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SUDAN: Great expectations as numbers of Southern returnees on the rise

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Monday, November 24, 2008

NGERJEBI Monday, November 24, 2008 (IRIN) - Albano Tombek is proud of his new thatch hut. "It's good to be back," said Tombek, chief of the Southern...

BURUNDI: No peace without prosperity – analysts

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Poverty, selfish political interests and inadequate economic development are the underlying causes of the political crisis gripping Burundi,...

SIERRA LEONE: Government tightens control of NGOs

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Officials in Sierra Leone are drafting a new law that will tighten controls on non-profit organisations working in the country, joining other...

SENEGAL: Finding incentives for peace in Casamance

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Friday, June 27, 2008

Civilians are growing increasingly desperate to return to their villages in Casamance, but with violent incidents continuing and the peace process...

UGANDA: Funding shortfall worries agencies, government

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Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Humanitarian activities in northern Uganda, which is emerging from more than two decades of civil war, are being curtailed because of a decline in...

COTE D'IVOIRE: Rate of malaria infection unchanged despite peace

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

The number of people infected with and dying from malaria in Cote d’Ivoire has not improved over the last five years, despite the end of the civil...

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Open season for bandits

IRIN

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Known variously as coupeurs de routes (highwaymen), Zaraguina or simply bandits, criminal gangs who kill, kidnap for ransom, loot and set fire to...

SUDAN: "Abyei a potential flashpoint for conflict" - UN envoy

IRIN

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Sudan’s Abyei region is a possible troublespot from which conflict could resume, three years after a comprehensive agreement was signed to end civil...

Africa 'being drained of doctors'

Friday, January 11, 2008

Many African countries now have more doctors and nurses working in richer countries abroad than they have at home, research shows. There has long...

LIBERIA: Mixed feelings about truth commission’s purpose

IRIN

Friday, January 11, 2008

Many Liberians observing the opening of the country’s first public truth and reconciliation commission hearings on 8 January were confused about...