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13 Apr 2017

Barriers to education for children with disabilities

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Benin

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Of the millions of children who do not complete elementary school in West Africa each year, one third suffer from a disability. Their condition means they are confronted with many barriers to education. As part of its inclusive education programme, Handicap International seeks to remove the many barriers to the education of 170 000 children with disabilities in nine West African countries. Read on

17 Feb 2017

Extensive ape trafficking in West Africa

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A journalistic investigation conducted in 12 West African countries revealed extensive trafficking of the region’s protected wildlife. This traffic mainly involves apes, especially chimpanzees, which are sold as pets through a complex chain of intermediaries including poachers, traffickers, transporters and buyers. Read on

27 Jan 2017

Morocco, Nigeria plan for a trans-African gas pipeline

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Cross-border co-operation

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Energy

Regional integration

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An ambitious flagship project, the long-awaited construction of a trans-African gas pipeline connecting Nigeria via Morocco to Europe, might finally advance. The project was officially announced in December 2016 during a visit of King Mohammed VI to Nigeria. The 4 000 km pipeline will run along the Gulf of Guinea countries and will help create industrial hubs, and thereby will also boost regional economic integration beyond the energy sector. Read on

20 Dec 2016

New Ebola vaccine offers 100% protection

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The 2014 Ebola epidemic cost the lives of more than 11 000 West Africans. Researchers now have developed a vaccine that they consider to offer 100% protection against the disease. A trial involving nearly 12 000 people was conducted by the WHO and partners in Guinea. No Ebola cases were recorded 10 days or more after vaccination of nearly 6 000 people who received the new vaccine, called rVSV-ZEBOV. Read on

23 Sep 2016

Building synergy in the West African health sector

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On 16 September, Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who is also the current ECOWAS Chairwoman, met in Monrovia with Xavier Crespin, the Director General of the West African Health Organization (WAHO). President Sirleaf said that it is important to have more coherence between the health plans of individual West African countries and the plans of regional and international organisations. Read on

30 Mar 2016

Sierra Leone: Agribusiness project to benefit 50 000 farmers

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Sierra Leone

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Agriculture & Fisheries

Development co-operation

Food security

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The Government of Sierra Leone, the World Bank and the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) intend to better link farmers to agribusinesses. They signed a USD 55 million project to support smallholder commercialisation and agribusiness development. Under the five-year credit agreement and in line with the government’s Agenda for Prosperity, the project aims to benefit some 50 000 smallholder farmers, including 40% women and young farmers. Read on

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Sierra Leone

Barriers to education for children with disabilities

Extensive ape trafficking in West Africa

Morocco, Nigeria plan for a trans-African gas pipeline

New Ebola vaccine offers 100% protection

Building synergy in the West African health sector

Sierra Leone: Agribusiness project to benefit 50 000 farmers