|
Briefing: Peace-making role for West African trade bloc
31 May 2012
(IRIN
),
With a string of political crises in West Africa over the past few months it has been a busy time for mediators of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which has a mandate and history of intervention - which in terms of scale sets it apart from other trading blocs in Africa.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95557/Briefing-Peace-making-role-for-West-African-trade-bloc
|
|
REFUGEES: Moving out of the shadows
31 May 2012
(IRIN
),
When night falls in the Dadaab refugee complex in eastern Kenya, nearly half a million refugees are plunged into darkness. The lack of light robs schoolchildren of the possibility of studying and provides perfect cover for thieves and rapists.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95558/REFUGEES-Moving-out-of-the-shadows
|
|
COTE D'IVOIRE: Traders resist rice price rules
22 May 2012
(IRIN
),
Some 320,000 people in Côte d'Ivoire are grappling with hunger partly because they cannot afford the high prices of imported rice, but government efforts to bring down the cost of the staple food are so far not working well.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95497/COTE-D-IVOIRE-Traders-resist-rice-price-rules
|
|
FOOD: Power to the people!
15 May 2012
(IRIN
),
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) launched its first Africa Human Development Report today, stressing food security as a means to a better quality of life for all.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95459/FOOD-Power-to-the-people
|
|
COTE D'IVOIRE: Displaced in west feel “forgotten”
26 April 2012
(IRIN
),
President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’Ivoire promised paved roads, an end to power cuts and water shortages, better mobile phone coverage, and a new university in the country’s west as part of an “emergency plan” to develop a region that has been steeped in violence and insecurity for a decade. But for some displaced Ivoirians still unable to return to their homes, the promises ring hollow.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95366/COTE-D-IVOIRE-Displaced-in-west-feel-forgotten
|
|
CLIMATE CHANGE: Farmers and forecasts
2 April 2012
(IRIN
),
Unpredictable rainfall in parts of Côte d’Ivoire cost some farmers over half of their harvest in 2011 producers told IRIN, but, armed with more knowledge about how to get weather reports and interpret them, they might still have been able to boost their output, say agricultural specialists.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95214/CLIMATE-CHANGE-Farmers-and-forecasts
|
|
COTE D'IVOIRE: Leprosy fight still flagging
8 February 2012
(IRIN
),
Côte d’Ivoire’s leprosy programme was consistently under-funded during the civil war (2002-2007) and last year’s political turmoil, say health practitioners, leading to a loss of expertise in terms of detecting or treating the disease.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94814/COTE-D-IVOIRE-Leprosy-fight-still-flagging
|
|
COTE D'IVOIRE: Meningitis spreads as people scramble for vaccine
2 February 2012
(IRIN
),
Eleven people have died from meningitis out of 40 reported cases in four departments across Côte d’Ivoire as of 31 January, leaving people scrambling to access the vaccine for their families.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94783/COTE-D-IVOIRE-Meningitis-spreads-as-people-scramble-for-vaccine
|
|
COTE D'IVOIRE: Separated children yet to return home
30 January 2012
(IRIN
),
Hundreds of children in Côte d’Ivoire were separated from their parents when people fled their villages during post-election violence in 2011, but nine months after the conflict formally ended only a quarter of those children have been reunified with their families, says the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94757/COTE-D-IVOIRE-Separated-children-yet-to-return-home
|
|
COTE D'IVOIRE: Government scraps free health care for all
26 January 2012
(IRIN
),
Côte d'Ivoire is abandoning free health care for all after a brief experiment because of skyrocketing costs.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/94729/COTE-D-IVOIRE-Government-scraps-free-health-care-for-all
|