Reuters – Some time last year, in all probability, the “billionth African” was born, a milestone that will only benefit the poorest continent if it can get its act together and unify its piecemeal markets. Nobody knows, of course, when or where in its 53 countries the child arrived to push Africa’s population into 10 [...]

AP – The collapse of much of Haiti’s capital has a large part of the nation struggling just to find a place to sleep. As many as 1 million people — one person in nine across the entire country — need to find new shelter, the United Nations estimates, and there are too few tents, [...]

AP – An effective recovery strategy for Haiti must take into account a sudden rush of thousands of quake survivors from Port-au-Prince into the countryside, where the economy cannot sustain them, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday. Read more

AP – Suicide bombers struck in quick succession Monday at three Baghdad hotels favored by Western journalists in well-planned assaults that killed at least 37 people and wounded more than 100. Read more

AP – The Nigerian Army has restricted troop movements due to what is says is rising tension as the West African nation’s president remains in Saudi Arabia receiving medical treatment, a top general said Monday. Read more