Full Coverage: West Africa

30.09.2005 UNESCO will support a workshop on preparing a master plan for the national press in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to be organised in Kinshasa from 18 to 21 January 2006 by the Ministry of Press and Information.

22.09.2005 The march to a cashless society in Ghana has been boosted by the putting up of a common Automated Teller Machine (ATM) platform for five major banks in the country.

21.09.2005 Rising temperatures in the Sahara desert could reduce drought in the Sahel region immediately south of it, say researchers.

19.09.2005 Security guard Joel Toure has not seen his family in three years, his income has crumbled, his dreams have faded, and he has resigned himself to a situation that he feels powerless to change. Monday marked three years since a rebel movement essentially divided the country in two, and despite elections scheduled for late October, the country's future remains clouded.

09.09.2005 A leading technology business magazine in West Africa, IT Edge, has been named as one of the winners in the '2005 AISI Media Awards.'

09.09.2005 The village is nice, sprawling alongside a river with a couple of trees and the dunes behind it. But it is hot, very hot, even in the rainy season. It was a refreshing sensation to feel the light wind blow in Tombouctou at 40°C ...

09.09.2005 With Cote d'Ivoire rebel forces barring presidential elections from being conducted in areas under their hold, and with the Independent Electoral Commission yet to be set up, U.N. envoy to the region, Antonio Monteiro, announced Thursday that holding the elections on October 30 would be "almost impossible."

09.09.2005 “Before joining the literacy center, I was in the darkness,” said Monique Kaboré of Burkina Faso, who learned to read and write through a Lutheran World Relief literacy project, and has since then started her own small business and been able to educate her children.

08.09.2005 e-Banking in Nigeria has been in an upbeat mode. The financial market place has been actively promoting their online publications and functionalities while growth in mobile phone and internet penetration in Nigeria continues to increase.

07.09.2005 The small West African Republic of Guinea has taken an important step towards guaranteeing press freedom by opening the airwaves to private broadcasters.

02.09.2005 Recognizing the prominence of religion in Nigeria, the Centre for Development and Population Activities, a U.S. NGO, is joining forces with faith-based organizations in the region to initiate a new five-year action plan to fight against HIV/AIDS.

01.09.2005 Former Liberian president Charles Taylor, exiled in Nigeria since 2003, has been accused of crimes against humanity for supporting rebels in Sierra Leone but has so far escaped facing prosecution. However if a new law passes empowering the Nigeria Senate to extradite foreigners granted asylum, Taylor potentially faces being sent to the war crimes tribunal.