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84 children killed by medicine in Nigeria 

DAKAR, Senegal -- A toxic chemical mixed into a teething medicine for babies has killed at least 84 children in Nigeria, health officials there...

The charge: Genocide: years after the violence began in Darfur, Sudan's reader may face arrest 

[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] One day this past March, a frail great grandmother sat amid the charred ruins of her home in...

Darfur's agony: does even more misery lie ahead for this wartorn region of Sudan? 

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SINCE THE HORRORS BEGAN IN 2003, at least 200,000 civilians have been killed in Darfur--a vast,...

Changes in attitudes offering hope for orphans in Sudan 

KHARTOUM, Sudan -- Like so many babies at the Maygoma Orphanage, Nariman Siddiq Ahmed Ali was brought here the day after he was born, sickly and...

Darfur refugees flooding into Chad 

DAKAR, Senegal -- Thousands of refugees fleeing attacks by Arab militias and Sudanese army bombs in the ravaged western region of Darfur have...

French aid workers sentenced in Africa to 8 years hard labor 

DAKAR, Senegal -- Six French aid workers were sentenced Wednesday by a court in Chad to eight years of hard labor for trying to take to Europe 103...

'Vulture' lawsuits hurt poor but expose corruption 

BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo -- The main teaching hospital here is in such disrepair that many patients have to pay freelance porters for...

NIGERIA reassigns ANTI-CORRUPTION OFFICIAL FOR YEAR 

By Lydia Polgreen

The New York Times

DAKAR, Senegal

Nigeria's top anti-corruption official, whose...

Africa's rising hopes: despite the problems their nations face, a port finds that Africans are optimistic about the future 

In a village near Dakar, the capital of Senegal, a 21-year-old shopkeeper named Salimata Mbengue has high hopes for the future, but she worries...

Election process questioned in Nigeria after landslide victory 

By LYDIA POLGREEN

The New York Times

ABUJA, Nigeria - The ruling party's candidate for president, Umaru Yar'Adua,...