Topic: West Africa
Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fears
AP Features
High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality — including nearly half the pills sampled in Senegal — raising fears of increased drug resistance that could wipe out the last weapon left to battle a disease that kills 1 million people each ...
Nigerian Christians count dead after Jos violence
AP News
Christian group in Nigeria counts its dead after religious violence consumed Jos, villagesA Christian group says 20 of its members died and another 56 remain missing after religious and political violence that consumed central Nigeria last month. A reverend with the Church of Christ in Nigeria said Monday that 67 ...
Nigerian militants claim attack on Shell pipeline
AP News
Militants claim attack on Shell-operated pipeline in restive Niger Delta; Shell denies attackA Nigerian militant group claims to have attacked an oil pipeline operated by Royal Dutch Shell PLC in the Niger Delta but oil company officials could not confirm the attack. The Joint Revolutionary Council says on Sunday it ...
Incumbent declared winner in flawed Nigeria poll
Reuters US Online Report World News
AWKA, Nigeria (Reuters) - The incumbent governor of Nigeria's southeastern Anambra state was on Sunday declared the winner of an election which voters and candidates said had been marred by widespread irregularities. The polls on Saturday in one of Nigeria's most politically turbulent states are the first in a ...
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