But Burkina Faso is not the only West African country struggling with the ravaging affects of the floods.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

Every major African-American writer of the twentieth century, at least until your lifetime, when black writers in this country are now born and raised in cities, in California or Minneapolis or New York or and in modern Atlanta and they come from all the same places other Americas do.

二十世纪的每一个主流的非裔美籍作家,至少到你们这一辈子所能接触到的,这个国家的黑人作家,现在,都生于城市长于城市,在加州,明尼阿波利斯市或者纽约市,或者现代亚特兰大,他们从和其他美国人来自同一个地方

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The humanitarian aid agency says its air service to the war-torn Central African country will run out of money by August 15.

VOA: standard.2009.08.02

Among other decisions, they announced an arms embargo and sanctions against leaders of the military junta in the West African country of Guinea.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

The situation in the West African country remains volatile, after presidential guards opened fire on tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters on September 28.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

The 1991 invasion of Sierra Leone sparked a brutal civil war in the West African country, marked by tussles over diamonds and participation by child soldiers.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

Could an African country host an international conference attracting thousands of participants?

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

Barack Obama has spoken repeatedly of Lincoln's influence in making it possible for the country to have its first African-American president.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

But South African President Jacob Zuma says holding the World Cup has brought development that will help the country for many years.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

African lions are also threatened by human expansion into areas that once were wild lion country.

VOA: special.2009.05.05

Barack Obama is the country's first African-American president.

VOA: special.2009.07.24

Johnson cites the Central African Republic as one country where children suffer from instability and lack of basic services.

VOA: standard.2010.02.04

The pre-dominantly South African crowd went wild when Mr.Zuma articulated the country's joy at hosting the World Cup.

VOA: standard.2010.06.11

South African President Jacob Zuma announced what he called a new era in the fight against HIV/AIDS in his country, which is seen by many as the epicenter of the epidemic.

VOA: standard.2009.12.02

It's that progress that made it possible for me to be here today, for the good people of this country to elect an African-American the 44th President of the United States of America,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.17

Under his leadership, the NAACP held rallies and funded programs across the country to enable young African American to stay in school and earn the degrees that would be their passports to social equality and effective citizenship.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

A recent progress report on HIV/AIDS says Botswana is one of the nine Southern African countries that continue to bear the global burden of HIV/AIDS, with each country having an adult prevalence of more than 10 percent. The government's national AIDS control program has boosted testing,prevention and treatment efforts.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10