Full Coverage: West Africa

29.04.2007 Nigeria's elections — rife with vote-rigging, violence and intimidation — are only the latest example of the corruption and decay that characterised Obasanjo's rule, say Christopher Albin-Lackey and Ben Rawlence.
From Prospect magazine

27.04.2007 A Senegalese scientist has disputed test results used by President Yayha Jammeh to support claims that the Gambian leader had found a cure for AIDS: "There is no known cure for AIDS. Under no circumstance may results conducted in my laboratory be proof of an alleged cure for HIV."

24.04.2007 UNITED NATIONS, April 24 (OneWorld) - As the United Nations prepares itself to take further action on a proposal to adopt an arms control treaty, civil society groups are stepping up pressure on governments to take a firm stand.

20.04.2007 In Nigeria's Niger Delta region, MSF is running a 70-bed hospital providing emergency medical care to victims of trauma. In March, 72 gunshot victims were admitted, an indicator of the rising tensions as Nigeria's election season unfolds.
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14.04.2007 A regionwide mechanism can set the 15 countries from Senegal to Nigeria on the path to a brighter political and economic future, says Seth Kaplan.

13.04.2007 Thousands of women and girls marched against sexual violence through the main streets of Freetown last week as part of a new initiative to end violence against women.

11.04.2007 Scientists have developed a simple method of converting blood from various blood groups into group O, which can be given to anyone. But the process may not be useable for another 3-4 years in the United States and Europe, and longer in developing countries.

09.04.2007 A UK-based development organisation Womankind Worldwide has released a report - Tackling Violence against Women: A Worldwide Approach – that shares the stories, struggles, and strategies of people in Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Ghana, Peru, India and the UK who have come together to stand up for the rights of women.

05.04.2007 A 33-year old woman who was held against her will and forced to work in the United States since the age of 10 now faces deportation by U.S. immigration authorities.