Then one Saturday, we went to his village to visit, 后来的一个星期六,我们去Fide的村庄拜访, and his mother showed us a beautifully patterned basket made of dyed raffia that his brother had made. 她的母亲向我们展示了一个精

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Republican presidential hopefuls in New Hampshire are spending the last day before that states primary sparring with each other. Newt Gingrich says he has to take back a pledge to run a positive campaign to protect himself from rivals attacks. Mitt R

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UN Study: Government Action a Main Cause of Extremism in Africa Several African leaders recently spoke to the United Nations General Assembly about the growing threat of violent extremism in Africa. The leaders called on the international community t

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Hunger and Conflict in South Sudan, Nigeria, Yemen According to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network, or FEWS NET, in 2017, some 70 million people across 45 countries will need emergency food assistance. Severe drought and economic instability ar

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A court in the state of Virginia is reviewing a legal case against a congressman who had $90,000 in his freezer. Former U.S. Congressman William Jefferson has been in prison since 2012 after being found guilty of corruption. He is asking a federal co

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The hostage industry has become a popular one in the 21st century, worth at least £1 billion ($15.7 billion) a year, revealed an investigation promoted by Anthony Gery, the Reuters journalist。 路透社记者安东尼格雷做了一项调查,表

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VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: A chicken trader holds up a bird to be sold at a market in Lagos, Nigeria And I'm Faith Lapidus. Today we begin a series of reports about the disease bird flu.

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AS IT IS 2014-07-18 Boko Haram Attacks Cost Human Lives 博科圣地袭击带来的生命损失 Human Rights Watch says the Nigerian rebel group Boko Haram has killed more than 2,000 people in the first six months of this year. It says the groups att

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Eastern Ukraine Cease-fire Deal Reached 乌克兰东部达成停火协议 The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France agreed on Thursday to declare a ceasefire in Ukraine. The officials met in Minsk, Belarus. The cease-fire deal is aimed at en

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AS IT IS 2016-06-13 New 'Budget of Change' in Nigeria 为促进经济发展,尼日利亚通过340亿美元预算 Nigeria has a federal budget following months of debate between President Muhammadu Buhari and lawmakers. Officials are calling the new $

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Pensions in Nigeria 尼日利亚的退休金计划 Fewer ghosts, more savings 少消耗 多储蓄 After an unpromising start,Nigeria is beginning to encourage local saving and investment 在一个不靠谱的开端之后,尼日利亚开始鼓励当地

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JEFFREY BROWN: And we take a close look now at the situation, with Carl LeVan, an assistant professor at American University's School of International Service, and Mojubaolu Okome, a professor of African and women's studies at Brooklyn College. And l

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GWEN IFILL: A small American team of military, law enforcement and hostage negotiators is arriving in Nigeria today to help the girls. For more on that effort, I'm joined by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfiel

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 11 September 2006 Federal workers in Nigerian are bracing themselves for mass layoffs following a weekend announcement that some 15,000 workers are to be let go this month. Union officials are reacting angrily to the plan a

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白宫:美国正在帮助寻找尼日利亚被绑架的女孩 WASHINGTON, May 5 (Xinhua) -- The United States is assisting the Nigerian government to find and free some 200 schoolgirls abducted by militants, the White House said on Monday. U.S. ass

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BERLIN, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Host and defending world champion Germany sealed quarterfinal spot with the second win in group A, owing the decider by midfielder Simone Laudehr in front of 48,817 spectators in Frankfurt on Thursday. In a rough match wit

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Nigeria says the amnesty it is offering to rebels in the oil-rich Niger Delta is boosting production of crude oil that had been hurt by violence. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed the issue with Nigerian officials. 尼日利亚称,对

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Africa, which has long been mired in poverty and hunger, is now beginning to deal with more problems connected to terrorism. As such, today's key words are Counterterrorism in Africa. CRI's Zhou Jingnan has more. This is the building of the Catholic

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模仿文本: Nigeria's Victor Moses starts life at Liverpool in style. Victor Moses has scored on his Liverpool debut to put his team in front, and again it has come from an error from Jonjo Shelvey. We start in the English Premier League when Nig

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Now: a rare look at life under the rule of the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, as filmed by the group itself. Audie Cornish of NPR's All Things Considered recorded this conversation for us last week. AUDIE CORNISH: Last year, Voice

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