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Khat Import Bans Cause Economic Hardship for African Farmers 提神草药阿拉伯茶禁令造成非洲农民经济困难 MERU, KENYA Kenyan farmers are starting to pull out fields of khat -- a leafy green plant chewed as a stimulant in the Horn of A
By Joe Bavier Yamoussoukro 28 February 2006 Ivory Coast PM Charles Konan Banny, left, seen during a meeting with Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, right, in Abidjan (File photo - Dec. 5, 2005) Aft
Britain Makes Controversial Move to Crack Down on Extremism 英国启用颇具争议举措打击极端主义 LONDON Britain is moving to tighten controls on extremist rhetoric, even when it does not incite violence or hatred - a move that some are co
A week-long transport strike in Ivory Coast has ended after Prime Minister Guillaume Soro announced the government will lower fuel prices. Brent Latham reports from our West Africa bureau in Dakar, the government promises new fuel subsidies. People
By Joe Bavier Abidjan 23 January 2006 UN troops enter their compound were protest took place this week in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Friday, Jan. 20, 2006 Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan, has returned to
By Noel King Khartoum 15 February 2007 Amid growing concern over continued violence in Sudan's Darfur region, top United Nations and African Union envoys to the region said Thursday they remain optimistic that a political solution to the crisis can b
By Kurt Achin Seoul 27 June 2007 European Union officials have emerged from a diplomatic visit to North Korea with an upbeat assessment of Pyongyang's commitment to start dismantling its nuclear weapons. United Nations nuclear inspectors arrived in t
By Nico Colombant Abidjan 16 February 2006 The U.S. Ambassador in divided Ivory Coast says time is running out for elections to be held before October 2006, as mandated by the U.N. Security Council. A
By Nico Colombant and Zoumana Wonogo Abidjan and Ouagadougou 28 February 2006 Burkina Faso map While the Ivory Coast peace process stutters along, many northern rebel leaders have established a double
Most Indians accept that corruption runs deep in politics. But dramatic allegations of bribery made in parliament by opposition lawmakers during a nationally-televised debate have shocked the nation. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi. The vote
South Koreans and Japanese envoys to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program have met in Tokyo. The negotiations remain deadlocked and North Korea is expected to test-fire a long-range missile in the coming weeks. Stephen Bosworth, left
US Senate is scheduled to take crucial vote on Saturday on legislation crafted by majority Democrats to reform US health care system. Democrats, facing expected unanimous opposition from Senate Republicans, need to ensure all 60 of their members vot
By Chad Bouchard Jakarta 05 February 2008 U.S. Democrats living in Indonesia cast the first votes in the Super Tuesday round of primary elections. Chad Bouchard reports from Jakarta, where Senator Barack Obama was the favored candidate. More than 100
By Amelia Shaw Port-au-Prince, Haiti 08 February 2006 Haitians stayed at the polls into the late hours Tuesday in the first democratic elections since former president Jean Bertrand Aristide went into
By Lisa Bryant Paris 24 October 2007 France is hosting a high-level environmental summit Wednesday and Thursday, aimed to turn the country from laggard to leader in the fight against global warming and pollution. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports the s
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 12 September 2006 United Nations disaster-management experts have gone to Ivory Coast to help with the investigation of a toxic waste dumping incident that has left at least six people dead and thousands ill. ----- A man point
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 08 June 2007 A new report by the London-based watchdog group Global Witness says cocoa exports have helped fund the conflict in divided Ivory Coast, both for the government-run army and northern-based rebels. The world's leadi
By Nico Colombant Dakar 12 April 2007 International peacekeepers in Ivory Coast say they will withdraw slowly from the buffer zone that separates northern rebels and the Ivorian army. The process of reunifying divided Ivory Coast will begin with a ce
By Phuong Tran Dakar 11 January 2007 Some victims of last year's toxic waste dumping in Ivory Coast are staging a hunger strike to demand promised government compensation, while others are joining lawsuits. At least 10 people died, and thousands wer
By Parke Brewer Hamburg 10 June 2006 Four of the five African nations that qualified for the World Cup in Germany are making their first-ever appearance at football's premiere event. One of them is Ivory Coast and VOA Sports Editor Parke Brewer caug