Africa, World

ABUJA Monday, November 17, 2008 (IRIN) - Crude oil smuggling continues unabated in the Niger Delta in southern Nigeria, spurred by chronic...

KANO Friday, October 31, 2008 (IRIN) - Despite a good harvest in 2008 Nigeria’s grain stocks are running low causing cereal prices – which usually...

ABUJA Friday, October 24, 2008 (IRIN) - A 18 October rebel attack on the Bakassi peninsula exposes the region’s continued vulnerability to...

ABUJA Tuesday, October 21, 2008 (IRIN) - The Nigerian Ministry of Health is trying to determine what caused a gastroenteritis outbreak that has...

KANO Friday, October 17, 2008 (IRIN) - Malaria has killed 401 people in the last four weeks in northern Nigeria’s Katsina state, according to local...

BISSAU Wednesday, October 15, 2008 (IRIN) - Child trafficking from Guinea-Bissau to Senegal is on the decline, partly due to better collaboration...

DAKAR Monday, October 13, 2008 (IRIN) - DAKAR, 13 October 2008 (IRIN) - The cholera epidemic is still out of control across Guinea-Bissau, with the...

LAGOS Thursday, November 20, 2008 (IRIN) - Getting married in Nigeria often requires more than just the bride and groom turning up at the altar, and...

KOINDU Wednesday, July 30, 2008 (IRIN) - Theresa, a vivacious 16-year-old girl, last saw her parents when they were dragged away from her in a crush...

KOINDU Wednesday, July 30, 2008 (IRIN) - Joshua’s parents were killed in front of him during the civil war. He was taken in by a pastor, but the man...