VOA常速英语2017--扭转非洲旱灾局势 需要尽快行动

Across South Sudan, Yemen, Nigeria, and Somalia, 20 million people are at risk for famine, said U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley. 南苏丹、也门、尼日利亚、索马里等国有2000万人面临饥荒的威

VOA标准英语2017--南苏丹、尼日利亚以及也门存在饥饿和矛盾

Hunger and Conflict in South Sudan, Nigeria, Yemen According to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network, or FEWS NET, in 2017, some 70 million people across 45 countries will need emergency food assistance. Severe drought and economic instability ar

VOA常速英语2017--南苏丹等国“人祸”不断

According to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network, or FEWS NET, in 2017, some 70 million people across 45 countries will need emergency food assistance. Severe drought and economic instability are part of the problem, but so is violent conflict. 饥

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-01-04

The New South Wales Emergency Services is urging Coonamble residents who refused to evacuate their homes to heed major flood warnings. About 1,000 people have already left their properties as the Castlereagh River rises. The town is preparing for its

Mothers Fight for Children’s Lives, Hunger in Yemen

A young mother in Yemen stood on the scale for a doctor. Even wearing her long, black clothing she weighed only 38 kilograms. The mother, Umm Mizrah, is pregnant, but starving. She is giving all her food to her children. The doctors office was filled

VOA标准英语2010年-US General Says Yemen Could Become Ira

The commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, General David Petraeus, says there are indications the domestic conflict in Yemen could become a proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Petraeus spoke in Washington Friday at the Institute for the St

VOA标准英语2010年-US Asks Yemen for Help in Fight Agains

The United States and Britain on Monday kept their embassies in Yemen closed for a second day because of threats from a local branch of the al-Qaida terrorist network. France also closed its embassy in Yemen. Much of the world's attention is now on Y

VOA标准英语2010年-Yemen: Three Al-Qaida Militants Captur

Yemeni TV also gave the names of six other al-Qaida fighters killed Friday in an airstrike by government warplanes on two vehicles in which they were riding. Edward Yeranian | Cairo 16 January 2010 Yemen's defense ministry says that three al-Qaida mi

VOA标准英语2008年-Yemen Arrests Suspects in US Embassy Bombing

Al Arabiya TV is reporting the Yemeni government has arrested at least 25 people in a crackdown on militants thought to be involved in an attack Wednesday on the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa. For VOA, Edward Yeranian reports from Beirut. The Yemeni governm

VOA标准英语2010年-Yemen, Saudi Arabia Fight Shi'ite Rebe

Top security figures are stepping up their threats to prosecute and punish supporters and leaders of the country's opposition movement in what appears to be a calculated attempt to demonstrate that they are still in control of the situation. Edward Y

VOA标准英语2010年-Conflict in Yemen Intensifies As More

Photo: AP A Yemeni refugee woman washes clothes at the Mazraq Refugee Camp in northern Yemen, 11 Dec 2009 The International Committee of the Red Cross reports conditions are continuing to deteriorate in northern Yemen where fighting between the gover

VOA标准英语2010年-Airstrikes Target al-Qaida in Yemen

Yemen says its fighter jets struck the home of a prominent al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula terrorist, the day after new international sanctions were announced against the group. Yemeni government fighter jets launched a series of raids against the

VOA标准英语2010年-How I Got Detained and Permanently Ban

In southern Yemens port city of Aden, many locals complain that the northern government ignores the south, supplying jobs and government services only to the northern provinces About a year ago, in the weeks after I moved to Yemen, my new local frien

VOA英语2010年-Former US Ambassador to Yemen Weighs in on W

Among the countries which have been mentioned in the leaked U.S. diplomatic dispatches is Yemen. Some analysts worry that the leaked information could give al-Qaeda an edge in that country. Barbara K. Bodine served as U.S. chief of mission to the Rep

VOA标准英语2011--With President Absent, Yemen Battles Isl

With President Absent, Yemen Battles Islamist Militants Yemeni officials say government forces have killed 12 people suspected of links to al-Qaida as they battle to regain territory lost to Islamist militants in the south of the country. This comes

VOA标准英语2011--Split Tribal Allegiances Deepen Yemen's

Split Tribal Allegiances Deepen Yemen's Crisis As battles in Yemen raged Thursday, the deadly fighting in the streets of the capital between forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and members his own tribe highlights some deeply personal faultl

美国国家公共电台 NPR Anti-Refugee Backlash In South Korea Targets Yemenis Fleeing War And Seeking Asylum

AILSA CHANG, HOST: More than 500 refugees from war-torn Yemen have found themselves in an unlikely place - the tiny resort island of Jeju in South Korea. The Yemenis are hoping for asylum to stay there. But as they wait, they're catching backlash fro

VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - Attention Turns to Yemen

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Yemen is the poorest Arab nation. Poverty can help breed extremism -- al-Qaida is a growing concern for the Yemenis. But the government also faces an armed rebellion in the north and a separatist movement i

VOA标准英语2010年-200,000 Displaced in Northern Yemen Fi

The U.N. refugee agency reports more than 200,000 people have been displaced by the conflict in northern Yemen. It says the growing number of displaced is straining the ability of aid agencies to shelter and care for those forced to flee their homes.

VOA标准英语2008年-US Says Yemen Embassy Attack Bears Hallmarks of

The State Department says the attack on the U.S. embassy in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, was apparently an attempt by terrorists to breach the walls of the heavily-guarded facility. Officials say the attack bore all the hallmarks of an al-Qaida operat