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War in The Shadows A Guide to the Congo Wars During a decade of war in the Congo, as many as 3.3 million people have been killed and the world has taken little notice. Trace the history in this Web feature .
Europe's Minority Politicians in Short Supply PARIS -- Mariam Osman Sherifay is a Muslim woman, born in Egypt. Coskun Coruz left his native Turkey as a child. And Paul Boateng is a soft-spoken and dapper lawyer, a black man who spent most of his childhood in Ghana.
In Zimbabwe, AIDS Still Means Death Politics and poverty are depriving Africans in rural areas of relief, even as new drugs stem the disease across the continent.
In the News
Joy Tempered by a Wish for a Third World Pope (Post, April 20, 2005)
Nigeria's Spiritual Rainmaker Is Eyed at Vatican: Old-Line Papal Candidate Fostered Church's Growth (Post, April 17, 2005)
U.S. Official Ties Sudan Aid to Darfur: Support for North-South Accord Conditional on Progress in West (Post, April 12, 2005)
Pakistani Charged With Export Of Devices With Nuclear Uses (Post, April 9, 2005)
S. African Catholics Aren't Practicing What Pope Preached: Leaders Advocate Condoms To Curb Spread of AIDS Virus (Post, April 9, 2005)
Apartheid and Cinema Verity: It's Tough to Reconcile Truth With New Film's Handling of It (Post, April 3, 2005)
Catholics Crowd into Churches to Pay Respect: Faithful Gather From South America To the Philippines (Post, April 2, 2005)
In Bow to WTO, India Targets Drug Copying: Aid Groups Fear Drop in Supply (Post, March 24, 2005)
New Era, New Name for S. African Capital (Post, March 13, 2005)
Kyoto Credits System Aids the Rich, Some Say (Post, March 12, 2005)
Portraits of Anywhere but Home: South Africa Caters to Filming 'Foreign' Scenes as Local Industry Founders (Post, Feb. 27, 2005)
Togo Faces Arms Embargo, Travel Ban on Its Leaders (Post, Feb. 20, 2005)
Pneumonic Plague Seen in Congo Outbreak (Post, Feb. 19, 2005)
U.S. Resolution Calls for U.N. Peacekeeping Mission in Sudan (Post, Feb. 15, 2005)
Mass Protests Against Togo's President Turn Violent (Post, Feb. 13, 2005)
Kenya Is Buffeted By Graft Scandals: Public Confidence Low After Official Resigns (Post, Feb. 13, 2005)
Rwanda's Tormentors Emerge From the Forest to Haunt Congo: Hutu Guerrillas Find New Victims (Post, Feb. 10, 2005)
In Togo's Dynastic Transition, An Echo of Yesterday's Africa (Post, Feb. 8, 2005)
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