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By Peta Thornycroft The Southern African Development Community holds a summit in Mauritius next week that is expected to focus on the situation in Zimbabwe, and proposed electoral reforms that would a
DOUG JOHNSON: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English. (MUSIC) I'm Doug Johnson. This week we play love songs for Valentines Day And answer a question from China about bullet train development in the United States But first an exploration o
AS IT IS 2015-05-04 African Powers Argue After Attacks on Immigrants in S. Africa Nigeria and South Africa are no strangers to diplomatic disputes. Recently, the Nigerian government told its top diplomats in the South African capital to return home a
AS IT IS 2014-10-18 African Migrants in Greece Say Police Target Them Greece is a main entry point and passage way for African, Asian and Middle Eastern immigrants seeking a better life in Europe. The European Union has been pressuring the Greek gove
In the early stages of the global recession, many African bankers and analysts dismissed the decline as a western issue. Their assumptions were based on the fact that most African financial institutions, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, were not par
African Migrants in Libya Live in Fear Human rights organizations say tens of thousands of African migrants in Libya have been displaced from their homes and jobs by months of fighting between forces loyal to former leader Moammar Gadhafi and the tra
Wax Museum Focuses on African-Americans The 150 wax figures in the museum include educator and author Booker T. Washington, jazz legend Eubie Blake, and the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall. Theres also Harriett Tubman,
West Virginia Chemical Spill Leaves Hundreds of Thousands Without Clean Water 美国西维州埃尔克河被污染,影响居民水源 For the fifth consecutive day, 300,000 residents in and around the U.S. city of Charleston, West Virginia, have be
Fear Drives African Gays to Seek Asylum in US BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Homosexuality is a crime in 38 African countries and new laws in Nigeria and Uganda have increased potential punishments for engaging in gay sex. These strictures have driven some gay
Rebels in Central African Republic say they have halted their advance on the capital and agreed to start peace talks. However, the Seleka rebels say they might insist on the removal of President Francois Bozize in the negotiations. The group accused
A senior official with the New Development Bank, the multilateral bank jointly launched by the BRICS countries, is pledging more efforts to promote the development of African countries. The BRICS-led New Development Bank has been committed to financi
By Phuong Tran Dakar 24 October 2007 African leaders from the government, civil society and private sectors are in Burkina Faso for a three-day U.N. conference on good governance. Organizers say despite recent democratic reforms, the continent still
Even as a child, Ed Dwight had a gift for art. But he set that talent aside to focus on careers that included engineer, test pilot, astronaut trainee (the first African American in the program) and entrepreneur. It was as the owner of a large constru
By Nico Colombant Dakar 18 June 2007 West Africa is increasingly becoming a transit point -- as well as a stopping point -- for illicit drugs. So far, local governments have proven incapable to combat the trend. VOA's Nico Colombant reports from our
GABORONE, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Not many years ago, Botswana was an unknown entity in the world of soccer. Perhaps the only thing the landlocked Southern Africa nation was known for was its peace, and the pretty little stones - diamonds, not the popula
Southern African leaders have rejected plans by the leader of Madagascar to unilaterally organize national elections in March. And the leaders examined the situation in Zimbabwe at a summit Thursday evening in Maputo. The leaders expressed concern ov
South Africa's government staffers blow horns during the ultimate Football Friday celebration at the government residence in Pretoria, 04 Jun 2010 The first football World Cup on the African continent has sparked a serious outbreak of football fever
Members of the Pan-African Parliament are in Niger for separate talks with President Mamdou Tandja and his political opponents concerning the referendum that has extended the president's time in office. African parliamentarians are in Niger to asses
French and African economic representatives chat during the 2nd 'Africa France Business Meetings' held in Bordeaux, 02 Jun 2010 As French and African leaders pledged closer business ties at a summit this week, business leaders from both regions were
ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe called on African governments to take a greater share of AIDS investments here on Saturday, on the sidelines of the 18th ordinary summit of the African Union (AU) . Sidibe said