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Africa
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Saturday, August 16, 2008
Face to face with AIDS’ toll on children
California | Local |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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
