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Obama Meets African Leaders at White House As he continues to deal with the U.S. debt crisis, President Barack Obama met on Friday with four visiting African heads of state. Obama said the leaders represent expanding democracy in Africa, and the disc

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(204) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(七月)

African Union Leaders Talk Mali, Chinese Investment Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang told the African Union that Beijing's new leaders want greater cooperation on trade and closer consultation on international affairs with the growth of Africa's influe

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Writer Dorothy West: Last Living Member of Harlem Renaissance Written by Doreen Baingana (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I'm Shirley Griffith. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with the Special English Program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week, we tell about a person w

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Writer Zora Neale Hurston told About African-American Life in the South Written by Cynthia Kirk (THEME) VOICE ONE: Im Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And Im Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Today, we tell about writer Zo

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Agriculture Report - Seeking a Better Way for African Farmers to Fight a Fever 农业报道 - 寻求对抗东海岸热疾病的更好办法 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语农业报道。 East Coas

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(282) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年VOA慢速英语(十一)月

By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 28 June 2007 In South Africa, one the longest strikes since the end of apartheid has ended. Unions representing workers in public schools, hospitals and government offices said they would accept a government package of wage

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By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 14 June 2008 Eritrea has dominated discussions at an East African summit in Addis Ababa attended by all regional leaders except Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki. From the summit site, VOA's Peter Heinlein reports the l

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President Robert Mugabe said Friday that Zimbabwe is mine and vowed never to surrender, saying no African nation is brave enough to topple him. Mr. Mugabe's statement comes as Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change pa

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East African Farmers Plant Seeds of Innovation East Africa has felt the effects of climate change over recent years. There have been frequent prolonged droughts, erratic seasonal rains and floods, all of which have put food security at risk. As a res

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(258) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2012年(九月)

Drought Kindles US Farmers' Appetite for African Grain Sorghum Walking through lush, green fields of sorghum, Nebraska farmer Fred Prokop treads on ground deeply scarred by weeks of drought. But he says the sorghum crop is patient. It'll wait for wat

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Somalia's transitional leadership is struggling to form a new government, following the resignation of former president Abdullahi Yusuf, and trying to prevent Islamist extremists from taking control as Ethiopian troops withdraw. Somalia's two top le

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The head of Madagascar's new transitional authority is preparing to take the oath of office despite criticism from the international community and its suspension from the African Union. Madagascan opposition leader Andry Rajoelina greets the crowd a

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AfrikanerFarmersMigratingtoGeorgia A South African court on September 12 convicted Julius Malema, president of the African National Congress Youth League, of hate speech for singing shoot the Boer, kill the Boer at a rally last year. But some Boers (

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Device Keeps Internet On When Power Goes Off Erik Hersman and his team in Nairobi have created what they say is the first router made especially for Africa. It's battery powered and rugged. And it's gaining attention in Europe and the United States.

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(273) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2013年(五月)

By Brian Padden Washington, D.C. 06 February 2007 watch Racial Barrier report The Superbowl is not only the championship final of the National Football League in the United States, it is also the country's most watched sporting event of the year. Th

发表于:2019-01-31 / 阅读(297) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(二月)

By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 01 February 2007 Adelaide Tambo, wife of the late Oliver Tambo and South African former President Nelson Mandela attend the unveiling of the O.R Tambo International Airport 27 Ocr 2006 in Johannesburg Adelaide Tambo, w

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By Parke Brewer Turin, Italy 14 February 2006 United States Joey Cheek, from Greensboro, N.C., holds an American national flag as he makes a victory lap during the Winter Olympics men's 500 meter spee

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Leaders from the world's biggest industrial nations met with African heads of state to discuss the political crisis in Zimbabwe. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, African leaders are divided over calls for sanctions against Zimbab

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By Franz Wild Abidjan 17 October 2006 African leaders are trying to find a solution for peace in war-divided Ivory Coast during a private summit meeting in Ethiopia. It is believed they back extending the term of Ivory Coast's president for another

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Collaborative Business Deals Can Help African Farmers Development specialists say agricultural investments can be structured in ways that do not involve buying land for instance, getting companies to collaborate with small-holder farmers. Lorenzo Cot

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