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By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 26 July 2007 France's newly elected president, Nicolas Sarkozy, is visiting Senegal Thursday. It is his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa as president. Mr. Sarkozy was widely criticized during his campaign for controversial stat
By Phuong Tran Dakar 06 September 2007 As trade negotiators meet in Geneva on the stalled negotiations known as the Doha round, government ministers from West Africa's biggest cotton producing countries met in Burkina Faso to prepare their demands on
AGRICULTURE REPORT – April 16, 2002: New Rice For West Africa By George Grow This is the VOA Special English AGRICULTURE REPORT. A new kind of rice is coming to West Africa. The new rice is said to
AGRICULTURE REPORT - West African Leaders Discuss Genetically Engineered Crops By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. Fo
France and West African Countries Intervene in Mali From VOA Learning English, this is IN THE NEWS in Special English. France joined African forces this week in an effort to oust Islamic militants in northern Mali. The militants have progressively mo
By Phuong Tran Nouadhibou, Mauritania 22 August 2007 Every week, hundreds of Africans set out from various ports in often decaying fishing boats in order to slip away from their home countries and chase jobs and dreams of life outside Africa. The out
By Phuong Tran Dakar 27 August 2007 Kenyan police officer stands guard as 1.1 tonnes of cocaine goes up in smoke at an incinerator in Nairobi (File Photo - 31 Mar 2006) Recent cocaine seizures in West Africa are forcing officials to find new ways to
Dwindling West African Rainforest Threatens Long-Term Food Security In West Africa, the Guinean Rainforest is rapidly disappearing. A new study says increased production of cocoa, cassava and oil palm has meant more land is being cleared for agricult
By Phuong Tran Dakar 24 February 2008 The Economic Community of West African States is trying to change a long history of corruption in the region's transportation industry. ECOWAS says due to corruption it costs more to transport goods in West Afric
By Phuong Tran Dakar 16 October 2007 Leaders from India and Brazil are concluding visits to West Africa. Analysts say growing wealth in these countries, combined with West Africa's resources, can lead to new strategic alliances among developing count
By Kari Barber Dakar, Ougadougou 14 November 2007 On a stop in Burkina Faso, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte talked about U.S. plans for a new military command for Africa. The command has been controversial on the continent where some
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 04 February 2007 In West Africa, many of today's technologically sophisticated college graduates are making money and helping develop a new industry in the region: internet-based call centers. The call centers provide telephone
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 12 October 2007 Experts say a single currency across West Africa could boost regional and international trade and increase stability across the region. West Africa's regional economic body, ECOWAS, has said it aims to create a
By Nico Colombant Dakar 18 June 2007 West Africa is increasingly becoming a transit point -- as well as a stopping point -- for illicit drugs. So far, local governments have proven incapable to combat the trend. VOA's Nico Colombant reports from our
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 15 May 2007 France's president-elect, Nicolas Sarkozy, will be inaugurated on Wednesday. Some West Africans, uneasy over Sarkozy's campaign statements on immigration and the status of immigrants, say they worry about their coun
By Phuong Tran Dakar 18 August 2007 The West African country of Togo recently announced more bird flu infections outside its capital, making it the seventh West African country to report finding the deadly H5N1 virus in its poultry. Bird flu experts
By Phuong Tran Dakar 17 January 2007 A South African television company is choosing contestants for its new audience participation and reality television music show, Idols West Africa . Auditions are under way for a music competition series that comb
West Africa's Internet penetration(穿透) level remains one of the lowest in the world, but a booming market for mobile phones has more tech companies sensing opportunity. U.S. search giant Google has set up offices in several countries in the r
By Nico Colombant Dakar 02 January 2008 South American drug cartels are increasingly using unsecured West Africa as a transit point to get drugs to Europe and also back to the United States. But this route has a spillover effect in Africa, disrupting
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 18 December 2007 West African trade ministers have given themselves another 18 months to negotiate before signing a regional economic partnership with Europe. But the current trade agreement between Europe and nearly 80 of its