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CORRUPTION-SIERRA LEONE: Song Sparks Governance Debate By Mohamed Fofanah FREETOWN - Nothing has ever sparked a debate on the state of governance in the country like the song released by one of Sierra Leone’s most popular artists, Emerson Bockarie. MORE >>
SIERRA LEONE: Claims Presidency Interferes with Judiciary By Lansana Fofana FREETOWN - It may be seven years after the country’s civil war, but Sierra Leone is still battling to obtain an independent judiciary. MORE >>
WEST AFRICA: Helping Pirates to Plunder the Oceans By Hilaire Avril PARIS - West Africa is one of the world’s regions most affected by pirate fishers. Illegal, unreported or unregulated fishing has been devastating local livelihoods and ecosystems for decades. National fisheries management authorities are often helpless to protect their maritime resources. MORE >>
Q&A: "One Can't Work 18 Hours a Day and Still be Poor" Isolda Agazzi interviews BABACAR NDAO, West African farmer GENEVA - Given the billions of dollars and euros that the U.S. and EU spend on trade-distorting support measures and the intractable lobby groups demanding these subsidies, these rich states’ promises to reduce such amounts will come to nought. It makes no sense for poor African states to allow these goods to flood their markets. MORE >>
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 >>
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