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COTE D'IVOIRE: Malnutrition co...

COTE D'IVOIRE: Malnutrition concerns in country’s prisons

Friday, October 24, 2008
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has launched a nutritional feeding programme at the main prison in Abidjan after the incidence of...
COTE D'IVOIRE: “Rapes are enco...

COTE D'IVOIRE: “Rapes are encouraged”

Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Rapes of women and girls are common in western Côte d’Ivoire and generally go unpunished, said residents of the region. “These days nearly every...
COTE D'IVOIRE: Shaky peace lea...

COTE D'IVOIRE: Shaky peace leading into elections

Thursday, October 2, 2008
As presidential elections approach at year-end after repeated delays, analysts worry slow progress on meeting the demands of the Ouagadougou peace...
COTE D'IVOIRE: Toxic waste cri...

COTE D'IVOIRE: Toxic waste criminal investigations may indict higher-ups

Thursday, October 2, 2008
Ivorian government lawyers have said they may pursue criminal investigations against the Netherlands-based oil trader Trafigura, which owned the oil...
Côte d’Ivoire: ICRC launches b...

Côte d’Ivoire: ICRC launches beriberi programme in main prison

Wednesday, August 27, 2008
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has launched an emergency nutrition programme in the main prison of the capital Abidjan in a bid...
COTE D'IVOIRE: UN warns toxic ...

COTE D'IVOIRE: UN warns toxic waste still a threat

Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Two years after an illegal toxic dumping operation in the Ivorian capital Abidjan created a widespread medical emergency and political scandal, UN...
COTE D'IVOIRE: Yellow fever ep...

COTE D'IVOIRE: Yellow fever epidemic feared as vaccinations start

Wednesday, August 13, 2008
The Ivorian Ministry of Health has confirmed 19 people have been infected with yellow fever since May, while the World Health Organisation (WHO)...
Ivory Coast: High prices drive...

Ivory Coast: High prices drive people to counterfeit medicines

IRIN NEWS http://irinnews.org
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
With a severe respiratory infection and a prescription for medicines that would cost 35,000 CFA francs (US$83) at official prices, Drissa Kone has a...

Ivory Coast: Heavy rain kills six

IRIN NEWS
Friday, July 4, 2008
eavy rains in Abidjan have displaced 450 families and killed six people. “It rained all day on Sunday. At one point, the water level started to...
Ivory Coast: Child sacrifice o...

Ivory Coast: Child sacrifice on rise in election run-up

IRIN NEWS http://irinnews.org
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Child abduction, which is already a serious problem in Cote d’Ivoire, may worsen in the run up to presidential elections later this year as...
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