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POLITICS-NIGERIA : In the Shadows of Men: Women’s Political Marginalisation
By Mustapha Muhammad
KANO - Ten years after Nigeria returned to civil rule women still play second fiddle in the male-dominated politics of Africa’s most populous nation, women politicians and activists say.
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DEVELOPMENT-CAMEROON: Are Women the Magic Bullet for "Electoral Apathy"?
By Mohamadou Houmfa
YAOUNDE - A support network for women's political participation, is challenging head-on what it calls "electoral apathy", after noting a growing trend in electoral abstention.
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HEALTH-SOUTH AFRICA: Five Years to Children Born Free of HIV
By Marshall Patsanza
JOHANNESBURG - A world where all children are born free of HIV infection is possible in only five years if donors continue to fund global efforts to combat the virus.
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POLITICS-NIGER: First Steps Towards the Restoration of Democracy?
By Ousseini Issa*
NIAMEY - As its promised transition to democratic rule begins, the military junta that overthrew Nigerien president Mamadou Tandja on February 18 has named a former information minister, Mahamadou Danda, as the new prime minister while retaining legislative and executive powers for itself.
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COTE D'IVOIRE: Crisis Within a Crisis Delays Elections Again
By Fulgence Zamblé*
ABIDJAN - A week after President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved the government and the electoral commission, thousands marched in the city of Bouaké, damaging cars and shops. There have been almost daily demonstrations in cities across the country as Côte d'Ivoire's political crisis deepens.
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POLITICS-TOGO: First Female Presidential Candidate
By Noël Kokou Tadégnon*
LOME - Brigitte Kafui Adjamagbo-Johnson, head of the opposition Democratic Convention of African Peoples party, is Togo's first female presidential candidate. But she has withdrawn from the electoral process.
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COTE D'IVOIRE: Policy Changes Revive Poultry Industry
By Fulgence Zamblé
ABATTA, Côte d'Ivoire - Ivorian poultry producers are enjoying strong growth thanks to the imposition of a tax on imports of poultry products from the European Union and South America.
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GHANA: Constitution Under the Knife
By Osabutey Anny
ACCRA - After 18 years of successful multi-party democracy, Ghanaians are bracing themselves to review the Fourth Republican Constitution.
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NIGERIA: No Oil Company Will Know Peace in the Creeks
By Sam Olukoya
YENAGOA, Nigeria - Three flow stations in the oil-rich Niger Delta have had to be closed after a pipeline was sabotaged, according to Royal Dutch Shell.
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WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Sierra Leone Sees Opportunity to Rise Up
By Mohamed Fofanah
FREETOWN - The World Social Forum held in Nairobi in 2007 inspired Sierra Leonean activists to organise themselves to demand things like housing, health care and greater accountability from their government. That inspiration was not sustained.
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COTE D'IVOIRE: Banana Producers Turn To Regional Markets
By Salif D. Cheickna
ABIDJAN - Twelve thousand people working on Côte d'Ivoire's banana plantations face uncertainty as the European Union begins implementing a new agreement governing tariffs on bananas.
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