The Sudan

Kudos to Nicholas Kristof for being one of the few voices in mainstream American journalism to draw attention to that country and the horrors going on every day there. By some estimates, as many as ten thousand people are dying there every day.

Kristof has posted a slideshow of his photos from the Sudan. The pictures are accompanied by short descriptions; some are quite pithy: "The desert is littered with the carcasses of donkeys, goats and even camels. When even the camels are dying of hunger and thirst, you know that waves of humans will be dying soon."

To find all the news about Africa that you won't see in American press, you can try allafrica.com. It's an invaluable resource.