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COTE D'IVOIRE: Tuberculosis infections spreading

IRIN

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Tuberculosis (TB) infections in Côte d’Ivoire increased 9 percent between 2006 and 2008, and almost 10 percent of the cases were multidrug resistant,...

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CAMEROON: Not quite back to normal

africa » cameroon » yaounde

IRIN

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Traffic jams and urban bustle have returned to main towns and cities in the west and centre of Cameroon, belying the violence that just weeks earlier...

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GLOBAL: An Ethiopian solution to costly food aid

africa

IRIN

Friday, March 07, 2008

As food prices hit record highs, analysts warn that a re-think of food aid strategies is needed - and Ethiopia, a traditionally food insecure...

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Litter and the Law

africa » gambia

Friday, March 07, 2008

Any law is as good as the people that enforce it. A law that is meant not to be implemented is as bad as not having it at all. The concept of the...

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Youth Development

africa » gambia

Thursday, March 06, 2008

Man owes his claim of supremacy over other members of the living kingdom to his power of imagination. This he translates into action by means of some...

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MAURITANIA-SENEGAL: First refugees returning from Senegal get mixed welcome

africa » mauritania » nouakchott

IRIN

Friday, February 22, 2008

As Mauritanian refugees started their historic voyage from Senegal today, some Mauritanians said they feared the return would only burden the country...

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Tension Mounts over Suspected Impunity for Alleged Gays in Senegal

africa » senegal » dakar

The Point

Thursday, February 21, 2008

As the impending conference of the Organisation of Islamic Summit (OIC) approaches, the Muslim community of Senegal is at loggerheads with the...

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CHAD: Foreign minister pleads for international intervention

africa » chad

IRIN

Friday, February 15, 2008

In an exclusive IRIN interview, Chad's foreign minister Ahmat Allam-mi warns of a “catastrophic situation” in Central Africa unless the international...

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Democratic Republic of the Congo: Humanitarian crisis spills over into South Kivu

africa » dem rep congo » north kivu

IRIN

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

The ICRC has begun a distribution of essential items – clothing, blankets, mats, soap and kitchen sets – to over 500 displaced families who have...

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Police on anti-littering regulations

africa » gambia » banjul

Monday, February 04, 2008

At least sixty police prosecutors and investigators on Thursday received first hand training on anti-littering regulations to improve the enforcement...

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