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  • Thursday, 26 November 2009
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West Africa

Sierra Leone Official Lauds Parliament for Anti-corruption Legislation

The Chairman of Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission says he has stepped up efforts to weed out corruption.

A would-be immigrant is carried on shore after arriving in the port of Los Cristianos

Spain Helping Mauritania Slow Illegal Immigration

Spanish, Mauritanian governments step up patrols along the coast to stop that illegal immigration

Orphans in Indonesia (file photo)

Children's Charity: Most 'Orphans' Do Have Living Parent

Save The Children says over 90 percent of children thought to be orphans in Ghana are not

Both Candidates Predict Victory in Tuesday's Liberia Senatorial By-Election

Geraldine Doe-Sheriff says she will make laws to make corruption a nonbailable offense

Nigeria Records First Swine Flu Death in Saudi Arabia

Saudi authorities say victim was not vaccinated against infection

Women Fatten Sheep to Raise Money for School Fees

A group of women in Southeastern Senegal pooled their money for their latest business project, called Operation Tabaski

Girls prepare to go on stage for their performance on the rights of the child

Senegalese Children Claim Their Rights

Educators, government ministers and international partners gather at primary school in Dakar

Students had decorated the school's courtyard with paintings illustrating their rights

Senegalese Children Claim Their Rights

Senagal children observe 20th anniversary celebration of UN Convention on Rights of Child

Map of Niger Delta, Nigeria

Nigerian Army Says Insecurity in Niger Delta is Over

Military spokesman says four-month ceasefire has re-established stability in troubled southern oil-producing

UNICEF

Conference Seeks to Make Early Childhood Development Priority in Africa

African educators, policymakers and first ladies meet in Dakar to discuss how to increase and improve early childhood development

Ali Bongo Ondimaba (file photo)

Ondimba's Visit to Paris Raises Question on France's Policy Toward Gabon

President Ali Bongo Ondimaba comes amid criticism that France's old, controversial relationship with Africa has not really changed

Niger Delta region in Nigeria

Some Niger Delta Residents Call for Troops Withdrawal

Troops maintain high-profile presence in Nigeria's oil-rich region despite halt in militant attacks on oil facilities, personnel in pas

In this July 13, 2009 file photo former Liberian President Charles Taylor is seen at the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague, Netherlands. Charles Taylor claims Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, he was indicted for war crimes as part of a U.S. "

Taylor Denies Jailing Journalists for Investigating Diamond Smuggling

Former Liberian president says he jailed foreign journalists because they were trying to assassinate him

Blaise Compaore, President of Burkina Faso (File)

West African Mediator to Meet Rivals in Guinea Political Crisis

Rivals remain divided over composition of transitional authority

Niger's President Mamadou Tandja (file photo)

ECOWAS Resumes Talks on Niger's Political Crisis

Meeting with coalition of opposition, civil society groups in Abuja aims to find solution to country's constitutional crisis

Ivory Coast Elections Delayed Again

Election officials in Ivory Coast have said the country's presidential poll will once again be pushed back

First Recorded Dengue Fever Epidemic Hits Cape Verde

Red Cross officials say an outbreak of dengue fever in Cape Verde is the worst ever in West Africa

Midwife Meissa Gueye helps a new mother learn to feed her baby

Senegal Health Workers Struggle with Prenatal Care for Rural Women

Health workers say getting women to come in for consistent prenatal care can mean difference between life and death

Cape Verde

Cape Verde Tackles 13,000 Suspected Cases of Dengue Fever

Nearly 70 cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever also reported

Nairobi in Kenya

Mismanagement May Cost Kenya Key Health Funds

Ratings produced by the Global Fund rank Kenya near the bottom globally in properly managing Fund grants