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NIGERIA: No Oil Company Will Know Peace in the Creeks By Sam Olukoya YENAGOA, Nigeria - Three flow stations in the oil-rich Niger Delta have had to be closed after a pipeline was sabotaged, according to Royal Dutch Shell. MORE >>
WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Sierra Leone Sees Opportunity to Rise Up By Mohamed Fofanah FREETOWN - The World Social Forum held in Nairobi in 2007 inspired Sierra Leonean activists to organise themselves to demand things like housing, health care and greater accountability from their government. That inspiration was not sustained. MORE >>
COTE D'IVOIRE: Banana Producers Turn To Regional Markets By Salif D. Cheickna ABIDJAN - Twelve thousand people working on Côte d'Ivoire's banana plantations face uncertainty as the European Union begins implementing a new agreement governing tariffs on bananas. MORE >>
GUINEA: Transition Plan Agreed By Saliou Samb CONAKRY - General Sékouba Konaté, head of Guinea's military junta since the assassination attempt on Captain Moussa Dadis Camara in December has returned from a week of meetings in Burkina Faso bearing a blueprint for a return Guinea to democratic rule and constitutional order. MORE >>
GHANA: Quietly Extending Options to Women By Elana Roth* ACCRA - Juliana Kweais has a small scar on her bottom lip, from the first time she witnessed an abortion. The sharp blow to her mouth was delivered by her grandmother, after the then-13-year-old Kweais had asked why her auntie had given "birth" to a bloody sack. MORE >>
MALI: Small Farmers in the Carbon Market By Soumaïla T. Diarra BAMAKO - Mohamed Abd Khibé is a caretaker at the acacia nursery in Dialoubé village, part of a project to sequester carbon in trees while simultaneously improving farmers' livelihoods. MORE >>
LIBERIA: Paper Rights Flimsy Protection By Bonnie Allen SANNIQUELLIE, Liberia - Just a few metres outside the front door of a large white-washed courthouse in north central Liberia, Tete Garwo sells small plastic bags of cold water and passes time by pleading her case to thirsty customers. The 40-year old woman describes how she was forced out of her house by an abusive husband, then deprived of her half of the property. MORE >>
COTE D’IVOIRE: Elections Under Threat Again By Fulgence Zamblé ABIDJAN - Preparations for presidential elections scheduled for the end of February or the beginning of March - elections which have already been postponed numerous times since 2005 - have again reached an impasse in Côte d'Ivoire. MORE >>
NIGERIA: Lake Communities Left High and Dry By Mustapha Muhammad DORON-BAGA and KANO, Nigeria - The fittest are fleeing the shores of Lake Chad: Adamu Modu, a young fisherman, is joining a stream of able-bodied men heading south to find work in the southern part of the country. MORE >>
COTE D'IVOIRE: Independent Candidate Pledges Reconciliation By Fulgence Zamblé ABIDJAN - Presidential elections in Côte d'Ivoire, scheduled for Nov. 29, were postponed until February or March 2010. Among the candidates who will try to take advantage of some additional time to campaign will be the sole independent candidate, Jacqueline Oble. MORE >>
NIGERIA: Fears for the Future as Religious Violence Claims 35 By Mustapha Muhammad KANO - Government has again clashed with a religious sect in the state of Bauchi. Just under six months ago, an Islamist sect called Boko Haram launched attacks on police stations across four northern states, and hundreds of lives were lost before the situation was brought under control. MORE >>
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