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Land grab or development opportunity?

MONROVIA, 17 February 2012 (IRIN) - Hundreds of villagers and town residents of Liberia’s Grand Cape Mount Country have attracted nationwide attention in their bid to recover what they say is land seized from them and turned over to a Malaysian agro-industrial concern. full report

AID POLICY: Spotlight on New Deal for fragile states

 DAKAR, 20 December 2011 (IRIN) - At the global aid effectiveness forum in Busan, South Korea, in November and December this year, the “G7+”, a group of nations which includes 19 fragile and conflict-affected states, agreed a New Deal on fragile states, which sets out concrete and, they hope, more relevant ways to improve peace- and state-building goals. full report

AFRICA: Sub-Saharan sanitation targets “two centuries away”

 LONDON, 18 November 2011 (IRIN) - It will take two centuries for sub-Saharan Africa to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation, according to NGO WaterAid, which calls on national leaders to commit 3.5 percent of their annual budget to the sector. full report

WEST AFRICA: Sahel the danger zone for food insecurity

 DAKAR, 27 October 2011 (IRIN) - Erratic rains and high imported rice and wheat prices against a backdrop of chronic food insecurity and malnutrition in parts of the Sahel, will leave millions of people at risk of food insecurity, according to the latest crop assessments. full report

FOOD: Rumpus over GM food aid

 JOHANNESBURG, 18 October 2011 (IRIN) - Genetically modified (GM) food aid bound for Africa has long been a bone of contention among governments, scientists, activists, consumers and aid workers. full report

COTE D'IVOIRE-LIBERIA: Shoring up border security

 ZWEDRU, 6 September 2011 (IRIN) - With fear still rife among the Ivoirian refugees remaining in eastern Liberia, NGO the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), which is managing refugee camps in Grand Gedeh County, is working to ensure refugee camps are apolitical and weapon-free. full report

WEST AFRICA: Smoothing the way for more pit latrines

 DAKAR, 31 August 2011 (IRIN) - The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and NGOs operating in West Africa say the main barrier to more pit latrines in rural areas is not poverty or lack of resources, but a lack of understanding about costs and benefits. full report

In Brief: Civil society studies West Africa "counter-terrorism plan"

 DAKAR, 9 August 2011 (IRIN) - Journalists and civil society members in West Africa analysed a “counter-terrorism plan” drawn up by the Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) at a 4-5 August meeting in the Senegalese capital Dakar. full report

Analysis: Do Liberians know what they're voting for?

 MONROVIA, 5 August 2011 (IRIN) - In two weeks Liberians will vote in a referendum to change four aspects of the constitution, following which they will vote in presidential and legislative elections in October or November, depending on the outcome of the referendum. full report

LIBERIA-COTE D’IVOIRE: “I really miss my mother - and my bicycle”

 JANZON AXIS, GRAND GEDEH COUNTY, 5 August 2011 (IRIN) - When Ivoirian villages were attacked during the post-election violence, causing hundreds of thousands to flee, many children were separated from their parents. full report

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