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350,000 displaced by floods in West Africa

At least 30 people were killed and 350,000 displaced when torrential rains soaked much of West Africa, the United Nations said Friday.

Guinness' success highlights opportunity in Nigeria, Africa

Kashi Shodeinde turned the ignition and his battered truck convulsed as black fumes poured from the exhaust. His precious cargo of bottled Guinness beer rattled as he set off into the gauntlet of Lagos' potholed roads and traffic.

Blood donors on tap on world's largest floating hospital

Ali Herbert has spent the last seven months being "a walking blood bank" aboard one of the the world's largest hospital ships.

U.N. moves to help thousands displaced by Benin floods

United Nations humanitarian agencies are preparing to assist 20,000 people displaced by heavy rainfall and flooding in the west African nation of Benin.

24 hours in Lagos: The city that never sleeps

If Lagos were a person, he (or she) would be described as "mad, bad and dangerous to know."

Canada: Two diplomats missing in Niger

Two Canadian diplomats have been reported missing in Niger, the Canadian government said Monday, adding that both men work for the United Nations.

Feel-good fashion in Africa

Although the ethical consumer has long campaigned against sweatshop labor dependent on young children working long hours for a pittance, the definition of a principled purchase has widened to include the fabrics themselves.

123 missing after ship sinks

Only 27 of 150 passengers on a ship traveling from Nigeria to Gabon survived when the vessel sank Wednesday night, said the harbor master for the main port in Cameroon.

Togolese flee to Benin, Ghana

The U.N. refugee agency Saturday said thousands of Togolese are fleeing to neighboring west African countries because of the political violence and instability in Togo this week.

Americans killed in Nigeria ambush

Two U.S. workers with the Chevron oil company and three Nigerian employees have been killed in an ambush in the volatile Niger delta region of Nigeria.

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