The Times United Nations still failing to rid the Congo of its killers | Condemned 15 years ago for its refusal to bring to justice the perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide, the United Nations now finds itself pilloried for being an accessory to murder in its efforts to ... (photo: AP / Riccardo Gangale)
The Examiner Charlize Theron's charity builds soccer fields in Africa before 2010 World Cup | Actress Charlize Theron is giving back to her homeland by donating soccer fields to Afria in honor of the 2010 World Cup. | Says the Daily Star, 34-year-old Theron has revealed that her Africa Outre... (photo: Creative Commons / )
Penn Live Flavor of the week | Sweet Potatoes Exposed | Alias: Don't call them yams! The misnomer has been perpetuated for decades. A yam is a nickname for a rough, scaly root from Africa, known as the "nyami," according to ncswe... (photo: GFDL / Carioca) FactFamilyPhotosPotatoesRelated
Al Jazeera Namibia set to hold elections | Namibians are set to vote in an election which is expected to return the longtime ruling party to power. | But Friday's vote may see the party's hold on the southe... (photo: AP / Themba Hadebe) ElectionsNamibiaPhotosPoliticsSociety
The New York Times Keeping West Africa Stable | Three West African states - Liberia, Sierra Leone and Cote d'Ivoire - have emerged from civil war to fragile stability in the past few years. But a civil war is brewing... (photo: AP / Schalk van Zuydam) AfricaCivil WarPeacePhotosSecurity
