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West of Africa : Senegal's president in Gambia talks
on 2012/4/16 14:16:00
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AFP
Senegalese President Macky Sall arrived in Gambia Sunday for a one-day working visit on his first official trip since taking office.
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West of Africa : Gates gives $12mn grant to boost yam production
on 2012/4/3 17:16:42
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gave a $12-million (nine-million-euro) grant Monday to a project aimed at boosting yam production and doubling the income of west African farmers of the crop.
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West of Africa : Cocoa smugglers on motorbikes evade Ivorian guards
on 2012/3/11 15:49:53
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Reuters
OSSEIKRO, Ghana (Reuters) - In the dusty town of Osseikro just inside Ghana's border with Ivory Coast, the only billboard for miles welcomes visitors with the order: "Stop Smuggling Cocoa".
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West of Africa : Aid group heightens warnings of new Africa famine
on 2012/3/10 11:24:52
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AFP
An international aid group warned Friday of a growing famine risk in West Africa, amid reports of villagers raiding ant hills to take food from the insects.
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West of Africa : Red Cross seeks funds to avert Mali, Niger 'crisis'
on 2012/2/29 16:20:46
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AFP
The Red Cross on Tuesday called for emergency funds to "help forestall a major humanitarian crisis" in the west African nations of Niger and Mali.
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West of Africa : Piracy threatens West Africa oil expansion
on 2012/2/28 18:02:21
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AFP
Piracy is a growing threat to West Africa's plans to double oil production over the next decade and is already having a devastating impact on ports, the UN Security Council was warned Monday.
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West of Africa : Nigeria ex-leader in Senegal to mediate standoff
on 2012/2/22 15:37:10
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AP
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has arrived in Senegal to mediate the country's political standoff, while police once again fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the capital.
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West of Africa : Nigerian ex-leader headed to Senegal ahead of vote
on 2012/2/22 15:35:50
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AP
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is traveling to Senegal Tuesday to observe this weekend's contentious presidential election and to attempt to mediate a solution to the country's political impasse.
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West of Africa : UN calls for more help in W. Africa hunger crisis
on 2012/2/19 10:54:21
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AP
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Top United Nations officials say 10 million people need help amid a food crisis in West Africa's Sahel region.
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West of Africa : ECOWAS calls for immediate end to Tuareg fighting
on 2012/2/18 11:00:01
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AFP
West African leaders on Friday urged Tuareg rebels to "immediately" end their fresh offensive in northern Mali which has killed dozens and displaced thousands.
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West of Africa : I. Coast, Ghana on course with Gabon a threat
on 2012/2/4 14:10:59
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AFP
Zambia, Ivory Coast, Gabon and Ghana appear the likely winners of the 2012 Cup of Nations quarter-finals across central Africa this weekend.
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West of Africa : Burkinabes to face Gabon in Cup of Nations warm-up
on 2011/12/25 11:24:59
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AFP
Burkina Faso will host African Cup of Nations co-hosts Gabon in a pre-tournament friendly on January 9 in Franceville, the Burkinabe Football Federation (FBF) announced Saturday.
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West of Africa : Ouattara urges Ghana to arrest Ivorian suspects
on 2011/10/7 12:29:21
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Reuters
ACCRA (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara on Thursday urged Ghana to arrest and hand over Ivorians indicted for war crimes and other abuses during four months of post-election conflict in Ivory Coast.
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West of Africa : West African pirates release Spanish tanker
on 2011/9/25 16:53:29
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Reuters
MADRID (Reuters) - Pirates operating in West Africa have released a Spanish-owned tanker and its 23-member crew hijacked in the Gulf of Guinea on Sep. 14, a spokeswoman from Spain's foreign ministry said on Saturday.
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West of Africa : West Africa regional force mooted to fight pirates
on 2011/8/25 14:17:02
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Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - West African countries are discussing the creation of a regional force to tackle growing piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, a senior Nigerian government official said on Wednesday.
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West of Africa : Cameroon, Chad sign pact to fight elephant poaching
on 2011/8/4 14:20:55
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YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Cameroon and Chad have signed an accord to ramp up efforts to fight poachers who kill hundreds of elephants a year in a protected park on their common border, ministers from both nations said.
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West of Africa : Cameroon, Nigeria in new plan to save rare chimp
on 2011/6/24 12:46:07
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Reuters
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Cameroon and Nigeria plan to enlarge their protected forest areas and boost conservation programmes to save a rare chimpanzee subspecies from going extinct because of hunting and habitat destruction.
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West of Africa : Liberia says seized arms from Ivory Coast
on 2011/6/17 13:44:24
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Reuters
MONROVIA (Reuters) - The Liberian government said on Thursday it had seized a cache of arms and ammunitions including assault rifles and rocket launchers in a town near the border with neighbouring Ivory Coast.
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West of Africa : Drugs trafficking triggers abuse in W. Africa
on 2011/5/18 16:37:48
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reuters

West African governments need to step up their tactics to fight the rise of drug use and manufacture in countries that have been used as transit hubs, officials said on Tuesday.
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West of Africa : Galvanising the Media On Conflict Prevention
on 2011/5/17 16:24:15
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Daily Independent (Lagos)

Abuja — The statistics are grim and disheartening. Between 1955 and 2004 the 16 West African states of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), had experienced 44 successful military coups, 43 often-bloody failed coups, at least 82 coup plots, seven civil wars, and many other forms of political conflicts. These conflicts have adversely crippled development in affected countries, causing suffering among the peoples of the sub-region.
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