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)
Zeenews Circumcision may not cut HIV spread among gay men New York: Although studies in Africa have shown that circumcision can lower the spread of HIV among heterosexuals, it may not do much to prevent infections among gay and bisexual men in Western countr... (photo: AP / Jerome Delay)
Independent online Head of al-Azhar dies | Cairo - Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the head of Egypt's most prestigious seat of Islamic learning al-Azhar, died of a heart attack on Wednesday during a visit to Saudi Arabia, religious officials ... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil) DeathEducationEgyptIslamPhotos
Sky Sports Pearce - Door open for Owen | England U21 boss Stuart Pearce insists it is wrong to suggest Michael Owen's international career is over. | Owen's slim hopes of making this summer's World Cup finals appear to be over after he was... (photo: AP / Matt Dunham) FootballOwenPhotosSoccerSport
The Guardian UN begins talks on withdrawal from Congo | Peacekeepers on world's biggest mission may leave Democratic Republic of the Congo by mid-2011 | UN armoured vehicles pass refugees near Goma, east Congo. Photograph: W... (photo: UN / Logan Abassi) CongoPeacekeepersPhotosTalksUN
Independent online UN-backed mission launched in Congo | Kinshasa - A United Nations-backed military operation against Rwandan Hutu rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was launched at the weekend, a UN official sai... (photo: AP / Karel Prinsloo) Civil WarCongoMilitaryPhotosUN
Kenya Broadcasting Corp Kenya's tea production increases Written By:KNA/Reuters , Posted: Wed, Mar 03, 2010 | Kenya produced 37.7 million kg of tea in January, up 48 percent from a year earlier, aided by w... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis) BusinessEconomyKenyaPhotosWeather
The Guardian The limits of free speech in Rwanda | Sixteen years after genocide, Rwanda is facing a new test. President Paul Kagame, who is seeking re-election, is widely admired abroad. Among his fans are some of the w... (photo: AP / Michael Probst) ElectionsGenocidePhotosPoliticsRwanda
