Other stories you missed in 2007

JOSE CENDON/AFP/Getty Images As you probably know, earlier this week FP posted the Top Ten Stories You Missed in 2007, our roundup of the most important news stories that flew under the radar this year. But we’re not the only ones keeping an eye out for little-noticed items and trends. Doctors Without Borders also posts ...

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As you probably know, earlier this week FP posted the Top Ten Stories You Missed in 2007, our roundup of the most important news stories that flew under the radar this year.

But we’re not the only ones keeping an eye out for little-noticed items and trends. Doctors Without Borders also posts an annual list. Theirs is of the Top 10 Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2007. Click here to see it. Sadly, of the those 10 stories, four of them are directly about Africa. Two others, tuberculosis and malnutrition, concern the continent as well. As usual, Africa got shafted and ignored this year.

Christine Y. Chen is a senior editor at Foreign Policy.

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