Tens of Thousands of Nigerians took to the streets for a third straight day Wednesday in the main commercial city of Lagos and the capital, Abuja, to protest soaring fuel costs, sparked by a government move to end a popular fuel subsidy. 抗议政府取

发表于:2018-12-19 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA双语新闻 2012年1月

美国国际开发署拨款逾2亿资助五国女童教育 Hollywood stars Alicia Keys, Jennifer Garner and 30 others have voiced their support for a U.S.-backed initiative called Let Girls Learn. The $231 million program, funded by the U.S. Agency f

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By Sarah Simpson Lagos 10 August 2007 Gunmen seized a foreign national in Nigeria's oil city of Port Harcourt early Friday. The man, a British national, is the latest victim of kidnapping for ransom in the troubled Niger Delta where gangland violence

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 19 July 2007 A popular Islamic preacher in northwestern Nigeria has died, hours after being shot near a mosque. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports that confirmation of the cleric's death has set residents on edge. Residents o

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 11 February 2008 Nigeria's leading environmental group has endorsed plans by the government to restrict the importation of used computers, in an attempt to control a growing e-waste disposal problem. From Abuja, Gilbert da C

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AS IT IS 2013-06-10 Mobile Phones Changing Lives in Kenya Hello, and welcome once again to As It Is, our daily show for people learning American English. Im Christopher Cruise in Washington. Today on the program, we visit with some musicians in Niger

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By Carolyn Weaver Abuja, Nigeria 28 July 2006 watch African Summit report African-Americans who want to help develop the homeland of their ancestors -- and to strengthen cultural and social links with Africans -- have held a biannual meeting in Afri

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Nigeria's leading militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, has declared a unilateral ceasefire in the oil-rich region. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports for VOA. MEND warned in its statement that it would end the ceasefi

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By Nico Colombant Port Harcourt, Nigeria 29 May 2007 Many Nigerians hope their new president, Umaru Yar'Adua, will urgently address the issue of gasoline scarcity after he is sworn in today. Even though Nigeria is Africa's biggest oil producer, mass

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By Kari Barber Dakar 26 August 2007 Analysts in Nigeria are applauding the government for halting a plan by the Central Bank to change the nation's currency, the naira. On Saturday, Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua said the Central Bank's governor h

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By Joe Bavier Abidjan 24 March 2006 At least 130 passengers are still missing, two days after the wreck of a Nigerian vessel off the coast of Cameroon. The wreck is one of a series of sea accidents to

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Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has reconstituted his Cabinet, almost two months after sacking half the panel in a drawn-out re-organization. Cabinet appointments part of efforts to rejuvenate administration, says Pres. Umaru Yar'Adua (file photo)

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 24 September 2009 The past three years have seen an upsurge in violence perpetrated by armed groups in Nigeria's volatile Niger Delta. And while attacks targeting the oil industry have been halted for now, kidnapping is on

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Emergency Aid Being Sent to Stranded Chadians Emergency aid is being sent this week to about one thousand people mostly children stranded in a remote area of Chad. The International Organization for Migration says the Chadians fled violence in neighb

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What is really scary is the WHO says that 70% of the new cancers that will be seen in the future are going to be affecting individuals in the developing nations -- the so-called poorer segments of the world. I am sure Nigeria is one of them. The Worl

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Nigerian fans parade through the Hillsborough neighborhood of Johannesburg before their team's first game in the World Cup tournament. World Cup Fever has taken over the city of Johannesburg. Pubs and restaurants are filled with fans watching the mat

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At least 13 people have been killed in the latest sectarian violence to hit central Nigeria. As investigations begin into the latest violence in the central city of Jos, the government and prominent groups are searching for a lasting solution. Libyan

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Health providers and aid groups have mobilized to combat outbreaks of cholera in Haiti and Nigeria. Often causing extreme dysentery and dehydration, cholera arises from a strain of bacteria that is easily spread and hard to eradicate from infected zo

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Nigeria where she will meet with President Umaru Yar'Adua Wednesday on the fifth stop of her Africa trip. Clinton is expected to discuss good governance and corruption in Nigeria. Hillary Clinton address

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A Nigerian government program that offers cash, job training and pardons to militants who turn in their weapons begins Thursday. The government hopes this will bring stability to the troubled, oil-producing Niger Delta. A fighter of the Movement for

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