Health officials say new, affordable vaccine launched this week could eliminate recurring meningitis-A epidemics
Omar al-Bashir is wanted by International Criminal Court on war crimes charges for role in Darfur conflict
Nonprofit works with families to help single mothers find ways to keep their babies
President wins with landslide victory, four opposition candidates contest results, call for electoral commission president to resign
Current President Blaise Compaoré expected to win, observers say voter turnout was low
Reporters without Borders calls presidential candidates to discourage media supporters from using inflammatory language
Female voters outnumber men, leading candidates to cater to women's issues
President Blaise Compaoré, who gained power in 1987 coup d'état, expected to win re-election
Second round poll between President Laurent Gbagbo and former prime minister Alassane Ouattara to be held November 21
There are concerns that disputes over results could reignite violence in country's volatile western regions
President Gbagbo will face key opposition candidates in election
As country prepares to hold its long-delayed presidential poll, criminal gangs continue to assault, rob and rape, says HRW
UN mission surveying Benin says impact of mass flooding in country 'underestimated' and humanitarian situation increasingly worrying
Police had arrested 34 members of an international drug trafficking ring
Activists accused of theft, but human rights groups say imprisonment is part of systematic government attacks on human rights defenders
More than 160 Haitian students will enroll in a Senegalese university this fall free of charge
Election observers say a lot remains to be done to get country ready to hold its long-delayed poll on October 31
This week's kidnapping of 15 schoolchildren in Niger Delta region is most recent example of rising criminality
Guinea is in middle of landmark presidential poll meant to return country to civilian government after military coup
Vote intended to reunite country after a 2002 civil war, but it has been postponed six times in past five years
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