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Lead kills children in Dakar's suburbs

Children have been dying of lead poisoning on the outskirts of the Senegalese capital. After years of informal car battery recycling in the area, the authorities have failed to protect the population from toxic effluents

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Sudan's governemnt has accused Darfur's largest refugee camp of harbouring rebel fighters. The Kalma camp is the only one that is permanently protected by United Nations and African Union forces, but residents fear they may be driven out as the military threatens to take action. Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from the camp.