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Saturday, August 16, 2008

Face to face with AIDS’ toll on children

California | Local | By Duke Helf | August 16, 2008
It is a chilling statistic: 12 million children in sub-Saharan Africa have been orphaned by AIDS. But the figure alone cannot begin to convey the toll of a pandemic that continues to punish vast swaths of the continent. Read more
 

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Democracy is losing ground across Africa

World | By Edmund S and Ers | July 13, 2008
Election-related meltdowns in Zimbabwe and Kenya are stark reminders of democracy’s fragile foothold in Africa, experts say, despite years of financial and diplomatic investment by the United States and other Western nations. Read more
 

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Food crisis yields an African opportunity

World | By Edmund S and Ers | June 14, 2008
When he was a boy, Charles Munyawera’s parents abandoned the Rwandan countryside in search of richer opportunities in Kigali, the capital city. Read more
 

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Mexico’s black history is often ignored

California | Local | By John L. Mitchell | April 13, 2008
In Mexico, the story of the country’s black population has been largely ignored in favor of an ideology that declares that all Mexicans are “mixed race.” Read more
 

A real blended family

California | Local | By John L. Mitchell | April 13, 2008
Every Sunday, on a chewed-up soccer field in Pasadena, Mexican immigrants play a game they learned barefoot in the dusty pueblos along a remote stretch of the Pacific coast. Read more
 

Mugabe forgoes regional summit

World | April 13, 2008
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe skipped a regional summit Saturday addressing the deepening crisis over the country’s contentious presidential election, giving southern African leaders little chance to step up the pressure on him. Read more
 

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Proud islanders wary of first bridge

World | By Edmund S and Ers | March 30, 2008
The stalwart people of this tiny, crescent-shaped island have fought off invasions from mainland Khartoum for more than 700 years. Read more
 

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Military bases in Africa? Bush says ‘that’s baloney’

World | February 21, 2008
After crossing Africa from west to east and back, the central issues that followed President Bush on his tour all came together Wednesday in the white stucco Osu Castle here on the Atlantic shoreline. Read more
 

Friday, February 15, 2008

New life for African AIDS patients

World | February 15, 2008
This western Kenya village was slowly dying five years ago. Read more
 

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Now, Africa

Entertainment | January 29, 2008
WHEN museums display African art and Modern art together, they generally do so to illustrate how seeing Africa’s arresting masks and fantastic figures helped Picasso and other Modern artists escape the constraints of Realism and move into Cubism, Surrealism and Dadaism. Read more
 

Saturday, January 26, 2008

Gates Foundation to boost agricultural grants

National | January 26, 2008
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced Friday that it would greatly increase agricultural grants designed to reduce hunger and poverty in Africa and South Asia. Read more
 

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Global Fund disputes Times report on Africa

Business | By Doug Smith and Charles Piller | December 20, 2007
In a statement posted on its website, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has challenged portions of a Los Angeles Times article about Global Fund efforts in Africa. Read more
 

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Unintended victims

National | By Doug Smith and Charles Piller | December 16, 2007
Aneighbor shaved Matsepang Nyoba’s head with an antiquated razor. Read more
 

Saturday, December 1, 2007

She found her groove in Africa

Entertainment | By Greg Burk | December 1, 2007
Staging benefit concerts and adopting babies are great, but musician Leni Stern has her own way of spreading the vibration of Africa: She has become an African. Read more
 

Friday, November 23, 2007

Gil Garcetti’s new focus is on Africa

Entertainment | By Tina Daunt | November 23, 2007
AUDIENCES and voters aren’t that much different, which makes entertainment and politics insecure occupations. Read more
 

Monday, November 5, 2007

Continent key to luxury firm’s margins

Business | By Ladka Bauerova | November 5, 2007
Daniel Ngonga doesn’t own any of conglomerate PPR’s Yves Saint Laurent suits or Gucci loafers. Read more
 

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Experimental malaria vaccine promising

Science | By Thomas H. Maugh II | October 18, 2007
An experimental malaria vaccine protected 65% of Mozambique infants who received a full course of injections, paving the way for a large clinical trial of what could be the first vaccine against the deadly disease, researchers reported Wednesday. Read more
 

Monday, October 15, 2007

Using hang-up calls to send a message

Business | By Andrew Heavens | October 15, 2007
khartoum, sudan – If you are in Sudan, it is a “missed call.” Read more
 

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Wars in Africa drain $18 billion, report estimates

World | October 11, 2007
Africa’s nearly two dozen wars in recent decades have robbed the continent of about $18 billion a year that could have helped one of the world’s poorest regions build stronger economies, says a report to be released today. Read more
 

Monday, August 6, 2007

Security brings technology to Africa

Business | By Tony Perry, Edmund S, and Ers | August 6, 2007
The U.S. military is embarking on a new effort in Africa to help thwart the rise of Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups and as a first step has launched a $500-million program to train African battalions in desert warfare. Read more
 
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