VOA慢速英语2018 人道主义组织寻求减少对援助人员的袭击

Humanitarian Groups Seek Ways to Reduce Attacks on Aid Workers Humanitarian aid workers are often the target of armed groups in conflict areas. 人道主义援助人员经常成为冲突地区武装组织的目标。 Recently in Nigeria, Boko Haram m

VOA慢速英语2014 联合国称击落马航客机或是“战争罪行”

AS IT IS 2014-07-29 UN: Downing of Malaysian Airliner Maybe 'War Crime' 联合国称击落马航客机或是战争罪行 A United Nations official says the shooting down of a Malaysian airplane over eastern Ukraine may be judged a war crime. Navi Pil

2017年CRI How far can the peace process go in Myanmar?

A top official of the Myanmar government's Peace Commission has met with representatives from the 7 major armed ethnic groups from the North on the sidelines of the ongoing second session of the 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference in the capital,

Indonesian Islamic University Bans Burqas on School Grounds

An Indonesian state Islamic university faced criticism this week after it barred female students from wearing full-face veils. University officials say the veils were banned because of fears over the spread of extremist ideology at the school. Many M

AS IT IS 2015-12-22 Burundi Refugees Asked to Fight Their Own People

AS IT IS 2015-12-22 Burundi Refugees Asked to Fight Their Own People Burundi officials say refugees who fled to neighboring Rwanda are being asked now to fight against their homeland. An adviser to Burundi's president told Voice of America that Burun

Human Trafficking has Worsened in Burma Again

In the 2018 Trafficking in Persons, or TIP, Report, Burma was downgraded to Tier 3 for the second time in three years. It had been on a Tier 2 Watch List in 2017. Tier 1 is for countries that are meeting the minimum standards for the elimination of t

Islamic Court in Nigeria Frees Woman

By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: September 27, 2003 From VOA Special English, this is Steve Ember with In the News. This week an Islamic court in northern Nigeria freed a woman who was sentenced to death by

VOA慢速英语2013 刚果民主共和国东部冲突矿产地图

Map Shows Gold is Top Conflict Mineral in Eastern Congo 刚果民主共和国东部冲突矿产地图 From VOA Learning English, this is the Economics Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语经济报道。 Researchers have produced a new map of min

VOA慢速英语2014 中非共和国面临失去下一代

AS IT IS 2014-11-26 Central African Republic Losing the Next Generation 中非共和国跨倒的一代人 The Central African Republic has been unsettled since 2013. First, the Seleka rebel group ousted the government. The Seleka fighters were mostly

VOA标准英语2012--At Olympics, Christian and Islamic Groups Compete for Souls

At Olympics, Christian and Islamic Groups Compete for Souls The competition is for peoples souls. Christian groups like Amana Trust are handing out Bibles and spreading the Christian word of God. Robin Fenwick, a volunteer from Canada, says they came

VOA标准英语2010年-More Paramilitary Groups Disarm in Nor

Two splinter paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland have given up their weapons to an international commission monitoring what is known as 'decommissioning.' The two groups have for decades been waging an armed campaign against British sovereignty o

VOA标准英语2013--Child Soldiers Detained Mali

Child Soldiers Detained Mali A human rights group says children recruited as soldiers and those believed to have ties with armed groups are being illegally detained in Mali. Amnesty International says they are being held alongside adults, and some cl

马里酒店恐怖袭击或是武装组织权力斗争

马里酒店恐怖袭击或是武装组织权力斗争 A few days after the terrorists struck, the Radisson Blu hotel in Mali's capital city, Bamako, bears the scars of the November 20 attack that left at least 19 people dead. American embassy contra

VOA标准英语2014--Armed Groups Target Students, Teachers 武装分子袭击目标瞄准学生和老师

Armed Groups Target Students, Teachers 武装分子袭击目标瞄准学生和老师 A new report says attacking schools and universities has become a weapon of war. It says in the last five years hundreds of students and teachers have been killed an

2016年CRI Myanmar nationals on China-Myanmar border flee home to escape clashes

The cross-border movement came after four armed ethnic groups launched joint attacks against Myanmar military outposts and police stations in Muse and Kutkai in the northern state of Shan. The armed offensive involved the Kachin Independence Army, th

VOA常速英语2007年-Armed Groups to Meet in DRC Peace Summit

By Selah Hennessy Goma 22 December 2007 A summit has been called in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to try to bring peace to the war-torn country. Conference organizers say they hope the meeting will initiate a dialogue between the army, reneg

VOA常速英语2008年-Threat From Armed Groups Persists Amid Politica

By Derek Kilner Nairobi 05 March 2008 Kenya's parliament is set to reconvene Thursday to begin the process of enacting a power-sharing agreement reached last week between the country's two main parties. But as Derek Kilner reports from Nairobi, incid

VOA常速英语2007-Congo Peace Imperiled by Armed Groups in East

By Noel King Kigali 19 October 2007 Congo's 2006 democratic elections were intended to usher in a new era of peace in the once war-torn nation. And while improvements have been seen in certain areas across the vast country, holdout armed groups in th

VOA标准英语2013--刚果性暴力事件骤增

DRC Sexual Violence Sharply Risesc 刚果性暴力事件骤增 The U.N. refugee agency says theres been an alarming rise in sexual violence in the DRCs North Kivu Province. Fighting between government forces and two rebel groups has displaced thousan

CCTV9英语新闻：Syrian forces retake Dier al-Zour hospital

Syrian government forces have retaken a hospital in the city of Deir al-Zour after the Islamic State attacked it on Saturday. The militant group's attack against the Assad hospital came after it launched a dawn offensive on the besieged eastern Syria