81.  In contrast to previous standoffs, Annan appeared unwilling to heed appeals from European, Arab and African nations to intervene diplomatically to avert an American attack.

82.  In some regions of the southern African nation of Botswana, half of all pregnant women carry the human immunodeficiency virus.

83.  In fact, he was born in the African nation of Ghana.

84.  In several African nations and Afghanistan, war hinders vaccinations.

85.  In some southern African nations, crops are going unharvested because the epidemic has afflicted large numbers of agricultural workers.

86.  In the African nation of Senegal, deaths have increased sevenfold in just five years, for example.

87.  In this straightforward commentary, the ambassador to the United States from Eritrea - a truly remarkable African nation - tells why.

88.  In the same year, she went to the African nation of Malawi, which had been flooded with refugees from a civil war in neighboring Mozambique.

89.  In the past, he said, African nations had been loathe to interfere in the affairs of their neighbors.

90.  In stark contrast to the rulers of Angola and Congo, they created an African nation devoted to improving the lives of its people.