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ECONOMY: Ghana Boosts Apprenticeships for Jobless Young Women By Amy Ascherman* ACCRA - The small shack beside Marjorie Patterson's house encloses evidence of a hard day's work. Bags overflow with the bold prints of traditional African fabrics. MORE >>
RIGHTS-CAMEROON: The Reverend Raped Me By Ngala Killian Chimtom YAOUNDE - A countrywide survey of the incidence of rape in Cameroon has returned disturbing statistics: 20 percent of the nearly 38,000 women surveyed reported having been raped; another 14 percent said they had escaped a rape attempt. MORE >>
SIERRA LEONE: New Dawn for Small Farmers? By Mohamed Fofanah KAMBIA DISTRICT, Sierra Leone - They call her "Marie Nerica", after a new breed of rice. MORE >>
AGRICULTURE-SENEGAL: Groundnut Production in Freefall By Koffigan E. Adigbli KAOLACK, Senegal - Farmers are complaining about a lack of technical assistance and the poor quality of seeds they've planted this year in the Kaolack region, Senegal's groundnut-producing area, 200 kilometres south of the capital Dakar. MORE >>
COTE D'IVOIRE: Without Better Storage, We Are Farming to Feed Insects By Fulgence Zamblé BONDOUKOU, Côte d'Ivoire - Every year, Robert Assalé, a farmer at Tangamourou in the Bondoukou region in east-central Côte d'Ivore, produces an impressive amount of yams. He harvested 30 tonnes in 2007, 42 tonnes in 2008 and has almost surpassed 50 tonnes this year. MORE >>
SIERRA LEONE: New Agriculture Plan Sprouts By Mohamed Fofanah FREETOWN - When in power, the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) promised that thanks to its pursuit of a pro-agriculture agenda, no Sierra Leonean would go to bed hungry by 2007. But the appointed date came and the people were still hungry. Unfortunately for the SLPP, it was an election year. MORE >>
HEALTH-AFRICA: Fresh Campaign Against Paediatric AIDS By Nalisha Kalideen JOHANNESBURG - Eleven years ago, Raloke Odetoyinbo had been married for two years and a month when she found out she was HIV positive. MORE >>
AGRICULTURE-COTE D'IVOIRE: Small-scale Pineapple Growers Want More Support By Fulgence Zamblé BONOUA, Côte d'Ivoire - Karim Diabaté, looks questioningly at his vast 20 hectare pineapple plantation in Bonoua in south-eastern Côte d'Ivoire. "I'm asking myself if if I'll get the money I need for in time for the inputs I need and keep my plants going." MORE >>
SIERRA LEONE: Journalists at War with Highest Court By Mohamed Fofanah FREETOWN - Umaru Fofana looks dishevelled. His hair is overgrown and people who do not know him could be mistaken for thinking he just joined an Afro band. And his hanging beard will surely solicit suspicious glances. MORE >>
AGRICULTURE-NIGERIA: Bagging Beans Against Beetles By Salma Ahmad Kano KANO - Cowpeas are of vital importance to the diets and livelihood of millions of people in West and Central Africa. But the crop is notoriously difficult to store - beetles and other pests can destroy an entire granary full of cowpeas within 12 months. MORE >>
POLITICS-GUINEA: Uncertainty Prevails Under Increasingly Isolated Junta By Saliou Samb CONAKRY - Under growing pressure ten days after a violent crackdown, killed 157 civilians, Guinean junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara has announced an independent committee of inquiry into the deaths. MORE >>
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