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West African Countries Need Global Support
Topix
- Tuesday, October 03, 2006
West African countries that have emerged from conflict to form democratically elected governments deserve international support to consolidate their fragile progress, ministers from the region have told the ... Comment
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After the battle's over Marine colonel helps rid countries of dangerous ordnance
Topix
- Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Stuart Harris spent most of his career preparing to lead men into battle until a new assignment put him on the other side of the conflict. Comment
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Vieira sees need for reforms in Guinea-Bissau
Topix
- Tuesday, October 03, 2006
President Joao Bernardo Vieira of Guinea-Bissau has emphasised the pressing need for his country to undergo serious reforms in public administration, defence and security. Comment
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Cable of greetings
Topix
- Tuesday, October 03, 2006
His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has sent a cable of greetings to Joao Bernardo Vieira, president of Guinea-Bissau, on the occasion of his country's Independence Day anniversary. Comment
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Bissau nets 674 kg cocaine in biggest drug haul
Topix
- Monday, September 25, 2006
Police in Guinea-Bissau seized 674 kg of cocaine on Sunday in the tiny country's biggest drugs haul and captured two suspected Venezuelan smugglers after a shoot-out, a top officer said. Comment
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Proposed Law Could Outlaw Female Genital Mutilation
allAfrica.com
- Tuesday, September 19, 2006
The practice of fanado, or female genital mutilation, could soon be outlawed by a new bill to be presented to the Guinea-Bissau
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GUINEA-BISSAU: Unsold cashews a disaster for farmers
IRIN
- Saturday, September 16, 2006
Staring hunger in the face, farmer Aladje Madio Dembo has travelled to the Guinea Bissau capital Bissau in a desperate bid to sell his 10-tonne cashew nut harvest and raise some
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Unsold Cashews a Disaster for Farmers
allAfrica.com
- Thursday, September 14, 2006
Staring hunger in the face, farmer Aladje Madio Dembo has travelled to the Guinea Bissau capital Bissau in a desperate bid to sell his 10-tonne cashew nut harvest and raise some
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Unsold Cashews a Disaster for Farmers
allAfrica.com
- Thursday, September 14, 2006
Staring hunger in the face, farmer Aladje Madio Dembo has travelled to the Guinea Bissau capital Bissau in a desperate bid to sell his 10-tonne cashew nut harvest and raise some
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GUINEA-BISSAU: Price of rice out of reach
IRIN
- Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Whether living in towns or rural farming communities, residents of Guinea-Bissau can't afford to buy their national staple, rice, despite government price
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Population Explosion Threatens to Trap Africa in Poverty Cycle
Topix
- Tuesday, September 05, 2006
There are 27.7 million people in Uganda. But by 2025 the population will almost double to 56 million, close to that of Britain, which has a similar land
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Price of Rice Out of Reach
allAfrica.com
- Saturday, September 02, 2006
Whether living in towns or rural farming communities, residents of Guinea-Bissau can't afford to buy their national staple, rice, despite government price
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Investcom's subscribers up 86%
Topix
- Friday, September 01, 2006
Lebanese-based mobile group Investcom, which South Africa's MTN Group acquired in July for USD5.5 billion, has reported an 86% year-on-year rise in total subscribers to 6.14 million at the end of June 2006.
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Thousands flee south Senegal fighting
Topix
- Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Nearly 4,000 people have fled to Gambia from Senegal's southern Casamance region to escape a week of fighting between Senegalese troops and Casamance separatists, a U.N. official said on Friday.
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October Issue Interview 'Both sides to the Lebanon conflict are...
Topix
- Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Mr. Jan Egeland was appointed United Nations undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator in
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GUINEA-BISSAU: Government targets price speculators
IRIN
- Friday, August 25, 2006
In an effort to control the cost of rice in Guinea-Bissau as it soars above state-dictated levels, the Ministry of Commerce is coming down hard on merchants who inflate prices.
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Coloured issue must not be abused
Topix
- Friday, August 25, 2006
August 23, 2006 By Chris Nissen The leaders of coloured people cannot claim victories over struggles they have not yet fought, writes Chris Nissen It was Amilcar Cabral, revolutionary thinker and leader of the ...
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Peace-building in Africa at KAIPTC '
Topix
- Friday, August 25, 2006
The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Teshie, in collaboration with the University of Alberta of Canada, will hold a conference entitled, "Post-conflict Peacebuilding in Africa: Assessing
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America's Third World Economy
Topix
- Friday, August 25, 2006
Daily Kos diarist 7November amidst a larger argument about the estate tax throws in an interesting tidbit about where the United States ranks of the Gini index , a widely accepted measure of income
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Government Targets Price Speculators
allAfrica.com
- Friday, August 25, 2006
In an effort to control the cost of rice in Guinea-Bissau as it soars above state-dictated levels, the Ministry of Commerce is coming down hard on merchants who inflate
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