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By Amelia Shaw Port-au-Prince 09 January 2006 Haitian officials have announced Monday a new date for national elections. The troubled country has been battling violence and insecurity, as it struggles
By Nico Colombant Abidjan 23 February 2006 A Paris gang leader suspected of taking part in the brutal killing of a French Jewish man faces quick repatriation to France, after being caught in Ivory Coa
Somali pirates, who have been relentlessly attacking ships this year off the coast of Somalia, say they will kill any European they capture if France fails to release six pirates seized by French commandos earlier this month. VOA Correspondent Alish
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 25 January 2007 Suspected armed militants attacked a Chinese oil company in the Southern Nigeria state, Bayelsa, Thursday, kidnapping at least two Chinese workers. From Abuja, Gilbert da Costa reports the latest hostage-tak
On Sunday, the remote pirate stronghold of Hobyo in the Galmudug region of central Somalia fell to Islamist militants. The growing strength of Islamist groups in the coastal area may be tied to local anger over piracy and deepening poverty. A pirate
Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout and Australian photojournalist Nigel Brennan flew out of Mogadishu on a chartered plane Wednesday, 15 months after they were kidnapped by gunmen on a road outside of Mogadishu. Alisha Ryu | Nairobi 26 November 200
Somali kidnappers have released six foreign hostages. The four European aid workers and their two Kenyan pilots were released Tuesday after eight months of captivity. A car carrying people alleged to be former hostages in Somalia leaves Nairobi's Wi
Russia says it has arrested eight people suspected of the mysterious hijacking of a cargo ship. The vessel disappeared after being boarded by hijackers off the coast of Sweden and then turned up off the coast of West Africa. There are still a number
企业难以应对网络安全袭击 Cybersecurity criminals are more sophisticated, bold and resilient than ever,according to a new study by U.S. computer networking company Cisco,which revealed major flaws in businesses attempts to thwart and recov
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: And elsewhere on the show, we're going to talk to a veteran of the CIA who argues the memo's release damages the intelligence community. The director of the CIA, Mike Pompeo, warned this week the Russians will likely try to interfe
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Two cybersecurity firms say they have found some technical similarities between the WannaCry ransomware and earlier attacks from hackers in North Korea, though they are not calling these clues proof that North Korea is behind the
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced on Wednesday a multi-pronged U.S. effort to curb Somali-based maritime piracy. Among other things, the United States will move to track and freeze assets of pirate gangs, and press Somali authorities to sh
By Sarah Simpson Lagos 01 June 2007 At least three foreigners have been kidnapped by gunmen and two people injured in Nigeria's southern oil city of Port Harcourt Friday. The incident comes days after new President Umaru Yar'Adua called for an end to
The U.S. Navy has captured nine more suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia, after they allegedly tried to board an Indian commercial ship. The same American ship took seven other men into custody Wednesday. 美国海军在索马里海域抓获了九
Maritime specialists say a surge in pirate attacks on ships between Somalia and Yemen is affecting global commerce and they are urging the international community to quickly find a solution to the crisis. As VOA Correspondent Alisha Ryu reports from
Northern Central African Republic has large areas controlled by rebels, and road bandits, intercepting vehicles, harassing civilians, and sometimes kidnapping them for ransom or killing them. The undermanned military has little positive impact. Ther
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 09 July 2007 A three-year-old British toddler who was kidnapped last week in Nigeria's oil-rich Rivers state has been released and reunited with her family. Gilbert da Costa reports that Margaret Hill's abduction provoked a
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 11 July 2007 Nigeria's police chief Mike Okiro has ordered police commanders in the troubled Niger Delta to crack down on gangs responsible for kidnappings in the region. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa reports security forces hav
Security experts are warning more abductions of reporters and other foreign personnel are likely in the war-torn country, following the kidnapping and controversial rescue of a British journalist in Afghanistan. 安全专家警告说,会有更多记者
An organization representing Somali journalists has raised concern with the continued captivity of three freelance journalists - an Australian, a Canadian, and a Somali kidnapped nearly two months ago. The conflict in Somalia has had a severe impact