VOA标准英语2011--New Agency Trains Women Leaders in South

New Agency Trains Women Leaders in Southern Sudan Among the issues facing women in southern Sudan are high rates of poverty, illiteracy and maternal mortality. Bringing those numbers down by 2015 is the aim of the U.N. Millennium Development Goals, o

VOA标准英语2011--US Criticizes Sudan’s Bashir Over Abye

US Criticizes Sudans Bashir Over Abyei Comments The United States on Thursday criticized an assertion by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir that Khartoum will not recognize South Sudan as independent, if it claims the disputed Abyei region. South Suda

VOA标准英语2011-Voting Continues in South Sudanese Refere

Southern Sudanese officials say at least 30 people have died in clashes along the border with northern Sudan as the second day concluded in the region's week-long referendum on independence. Election officials say voter turnout was 20 percent on Sund

VOA标准英语2011-US Confident of Successful Referendum Vot

The Obama administration's chief Africa diplomat said Wednesday he believes the independence referendum in southern Sudan, beginning Sunday, will be peaceful and successful. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson is promising

VOA标准英语2009-Aid Work Being Hampered by Kidnappings in Ch

Two aid workers, in Central African Republic were taken at gunpoint on Sunday from the town of Birao, a few kilometers from the borders of Chad and Sudan. The kidnappings are the latest in a string of attacks on international aid workers. Kate Thoma

VOA标准英语2014--南苏丹20万人背井离乡

200,000 Displaced in South Sudan 南苏丹20万人背井离乡 The U.N. estimates more than 200,000 people have been displaced within South Sudan by ongoing fighting. Another 10,000 people have fled to neighboring countries. U.N. refugee agency spoke

VOA标准英语2013--South Sudan Hopes New Mining Law Will Unearth Treasures

South Sudan Hopes New Mining Law Will Unearth Treasures This gold mine in Nanakanak, Eastern Equatoria state, is just one of many spots across South Sudans east where a gold rush has hit. Adele Natogo said that like countless others, she left her nin

VOA标准英语2014--粮农组织扩大南苏丹援助工作规模

FAO Scales Up South Sudan Aid Efforts 粮农组织扩大南苏丹援助工作规模 In this photo taken from Video provided by Associated Press on Tuesday, May 13, 2014, a malnourished child is fed by her mother, in a Medecins Sans Frontiers (Doctors

VOA标准英语2014--苏丹学校成为空袭的目标

Sudan School Becomes Target of Aerial Attacks 苏丹学校成为空袭的目标 KOWALIP, SUDAN The school dropout rate is at an all-time high in Sudan's South Kordofan state because many schools have been destroyed during the three-year civil war bet

VOA标准英语2013--Amnesty: Growing Danger for Refugees

Amnesty: Growing Danger for Refugees Amnesty International says the world is growing more dangerous for refugees and migrants. The organizations annual report says the rights of millions of people who have escaped conflict and persecution -- or migra

VOA常速英语2015--南苏丹持续冲突引发粮食危机

南苏丹持续冲突引发粮食危机 Since the separation of South Sudan in July 2011, the Republic of Sudan's economy has spiraled downward. 自从2011年7月南苏丹分裂以来，苏丹共和国的经济开始不断低迷。 The loss of 75 per

VOA常速英语2016--苏丹政府大力推进和平进程

U.S. Welcomes Signing of Peace Roadmap in Sudan 苏丹政府大力推进和平进程 A Roadmap agreement aimed at forging a path for the parties to engage in political negotiation leading to ending hostilities and achieving broader political reconcil

VOA标准英语2014--国际特赦组织：南苏丹境内的战争罪行

Amnesty Int'l: War Crimes in South Sudan 国际特赦组织：南苏丹境内的战争罪行 Amnesty International says both sides in South Sudans conflict have committed horrific atrocities against civilians. It says the attacks have been ethnically

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Nile尼罗河—13

Officials here say this dam will help to lift the country out of poverty. Its a persuasive argument, but economic development here as it does everywhere, comes at a moral and ethic cost. Behind the dam, a vast track of wilderness will be submerged un

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Nile尼罗河—17

I was nearing the end of the blue Nile. This is the confluence of the Nile. I'm on the blue Nile. Down there, has the wide Nile joining this river and together forming the mighty one the legend Nile. This isn't absolutely key to graphical spot on the

英语听力：自然百科 圣河之旅 The Nile尼罗河—20

The following day I was back on the road, heading across the desert. This is a part of Sudan beyond the reach of the river where little can survive. I was traveling to a region that was once home to the ancient Nile civilization now known as Nubia, i

VOA常速英语2007年-Children From Chad Allegedly Abducted by Zoe's

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 02 November 2007 The UN Children's Fund says 103 children in Chad who it says were abducted by the French Charity, Zoe's Ark, will be kept in an orphanage in the town of Abeche, until their families are located. Lisa Schlein re

VOA标准英语2008年-Envoys Say Prospects Dim for Substantive Peace

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 05 June 2008 Special United Nations and African Union envoys on Darfur say prospects for substantive peace talks aimed at ending the crisis in Sudan's conflict ridden province of Darfur are dim. The diplomats failed to get pea

Kofi Annan Urges Security Council to Act Quickly in Darfur

By Peter Heinlein U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan is urging the Security Council to act quickly to protect civilians in Sudan's troubled Darfur region. The United States is preparing to introduce a

VOA常速英语2007年-Teacher Back in Britain After Being Freed by Su

By Tendai Maphosa London 04 December 2007 The British teacher jailed for letting her students name a teddy bear Muhammad as part of a writing project arrived in Britain after being pardoned - ending a case that set off an international outcry and ang