单词:namibia (south-west africa)
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EXPLORATIONS - Exploring Africa By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Steve Ember with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English.
Election analysts say President Hifikepunye Pohamba is poised to win a second, five-year term. His ruling South West African People's Organization (SWAPO) is forecast to retain its two-thirds majority in parliament. Scott Bobb | Johannesburg 27 Nove
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
South Africa has joined the global trend of lowering interest rates to combat the current economic slowdown. The move is an abrupt reversal for a country that has been raising interest rates for years to control inflation. The change signals that Af
Builders in South Africa have begun construction on a new type of housing for low-income families. The buildings look like conventional homes, but the walls are made with sandbags. Architects say their experimental design is quicker and easier to bu
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 23 November 2007 The political landscape in Namibia has been unsettled by the defection of several senior leaders of the ruling SWAPO party to form an opposition party. The split comes as longtime SWAPO leader Sam Nujoma pr
By Terry FitzPatrick Cape Town 08 October 2007 South Africa's government is intervening in the international diamond market to ensure that uncut stones are polished by local jewelers. The government will soon begin buying 10 percent of the country's
By Nico Colombant Dakar 22 April 2008 Desertification is pushing further south in West Africa, crossing borders and creating devastating effects on local populations. One example where the desert is advancing is from Mauritania to northern Senegal. V
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
JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- South Africa will start their 2014 World Cup qualification campaign at home to Ethiopia on the weekend of June 2-3, 2012. This was confirmed after the Ethiopians defeated Somalia 5-0 in their preliminary round qualif
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
By Scott Bobb Durban 10 June 2008 Qualifying matches have begun around the world for the football World Cup, which begins in two years. In 2010 the World Cup is to be held for the first time in Africa and attention is focusing on host nation South A
Mexico's Rafael Marquez struck 12 minutes from time to deny hosts South Africa a winning start to the World Cup at Soccer City in Johannesburg(约翰内斯堡). Marquez controlled Andres Guardado's cross at the back post and rifled past Bafana Ba
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 11 September 2007 South Africans are marking the 30th anniversary of the death of Steve Biko, the founder of the Black Consciousness Movement, who died while in police custody. The occasion is being marked this week by spee
The Chinese Foreign Minister visit to Africa aims to implement the 10-point China-Africa cooperation plan proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping at last year's Johannesburg China-Africa Cooperation Forum. During his meeting with Namibian President