With earth’s population headed for 10 billion, much of the growth is in sub-Saharan Africa, where trends that have lowered birthrates elsewhere have not yet caught on.

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In Nigeria, a Preview of an Overcrowded Planet

12 million in sub-Saharan Africa use popular method.

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Contraceptive May Double HIV Risk

KINSHASA, Congo — The race to lead sub-Saharan Africa’s largest country kicks off this week with presidential candidates registering for the November election, a vote that threatens to spark even more violence in this nation already wracked by back-to-back civil wars, and still haunted by a myriad of armed groups. Incumbent Joseph Kabila, who first took power after his father’s assassination more than a decade ago, had appeared all but certain of victory until the opposition announced some surprising challengers. Among them is Kabila’s main rival in the 2006 vote — Jean-Pierre Bemba, who awaits his war crimes trial at the International Criminal Court at the Hague. Read full article > >

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Tripoli, Libya – As wealthier nations send boats and planes to rescue their citizens from the violence in Libya, a new refugee crisis is taking shape on the outskirts of Tripoli, where thousands of migrant workers from sub-Saharan Africa have been trapped with scant food and water, no international aid and little hope of escape. read more

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Libyan War Traps Poor Immigrants at Tripoli’s Edge

Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, the region worst affected by HIV/Aids, are leading a global decline in new cases, says the UN.

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Police in Swaziland arrest about 50 people ahead of protests against sub-Saharan Africa’s last absolute monarchy, activists say.

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Arrests over Swaziland protests