Haitian students to arrive in Senegal to take up offer of new home for quake survivors

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Igor has formed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa near the Cape Verde Islands and has top sustained winds of near 40 mph (65 kph).

Mozambican food riots are reminder of vulnerability of world’s poorest nations

Mozambique riots spotlight world food price spike

Fire strikes at ruling party headquarters in Nigeria, only months before presidential election

Nigeria: Fire strikes ruling party headquarters

Health Ministry: Cholera epidemic in Nigeria, which has killed 352, threatens entire country

Nigeria: Cholera epidemic death toll rises to 352

Royal Dutch Shell issues production warning in Nigeria after sabotage on pipelines

Shell issues production warning in Nigeria

Nigeria: Royal Dutch Shell warns oil pipeline sabotage increasing despite amnesty deal

Nigeria: Shell says pipeline sabotage increasing

UN, aid workers warn of disaster as famine looms over West African nation of Niger

Aid workers warn of famine disaster in Niger

Body scanners going unused at Nigeria airports 7 months after Christmas bombing attempt

Body scanners going unused at Nigeria airports

Far from Gulf disaster’s glare, Nigeria’s chronic oil spills are its 50-year nightmare

Gulf spill a familiar story in oil-soaked Nigeria

Congo: burned survivors recover from deadly tanker explosion; UN says at least 230 dead

Congo: Burn survivors recover from tanker blast

Nigeria: Out-of-control gas tanker flips over and explodes in northern city, killing 14

Nigeria: Overturned gas tanker explodes, kills 14

Congo: UN says at least 220 dead, scores wounded oil tanker truck explosion

Congo: UN says at least 220 dead in oil explosion

Ghana officials say 80 trapped after heavy rains led to collapse of illegal gold mine

Ghana: 80 trapped in illegal gold mine collapse

Cameroon gov’t says wreckage of missing plane carrying Australian mine execs has been found

Cameroon: plane carrying Australian execs found

Aircraft carrying executives from an Australian mining company missing in Cameroon

Aircraft carrying Australians missing in Cameroon

Bus on overnight journey in western Cameroon overturns at sharp bend in road, killing 45

Bus overturns at night in Cameroon; 45 killed

In impoverished Niger, food crisis looms as starving cattle unable to stand wait for death

Dying cattle, costly grains fuel Niger food crisis

In impoverished Niger and other arid African countries, food crisis looms as cattle starve

Millions face hunger in arid belt of Africa

AP INVESTIGATION: Self-regulation of safety features is norm in oil industry worldwide

Oil giant Shell says attacks, vandalism led to loss of 14,000 tons of oil in Nigeria last year

Shell: Almost 14,000 tons of oil lost in Nigeria

Pilot error blamed in 2007 Kenya Airways crash in Cameroon that killed 114 people

Pilot error blamed for 2007 crash that killed 114

Volcano illustrates world’s interconnectedness, disrupts weddings, commerce, millions of lives

Volcano illustrates world’s interconnectedness

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