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SENEGAL: Villagers blamed for deadly ICRC mine

africa » senegal » ziguinchor

IRIN

Monday, September 25, 2006

Two men have been arrested in connection with a mine explosion in Senegal’s southern Casamance region three weeks ago, which killed one worker with...

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Mediators to discuss country's uncertain future

africa » liberia

IRIN

Monday, September 25, 2006

High-level meetings on the faltering peace process in Cote d'Ivoire are scheduled in the next few weeks ahead of the expiration of a United...

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Red Cross Worker Killed in Casamance

africa » gambia

The Point

Friday, September 22, 2006

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Saturday that a Swiss-American woman working for the Red Cross was killed when her...

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WEST AFRICA: Saudi donation to help alleviate hunger

africa » ghana

IRIN

Friday, September 22, 2006

Saudi Arabia has donated US $10 million to the World Food Programme to help fight hunger in eight West African countries and boost school feeding...

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SOMALIA: Security tightened in Baidoa town

africa » gambia » soma

IRIN

Friday, September 22, 2006

Security has been tightened in Somalia's southwestern town of Baidoa, the seat of the transitional government, two days after an assassination...

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SIERRA LEONE: Women prospectors find steady income

africa » sierra leone

IRIN

Friday, September 22, 2006

Isata Kamara never imagined herself as a gold miner in Koidu, Sierra Leone’s diamondiferous eastern province. Before the civil war erupted in 1991,...

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SOUTH AFRICA: Questions still hang over ex-deputy president Zuma

africa » south africa

IRIN

Friday, September 22, 2006

A judge has thrown out a corruption case against former South African deputy president Jacob Zuma, a contender for the country's top job. Judge...

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GABON: Poverty amid plenty as unemployment booms

africa » gabon

IRIN

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Patiently scraping the scales off fish at the Pont Nomba market in Gabon's capital, 19-year-old high-school graduate Etienne Biyoghe said he once...

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SENEGAL: As Casamance fighting continues, displaced bed in

africa » senegal » ziguinchor

IRIN

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Thousands of people who have fled fighting between the Senegal army and pro-independence rebels in Senegal’s southern Casamance region are bedding in...

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COTE D IVOIRE: Gbagbo snubs UN, New York meeting

africa » gambia

IRIN

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Cote d'Ivoire’s President Laurent Gbagbo has said he believes the UN roadmap meant to bring peace to the country has “failed” and he will not attend...

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