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Niger: once-taboo topic of hunger spoken again
Seeded on Fri Feb 26, 2010 2:07 PM EST (msnbc.com)
They are simple words humanitarian workers in Africa use often but dared not speak in this impoverished nation: hunger, starvation.
Ancient humans faced horned crocodile
Seeded on Wed Feb 24, 2010 4:11 PM EST (msnbc.com)
A newfound horned crocodile may have been the largest predator encountered by our ancestors in Africa, researchers now suggest.
S. African HIV Plan: Universal Testing & Treatment Could End the Epidemic
Seeded on Wed Feb 24, 2010 12:00 PM EST (discovermagazine.com)
It's a big year for South Africa: Less than four months remain until the first matches of the World Cup, when much of the planet's attention will turn to the country.
Staggering Malnutrition Rates Uncovered in Chad
Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:28 PM EST
BAHR EL GHAZAL, CHAD—A nutrition survey conducted in Bahr el Ghazal, a vast semi-arid region of western Chad, reveals global acute malnutrition rates well above the emergency threshold designated by the World Health Organization (WHO), Action Against Hunger | ACF International …
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Circumcision ring cuts AIDS risk in Africa
Seeded on Mon Feb 15, 2010 1:11 PM EST (msnbc.com)
Device must be worn for 10 days, but solution is cheap and mostly painless
Africa: Melinda Gates Lauds Health and Economic Advances for Continent's Poorest
Seeded on Fri Feb 12, 2010 4:33 PM EST (AllAfrica News: Latest)
"Despite impressive economic growth across Africa in recent years, the distribution of wealth has been uneven, and pernicious poverty persists.
Could Africa help power the world? (article + graphic)
Seeded on Sat Feb 6, 2010 10:59 PM EST (African solar power to power Europe? | GDS Publishing)
"Africa is a pretty much untapped source of renewable energy, but the world seems to be finally coming round to the continents potential - particularly solar power.
Young Leopard Gets a Prickly Reception as it Tries to Eat a Porcupine (Photos)
Seeded on Fri Feb 5, 2010 12:01 AM EST (the Mail online)
Great photos!
Intelligence Official Warns of Genocide in South Sudan
Seeded on Tue Feb 2, 2010 8:22 PM EST (UN Dispatch)
"Looking ahead over the next five years, a number of countries in Africa and Asia are at significant risk for a new outbreak of mass killing."
Al Shabab's reign of terror grips Somalia
Seeded on Tue Feb 2, 2010 8:14 PM EST (Toronto Star)
"He said no when fighters from Somalia's notorious al Shabab militia came to recruit him. A month later, he was tied down in a stadium while his hand and foot were hacked off. The Star 's Michelle Shephard talks to the victims and butchers in the world's most failed state
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