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BISSAU, 27 October 2009 (IRIN) - In Guinea-Bissau security sector reform remains stalled but observers say the necessary laws are being written and it is now up to the government to get them through parliament.
BISSAU, 27 October 2009 (IRIN) - Below is a timeline of key political events to take place since the formation of the PAIGC political party in 1956.
CONAKRY, 27 October 2009 (IRIN) - Prices of rice, sugar, oil and other basic foods have risen sharply in the Guinea capital Conakry in the tense weeks following a deadly military crackdown on civilians.
DAKAR, 28 October 2009 (IRIN) - Youths in the Guinea capital Conakry went on hunger strike on 28 October - one month after the deadly military attack on civilians - to call for political dialogue, an end to violence and the arrest of those who attacked demonstrators.
BISSAU, 28 October 2009 (IRIN) - Contraceptive use is on the rise in both urban and rural areas in Guinea-Bissau, as access to reproductive and infant healthcare improves and family planning messages start to sink in, say health officials and UN staff.
DAKAR, 29 October 2009 (IRIN) - To detect malaria people might soon be able to chew a stick of gum and swipe it over a magnet or scan a finger with ultra-far infrared light. Neither test requires a blood sample.
DAKAR, 30 October 2009 (IRIN) - Local civil society activists say Guinea's latest political crisis has taken on an ethnic dimension in N’zérékoré - junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara’s home region - which has an ethnically mixed population and has experienced communal clashes before.
GOZ BEIDA, 30 October 2009 (IRIN) - A three-day nationwide polio vaccination campaign began on 30 October throughout Chad, including in the east where according to the World Health Organization the rate of routine immunizations is among the weakest nationwide.