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AMERICAN MOSAIC - Building Begins On Long Awaited African American Museum in Washington JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) Im June Simms. Today, we speak with writer Susan Orlean, who has a new book about the inter
By William Eagle Washington 28 February In Africa, the increased participation of women in politics is helping legislatures look more like their own societies and less like exclusive men's clubs. A st
By David McAlary Washington 01 November 2006 A panel of scientists says African hunger, malnutrition, and rural poverty could be lessened if researchers could improve native vegetables well suited to difficult growing conditions. Africa is home to h
African Women Farmers Working for Better Lives 非洲女性农民为更好的生活工作 From VOA Learning English, welcome to As It Is. Im Steve Ember. Farming in Africa is our subject today, as we explore issues faced by women farmers in Cameroon.
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 24 October 2006 South Africa's president, Thabo Mbeki, has told organizers of the 2010 Soccer World Cup that his country will spare no effort to ensure a successful soccer World Cup championship in four years. Mr. Mbeki wa
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 19 July 2007 A flood of illegal immigrants from Northern Africa is overwhelming Italian officials on the southern island of Lampedusa, off the coast of Sicily. A boatload of more than 200 migrants arrived early Thursday an
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 26 April 2006 Officials from several eastern African countries met in Kenya's capital to continue work on putting together a regional peacekeeping force. Defense ministers an
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 29 January 2007 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is projected onto a screen as he addresses dignitaries, in Addis Ababa, 29 Jan 2007 Sudan suffered two major blows Monday when it was overlooked for the chairmanship of the Af
African Music, Interactive Media At Texas Festival At this booth sponsored by the independent music exporters of South Africa, or IMEXSA, South by Southwest participants were able to learn about what that country has to offer. Organizer Renneth Tschi
By Deborah Block Washington, DC 05 May 2006 watch Civil Rights Crime report Members of the U.S. Congress are pushing for legislation that would call on the federal government to investigate the unsolv
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 11 October 2007 Fifteen years of conflict on the African continent have cost Africa an estimated $300 billion, which is the amount of foreign aid received during the same period. This is the assessment of a new report calli
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 12 April 2006 Trade experts from all over Africa met Wednesday in the Kenyan capital as part of the African Union's Ministers of Trade conference. The conference's aim is to
By Scott Bobb Lisbon 09 December 2007 Leaders of Africa and the European Union have ended their summit in Portugal by declaring a new era in relations aimed at confronting new global challenges. But they could not avoid sparring over some older issue
By Efam Dovi 04 August 2006 The key to battling HIV/AIDS and poverty, say representatives from 18 African legislative bodies meeting in the Ghanaian capital of Accra, is working together to create stronger political and economic blocs within the con
By Terry FitzPatrick Cape Town 03 March 2008 South African officials are proposing that children recite a pledge of allegiance in school, to promote a sense of history and civic responsibility. But instead of bringing the country together, the South
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 09 May 2006 In the wake of his acquittal on charges of rape, former South African deputy president, Jacob Zuma, has gone on the offensive in an all-out political comeba
By Franz Wild Abidjan 17 October 2006 African leaders are trying to find a solution for peace in war-divided Ivory Coast during a private summit meeting in Ethiopia. It is believed they back extending the term of Ivory Coast's president for another
By Jordan Davis Dakar 07 February 2007 Defense chiefs of the United States and nine African countries are wrapping up a two-day meeting in Dakar, Senegal on increasing military cooperation around the Sahara. As the conference was taking place in Sen
By David Gollust State Department 06 June 2006 Senior officials of the United States and 37 sub-Saharan African countries have convened in Washington for a review of trade progress under the market-op
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, Regional Director of the World Health Organization's Africa Region, says Tu Youyou's development of a treatment for malaria has been a life-saver. As you know Malaria is one of the biggest killers of African people, particularly