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The 1)Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County By Mark Twain Read by Marsh McCandless In 2)compliance with the request of a friend of mine, who wrote me from the East, I called on good-natured, 3)ga
By Paula Wolfson White House 31 May 2007 President Bush is focusing on U.S. aid to Africa in the days leading up to the Group of Eight Summit in Germany. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House . President Bush wears an AIDS awareness pin on
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 07 December 2006 U.S. lawmakers have focused on two situations in Africa as they wind down their business in the 109th Congress . VOA's Dan Robinson has a report from Capitol Hill. Refugees from Darfur in an UNHCR camp i
Michelle Norris : From NPR News, this is All Things Considered. I'm Michelle Norris. Melissa Block : And I'm Melissa Block. Melissa Block : Government weather forecasters are calling for another busy hurricane season in the Atlantic. Here is what Co
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 08 June 2006 The lawyer for a Pakistani who disappeared in South Africa says he will bring to court government leaders he says were involved in the abduction, or rendition of his client. The South African government s
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 December 2006 Africa has the highest infant and under-five child-mortality rate in the world. It also has the lowest life expectancy at birth. The statistics paint a grim picture of what it means to be a child in Africa. Th
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 04 June 2007 The former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, has boycotted the first day of his war crimes trial in The Hague, saying he does not believe the proceedings will be fair. Mr. Taylor still has supporters in Liberi
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 19 April 2007 Last month, Southern African leaders appointed South African President Thabo Mbeki their mediator to facilitate talks between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition groups in his country. The g
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja, Nigeria 28 November 2006 More than 60 heads of a state and governments are arriving in Abuja, Nigeria, for the first Africa-South America summit on Wednesday. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports for VOA that foreign minister
By Nico Colombant Dakar 16 October 2006 Rains have been better than in previous years in West and Central Africa, meaning food shortages in the coming months will be lessened. But as the region marks World Food Day, U.N experts say more private inve
By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 22 June 2007 South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress, will hold a conference next week (June 27 - 30) to chart its policy for the next decade and prepare to elect a new leadership at its national con
By Rowan Reid Johannesburg 16 June 2006 Students attend classes at the Meadowlands High School in Soweto (2000 photo) South Africa's Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says many of the country's school children are unable to receive a quality education
MADRID, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Spanish ACB basketball side Unicaja Malaga had sacked coach Chus Mateo as a result of his team's disastrous run of recent results, local media reported Tuesday. He left the club after little more than a year in charge, af
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 13 June 2007 United Nations officials and delegates from about 20 African nations are meeting in Kinshasa to talk about disarmament strategies that can be implemented when conflicts come to an end. Analysts say the session wil
By Tony Budny Atlanta, Georgia 12 February 2007 watch Afghan Rugs Exhibition The southeastern U.S city of Atlanta recently hosted an exhibition celebrating Afghanistan's world-renowned rugs and the part they have played in shaping the nation's heri
By Efam Dovi Accra 06 November 2006 Africa population experts meeting in Ghana say it is unacceptable that large numbers of women on the continent continue to die from complications of pregnancy and child birth, in an era of unprecedented wealth and
By David Gollust State Department 12 February 2007 The top U.S. diplomat for Africa has made an unusual direct appeal to the people of Somalia to reconcile differences and work together after years of political strife. Assistant Secretary of State fo
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
By Phuong Tran Dakar 15 January 2007 Nuclear experts are expressing concern that countries trying to develop nuclear weapons may try to exploit resources in Africa. They say one of their concerns is that African nations lack the proper safeguards to
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