Read more Africa stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/123/africa.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:37:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74469/100m-years-ago-africa-was-crocodile-central.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe universe of diverse prehistoric crocodile species keeps expanding, suggesting crocs were one of the dominant forms of life 100 million years ago. Paleontologists have just unearthed three new species in the Sahara desert: the 20-foot BoarCroc, which likely fed on dinosaurs; the 20-foot PancakeCroc, a flat-bodied fish-gobbler; and the...http://www.newser.com/story/74469/100m-years-ago-africa-was-crocodile-central.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 13:12:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73563/china-offers-africa-billions-in-aid-debt-forgiveness.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChinese premier Wen Jiabao today pledged $10 billion in low interest loans to African nations over the next three years and said Beijing would cancel the government debts of some of the poorest of those countries. The Asian powerhouse, at the start of a two-day China-Africa summit, looked to deflect...http://www.newser.com/story/73563/china-offers-africa-billions-in-aid-debt-forgiveness.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 08 Nov 2009 8:09:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73228/desert-rift-creating-new-african-sea-slowly.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfrica is getting a new ocean—in a million years, give or take. It's starting with a 35-mile rift in the Ethiopian desert caused by the eruption of a volcano in 2005. The rift will eventually meet with the Red Sea, allowing the waters to spill in, say scientists. The...http://www.newser.com/story/73228/desert-rift-creating-new-african-sea-slowly.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 14:14:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73134/famed-man-eating-lions-not-that-hungry-scientists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Tsavo lions, reputed to have consumed 135 railroad workers in Africa at the turn of the last century, were not quite as ravenous as legend would have it. The lions—whose stuffed carcasses are enshrined at Chicago ’s Field Museum —actually dispatched a mere 35 souls, new research shows....http://www.newser.com/story/73134/famed-man-eating-lions-not-that-hungry-scientists.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Nov 2009 16:43:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72810/swine-flu-crisis-is-fake-just-like-aids-in-africa.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhat do H1N1 and HIV have in common? They’re both money-making schemes! At least according to Rush Limbaugh, who yesterday took a fairly reasonable critique of swine flu hysteria off the rails and into crazy town, by saying it was being purposely hyped “for many of the same reasons that...http://www.newser.com/story/72810/swine-flu-crisis-is-fake-just-like-aids-in-africa.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 8:37:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72650/pirates-hijack-yacht-kidnap-uk-couple.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA British couple whose yacht went missing in the Indian Ocean four days ago is being held by Somali pirates. The couple was captured during a round-the-world trip while sailing from the Seychelles to Tanzania; five international warships were searching hundreds of miles off the African coast for the pair....http://www.newser.com/story/72650/pirates-hijack-yacht-kidnap-uk-couple.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 8:35:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72596/madonna-starts-malawian-girls-school.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagConstruction on a Malawian school for girls founded by Madonna began today. The singer has put up $15 million for the creation of the Raising Malawi Academy for Girls, which is expected to be finished in 2 years, the BBC reports. "Growing up in a privileged life, I took education...http://www.newser.com/story/72596/madonna-starts-malawian-girls-school.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 16:39:35 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72038/5m-african-leadership-prize-goes-to-nobody.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNobody has won this year's $5 million Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, the committee responsible for picking a winner announced today. That’s an enormous snub to the people eligible for the award, who include former heads of state Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, and...http://www.newser.com/story/72038/5m-african-leadership-prize-goes-to-nobody.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 14:43:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71993/elephants-on-verge-of-extinction.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWithin 15 years, African elephants could be extinct as a consequence of rampant ivory poaching, conservation experts say. Africa's elephant population numbers just 600,000, and that number appears to be dwindling by about 38,000 a year. That’s faster than the birth rate. One animal welfare group is urging...http://www.newser.com/story/71993/elephants-on-verge-of-extinction.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 13:44:00 CDT