IRINnews NIGER: Southern villages emptying as drought bites web | TANOUT, 10 March 2010 (IRIN) - "Empty" increasingly describes the southern Niger town of Tanout in Zinder Region: Water wells and pastures, fields and food banks - and slowly - entire villages, ... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
BBC News Central Africa's beguiling republic | Poverty stricken, difficult to get around and considered too dangerous to visit by many Western governments, Central African Republic is not a tourism hot-spot. But our correspondent Chris Simpson h... (photo: AP / Schalk van Zuydam)
The Boston Globe Togo security blocks opposition headquarters | LOME, Togo-Security forces on Monday blocked off three roads leading to Togo's opposition party headquarters a day after the group had staged protests claiming presidential elections last week were ... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba) ElectionsPhotosProtestsSecurityTogo
Business Day Online The Birth of the Billionth African Last year Africa's population finally reached a billion, making the continent the second most populated after Asia, mirroring its geographical size as the second largest ... (photo: WN / Eteh) AfricaCultureEconomyPhotosPopulation
The Independent Protest over Togo poll result | Togo's opposition said yesterday it would contest an election result which returned President Faure Gnassingbe as the West African state's leader. Police fired tear gas... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba) ElectionsPhotosPoliticsProtestsTogo
Business Report China defends growing links with Africa | China rejected foreign concerns over its growing energy links with Africa on Sunday, saying it benefits African nations by bringing badly needed trade and infrastructur... (photo: AP / Ibrahim Usta) AfricaChinaEnergyInvestmentPhotos
