Africa, World

SÃO TOMÉ Wednesday, July 23, 2008 (IRIN) - No one expected that the reaction to empty condom dispensers on São Tomé and Príncipe would be so angry....

DAKAR Wednesday, October 15, 2008 (IRIN) - More than 11,000 school teachers are demanding better work conditions and more pay as they continue a...

MALABO Wednesday, October 22, 2008 (IRIN) - A few years after the first US oil drillers arrived in Equatorial Guinea in 1992, hundreds of mostly West...

DAKAR Friday, October 24, 2008 (IRIN) - In Côte d’Ivoire government health officials and aid agencies are launching emergency feeding and special...

DAKAR Tuesday, October 21, 2008 (IRIN) - Rapes of women and girls are common in western Côte d’Ivoire and generally go unpunished, said residents of...

DAKAR Thursday, October 02, 2008 (IRIN) - Ivorian government lawyers have said they may pursue criminal investigations against the Netherlands-based...

ABIDJAN Wednesday, October 01, 2008 (IRIN) - A trial is under way in Abidjan of local officials accused of conniving in the dumping of toxic oil...

DAKAR Friday, September 26, 2008 (IRIN) - Unless the Chad government includes rebels in reconciliation talks, the country will continue to face...

OUAGADOUGOU Tuesday, November 11, 2008 (IRIN) - According to the committee to oversee the Ouagadougou peace agreement – the Cadre Permanent de...

DAKAR Monday, November 10, 2008 (IRIN) - As Côte d’Ivoire focuses on restoring stability and holding presidential elections, women’s organisations...