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Halifa: April 24 Important in Gambian Calendar

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Monday, April 27, 2009

Mr Halifa Sallah, the spokesperson of the National Alliance for Democracy and Development (NADD) cum the Director of the People’s Centre for...

CONGO: Government moves to curb food inflation "taking time"

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81778

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

BRAZZAVILLE Tuesday, December 02, 2008 (IRIN) - Government measures aimed at reducing the cost of staple commodities in the Republic of Congo, where...

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Living in fear after rebel attack

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81703

Friday, November 28, 2008

SAM OUANDJA Friday, November 28, 2008 (IRIN) - The residents of this town near the Sudanese border are on edge, fearful that rebel fighters will...

CONGO: Financial crisis threatens timber jobs

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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

BRAZZAVILLE Tuesday, November 25, 2008 (IRIN) - Guy-Blaise Bakala, a timber worker in Pointe-Noire in the south of the Republic of Congo, has been...

SOMALIA: Conflict, drought force more children onto Hargeisa streets

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Saturday, November 22, 2008

HARGEISA Wednesday, October 22, 2008 (IRIN) - Conflict, drought and economic hardships have led to an unprecedented increase in the number of street...

SOMALIA: Hostility rises in Hargeisa after suicide bombings

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81385

Saturday, November 22, 2008

HARGEISA Monday, November 10, 2008 (IRIN) - Somalis displaced to the self-styled independent republic of Somaliland from other parts of the Horn of...

CONGO: Orders to demolish makeshift fuel stations

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Saturday, November 22, 2008

BRAZZAVILLE Wednesday, September 24, 2008 (IRIN) - The government of the Republic of Congo has ordered the demolition of all unauthorised makeshift...

CONGO: Heavy rains cause havoc, raise fears of disease outbreaks

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81356

Saturday, November 22, 2008

BRAZZAVILLE Friday, November 07, 2008 (IRIN) - Days of torrential rain have caused severe damage to the capital of the Republic of Congo and given...

CONGO: Disease devastates cassava crop, threatens widespread hunger

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81448

Saturday, November 22, 2008

BRAZZAVILLE Thursday, November 13, 2008 (IRIN) - Cassava is the staple food for most people in the Republic of Congo, but this main source of...

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Who’s who with guns?

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=78128

Saturday, November 22, 2008

BANGUI Friday, May 09, 2008 (IRIN) - The Central African Republic is striving to turn the page on decades of armed violence linked to mutinies, coups...