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Obesity in South Africa
November 2007
In decades past, obesity was mainly a problem in the developed world. But today, people are actually getting fatter faster in places we are more likely to associate with malnourishment – Nigeria, India, even Ethiopia. The World's Patrick Cox reports from South Africa.
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Zoe's Ark
November 2007
Chad brought abduction charges against nine French and seven Spanish nationals in 2007. The detainees were part of an aid group called "Zoe's Ark." The accused tried to fly 103 children from Chad to France for what they say was a legal operation.
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Darfur crisis
October 2007
Some 200,000 people have died and 2 million have been displaced in Sudan's Darfur region since 2003. The government in Khartoum and Arab militias allied to it have been blamed for massacres of Darfur's black African population - charges the government denies. The World's Jeb Sharp reported from camps for Darfur refugees along the Chad-Sudan border in August.
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Sierra Leone's Dry Yai
September 2007
Sierra Leone is a country ravaged by civil war. But the West African nation is trying to overcome its violent history. The presidential elections went relatively smoothly but tensions are rising again. Enter three voices from Sierra Leone, urging everyone to stay calm.
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Abolition of the slave trade
March 2007
For more than 200 years Britain was at the heart of a lucrative transatlantic trade in millions of enslaved Africans. But in March 1807 the British parliament banned the slave trade.
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Rwanda Series
February 2007
13 years after the genocide in Rwanda, makeshift courts are trying thousands of suspected killers and the African country has powerful, haunting memorials. The World's Jeb Sharp reports on the legacy of the Rwandan genocide.
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Liberia Series
February 2007
One year after Africa's first elected female head of state, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, started the massive job of rebuilding war-shattered Liberia, her government has made a good start but still faces huge challenges. The World's Jessie Graham traveled to West Africa to report from Liberia.
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Congo Conservation
September, 2006
Years of war and starvation left deep scars on the Democratic Republic of Congo. The African country's wildlife also suffered , but now there are there are signs that some species are recovering, as Suzanne Marmion found out in the Virunga National Park. |
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Inside Zimbabwe
August 2006
The southern African nation has become an international pariah. President Mugabe's government is widely condemned for brutality, corruption and mismanagement of the economy. Many Zimbabweans have fled to other countries but others argue that the outside world has misunderstood their country. Correspondent Sheri Fink has this rare look inside Zimbabwe from the perspective of one of its defenders.
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