Africa, World

WUKRO (TIGRAY REGION) Tuesday, November 25, 2008 (IRIN) - Like many areas in the Horn of Africa, northern and northeastern Ethiopia are experiencing...

BUJUMBURA Wednesday, November 26, 2008 (IRIN) - At least 42 people have been afflicted in an outbreak of cholera in the north-eastern province of...

LUSAKA Wednesday, November 26, 2008 (IRIN) - Fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is jeopardising a voluntary repatriation...

YAOUNDÉ Wednesday, November 26, 2008 (IRIN) - When newspapers in Cameroon carried the story of a local businessman who allegedly had infected young...

PRAIA Wednesday, November 26, 2008 (IRIN) - About 900 Cape Verdeans have been deported back to the islands since 1992. Rejected by their host country...

CONAKRY Tuesday, November 25, 2008 (IRIN) - Five years ago, antiretroviral (ARV) treatment in Guinea cost US$100 per patient per month; today, thanks...

KANO Wednesday, November 26, 2008 (IRIN) - Just 26 percent of girls in northern Nigeria make it beyond primary school, according to the UN Children’s...

BOYINGEL THILLE Wednesday, November 26, 2008 (IRIN) - The Mauritanian government has promised thousands of repatriated citizens waiting for their...

Major shareholders of K-Rep have pumped an additional Sh1 billion capital into the bank. The move comes just after Parliament passed the Finance Bill...

Construction of cold storage facilities along Lake Victoria beaches is set to begin,the Fisheries Ministry has said.