pres
Merits of Giving Ukraine Lethal Aid Debated STATE DEPARTMENT U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has condemned what he calls Russias aggression in Ukraine, but stopped short of saying the United States will provide Ukraine with lethal aid during comments m
More Aid Coming to African Drought Victims The international community came together Saturday at the United Nations to find ways to mitigate the current crisis in the Horn of Africa, but also to prevent future ones from happening. At the meeting, the
Aid Workers Struggle to Cope with Syrian Refugee Influx Early afternoon at the Bab al-Salama Camp on the Syrian side of the Turkish border. Aid workers are distributing food to people waiting to become refugees in Turkey. The Turkish government is al
As voting in southern Sudan's independence referendum enters its final days, relief officials say at least 1 million people will continue to need food assistance despite an improvement in food security over the past year. It is midday at a large spor
In the slums of Kenya's capital, residents and aid groups are using new technology to send and receive money. Irene Okoth and her five children have been living on 50 cents a day in Nairobi's Korogocho settlement. That is what she earns recycling gar
Ukraine Receives Additional Aid As Tensions Rise WASHINGTON Tensions are rising in Ukraine even as assurances of international aid to stabilize the countrys battered economy have started pouring in. Despite the promise of financial help, the ongoing
By Phuong Tran Dakar 05 June 2007 Hundreds of people from West Africa are gathering in Sikasso, Mali, this week, to bring attention to problems they say developed countries are ignoring. The anti-globalization and anti-poverty campaigners call their
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: One of the president's tweets in the new year that Ari mentioned earlier is sowing confusion and anger in the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports. MICHELE KELEMEN, BYLINE: Just last month, th
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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
By Scott Stearns Monrovia 21 February 2008 President Bush has announced new American funds to help Liberia rebuild its education system. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports the president visited this civil-war scarred country on the l
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 21 August 2007 United Nations aid agencies say the distribution of humanitarian assistance to victims of Peru's devastating earthquake remains problematic. But they say the situation is beginning to ease. Lisa Schlein reports f
By Margaret Besheer Washington 04 September 2007 The U.S.-based charity CARE recently made headlines for turning down some $45 million in U.S. government food aid. The decision to refuse the aid is tied to the group's opposition to the practice of se
In the aftermath of the terror attacks, many in Mumbai are asking how a group of 10 to 15 assailants were able to carry out their brazen attack that included some of the city's most guarded landmarks. Raymond Thibodeaux has this from Mumbai. The fir
By Michael Bowman Washington 09 May 2007 Colombian politicians and human rights activists visiting Washington this week say U.S. aid to their country focuses too much on military and anti-drug assistance and not enough on humanitarian needs. The dele
By David Gollust Washington 08 May 2006 Condoleezza Rice (l) and President Bush President Bush says he is asking Congress for $225 million in emergency food aid for Sudan's devastated Darfur region. I
By Cindy Saine Capitol Hill 16 October 2009 Rotting carcass of camel that recently died because of Somalia's relentless drought Some U.S. senators are calling for bipartisan action in Congress on climate change, ahead of the United Nations Climate C
By Mike O'Sullivan American Samoa 12 October 2009 Two boys walk through a damaged village in American Samoa The U.S. military, civilian agencies and private aid organizations have been providing assistance for tsunami-ravaged sections of American Sa