Africa, World

CONAKRY Thursday, October 02, 2008 (IRIN) - As regional leaders gathered in Conakry on 2 October to celebrate Guinea’s 50 years of independence from...

CONAKRY Wednesday, September 24, 2008 (IRIN) - Guinea fell five spots in the 2008 ranking of perceptions of corruption released by the watchdog...

PRAIA Thursday, November 06, 2008 (IRIN) - Illegal housing precariously built on the volcanic archipelago of Cape Verde threatens to increase...

PRAIA Monday, November 03, 2008 (IRIN) - Faced with a growing number of drug trafficking, money laundering and organised crime investigations, the...

CONAKRY Thursday, November 13, 2008 (IRIN) - Fatoumata Binta Diallo's husband had been positive for many years when she discovered she was HIV...

CONAKRY Tuesday, November 04, 2008 (IRIN) - People living near Guinea’s mining sites are increasingly taking to the streets to protest the lack of...

HARARE Wednesday, November 05, 2008 (IRIN) - Desperate entrepreneurs are scouring rubbish dumps, abattoirs and poisoned waterways for scraps of food...

HARARE Wednesday, November 05, 2008 (IRIN) - Zimbabwe has activated its national disaster response agency, the Civil Protection Unit (CPU), to...

BULAWAYO Tuesday, November 04, 2008 (IRIN) - Takunda Moyo, 35, seems the epitome of a successful business person: he drives a sleek car, wears...

ACCRA Friday, November 14, 2008 (IRIN) - Ten people have been confirmed dead and two are hospitalised following an outbreak of meningitis in...