The vessel, a small British-flagged catamaran, was carrying what is being described as symbolic quantities of toys, musical instruments and prosthetic limbs. Its passengers included a Holocaust survivor, a former Israeli fighter pilot and an Israeli...
Singer-activist's new song recalls January Haiti quake and the continuing bleak situation after six months Faiza Elmasry | Washington, DC 13 July 2010 Wyclef Jean in Haiti after the January 2010 earthquake It's been six months since a devastating ear...
This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders is a documentary by movie director Mark Hopkins. It tells the story of four doctors and their volunteer work in Liberia and the Democratic Rep...
Egypt is opening its border with Gaza to humanitarian aid and relief. The move comes as Cairo, along with its neighbors in the Middle East, continue to condemn Israel's deadly raid Monday of an international aid convoy to the Palestinian territory. P...
In this image taken from the Free Gaza Movement website 28 May 2010, one of the Turkish ships taking part in the 'Freedom Flotilla' is seen docked prior to heading for the shores off the Gaza Strip in this recent but undated photo We have only one ai...
Three babies with severe malaria receive a blood transfusion in the Siaya hospital in Western Kenya, 30 Oct 2009 Humanitarian groups have joined with African football players and major corporations to launch a new initiative aimed at combating malari...
Thousands of United States Marines and other troops are moving into Haiti to assist with relief efforts one week after the country's deadly earthquake. Also Tuesday, the United Nations authorized sending more peacekeepers and police to the devastated...
As rescue operations accelerated to help victims of the earthquake in Haiti, correspondent Brian Wagner flew into Port-au-Prince Wednesday to begin covering the story for VOA. He did not have to travel far to give a detailed account of the devastatio...
Southern African ministers are meeting in Mozambique to prepare for next month's summit of the African Union. Madagascar, Zimbabwe and Democratic Republic of Congo are major topics of discussion. Foreign ministers of the Southern African Development...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 31 March 2006 United Nations humanitarian relief coordinator Jan Egeland is in Uganda as part of a four-nation tour to assess and highlight the security and drought situation...
