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POLITICS-NIGERIA: Voters Turn Out in Large Numbers to Elect a New President
Nigerian voters turned out in large numbers on Saturday to elect a new president and 36 state governors for the next four years.POLITICS: First Meeting between Rebels and Ivorian President
Rebel ministers sat down with President Laurent Gbagbo this week in the first meeting of Cote d'Ivoire's new reconciliation government in the economic capital, Abidjan, raising hopes in the troubled West African nation for a return to peace after nearly seven months of civil war.POLITICS-LIBERIA: Frantic Search for Peace
Liberia's warlords and politicians have agreed to meet soon to try to end the country's three-year civil war.POLITICS-NIGERIA: Parliamentary Polls Free and Fair – Observers
Both international and local observers Wednesday described Nigeria's parliamentary polls as "free and fair", but opposition parties have rejected the validity of the results.RIGHTS-SIERRA LEONE: Healing the Wounds of War
"I was grabbed by armed rebels together with nine other civilians and tied like a cow before they started the systematic amputation of our limbs using blunt machetes," remarked Tamba Finnoh, a farmer from the eastern district of Kono.RIGHTS-AFRICA: Outdated Values Keep Rural Women Landless
Despite the important role they play in agriculture and food production, rural African women can neither buy land nor inherit it because of ancient traditions perpetuated by men.ENVIRONMENT-GABON: Access to Clean Water Still a Big Problem
Access to potable water remains a critical problem in both rural Gabon and poorer suburbs of big cities.POLITICS-AFRICA: A Test for Democracy, as Nigeria Goes to the Polls
Democracy in Africa and the credibility of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) - a programme to kick-start the economic and social development of the continent - will be tested as Nigeria goes to the polls to elect a new government over the coming weeks.POLITIC-NIGERIA: Smooth and Peaceful Elections Despite Rains
-A sea of different shades of colours of umbrellas formed queues at polling centres here this weekend as Nigerians turned out in large numbers defying the rains to elect their representatives for the Senate and the House of Representatives.IRAQ: ‘Fall of Saddam’ Splits Nigeria
Nigerians on Thursday greeted the 'fall of Saddam Hussein' from power in Baghdad with mixed feelings.SPORTS: Nigeria Prepares to Host All African Games
The rich Nigerian culture was on showcase this week as the country opened its new National Stadium in Abuja, the nation's capital, in preparatory for the 8th All African Games scheduled for Oct 4-18.SPORTS: Nigeria Prepares to Host All African Games
The rich Nigerian culture was on showcase this week as the country opened its new National Stadium in Abuja, the nation's capital, in preparatory for the 8th All African Games scheduled for Oct 4-18.MEDIA-BENIN: Private Newspapers Protest Police Brutality
Private newspapers in Benin are planning to hold demonstrations this week to protest police brutality against four journalists, including the editor of Le Telegramme, a daily newspaper, published in Cotonou, the country's economic capital.HEALTH-COTE D’IVOIRE: New Grant to Fight AIDS Epidemic
The Geneva-based Global Fund to Fight AIDS has just granted 92 million U.S. Dollars to Cote D'Ivoire to fight AIDS in the strife-torn West African country.POLITICS-SIERRA LEONE: Threat to Disrupt UN War Crimes Proceedings
"I don't wish the court is moved away from Sierra Leone, but if for security reasons we are pushed to that, then we will," comments Robin Vincent, registrar of the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone.POLITICS-NIGERIA: Cautious Optimism As Nigerians Prepare For The Polls
-Sixty-two million eligible voters in Nigeria will this week be issued with voters' cards as the first in a series of elections this year gets underway this weekend.ENVIRONMENT-CONGO: Health Alert Hurts the Economy
Health alert always hurt the economy. This is what the people of West Cuvette, a region along the Gabonese border, have found out when an Ebola epidemic hit their region last month.RIGHTS-BENIN: Women Groups Aim Daggers at the Heart of Abuse
After her husband died, Louise Anagonou was banished from their matrimonial home, which she and her husband had built at Ouidah, a small town some 40 kilometres west of the commercial capital, Cotonou.POLITICS-LIBERIA: Ghanian Fishing Families Flee into Sierra Leone
"We were forced to flee our fishing community in Robertsport in north-western Liberia, following heavy fighting there," remarks Edward Kofi-Ansah, a family head who now resides in Sulima, a fishing village on the Sierra Leonean side of the border.ENVIRONMENT-SENEGAL: Flouting the Most Basic Rules of Hygiene
Unconcerned about the glaring eyes of passers-by, a young man relieves himself on a street corner in Dakar, the capital of Senegal.DEVELOPMENT-SENEGAL: Water Shortages Hit Women the Most
Balancing a large bucket of water on her head, Fatou Sarr, a 20-year-old domestic, reflects the plight of hundreds of thousands of women in Senegal who spend hours searching for clean water everyday.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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