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¤ Scheme Rattles Benin, an Anchor of Stability
 A Ponzi scheme has shaken the economy in a nation that has long been an exemplar of stability in West Africa. | ¤ A Hybridist Jamming With the World
 With his major-label debut, Lionel Loueke adds to jazz’s increasingly international flavor. | ¤ Bush, in Africa, Emphasizes Successes Over Conflicts
 President Bush defended his decision not to visit violence-stricken nations like Kenya and Sudan, saying he wanted to focus on his programs to fight AIDS and malaria. | ¤ Turmoil in Africa Alters Focus of Bush’s 5-Nation Tour
On the eve of a planned trip to Africa, President Bush thrust himself into the role of peacemaker on Thursday. | ¤ Arts, Briefly; From Albright-Knox, a Benin Bronze
Albright-Knox Art Gallery sells several older works at Sotheby's; 17th-century bronze head from kingdom of Benin sells for $4.74 million | ¤ Titan Corp. to Pay $28.5 Million in Fines for Foreign Bribery
The Titan Corporation, a leading military and intelligence contractor, will pay $28.5 million to settle criminal and civil charges that it bribed the president of Benin, government officials said yesterday. | ¤ West African Leaders Spar With Togo's Army-Backed President
West African leaders summoned Togo's new president to talks in Niger, threatening immediate sanctions if he did not attend. | ¤ Oldest Profession Is Still One of the Oldest Lures for Young Nigerian Women
 For nearly 20 years, the women of Benin City, Nigeria, have been going to Italy to work in the sex trade. | ¤ INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS; U.S. Will Cut Farm Subsidies In Trade Deal
US yields to pressure from developing countries and agrees to make 20 percent cut in some of $19 billion in subsidies it pays to American farmers each year, as members of World Trade Organization meet in Geneva to win approval for new deal governing world trade; US trade representative Robert B Zoellick reaches agreement to cut subsidies; also reaches accord with Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali in West Africa for eventual cutbacks in subsidies paid to American cotton growers; photo | ¤ Polio Cases In West Africa May Thwart W.H.O. Plan
World Health Organization blames Nigeria for spread of polio to at least six other West African countries in recent months; seeks to halt spread of disease through immunization of children in affected area, but acknowledges that this puts strain on countries that had already eradicated disease; chief obstacle to immunization program has been opposition by some Islamic leaders in Nigerian state of Kano; outbreak threatens WHO's goal of total eradication of polio by 2006 |
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¤ IRIN: Today's most popular IRIN articles
NAIROBI Friday, March 05, 2010 (IRIN) - Here are the most popular new articles on the IRIN website over the last 24 hours. Updated hourly. This feature was launched on 18 July, but will display the latest, most popular items of today. | ¤ IN-BRIEF: Vote counting in Togo
LOMÉ Friday, March 05, 2010 (IRIN) - Vote counting is underway in Togo, a day after presidential polls closed, with electoral authorities saying they are concerned not to repeat the mistakes of the violence-marred 2005 ballot. | ¤ TOGO: Hope for the best, prepare for worst
LOMÉ Wednesday, March 03, 2010 (IRIN) - More than 3,000 local election observers, 6,000 soldiers, and representatives of international election transparency watchdog groups are scattered across Togo on the eve of a presidential election crackling with tension, yet billed as a "national reconciliation" by its leaders. | ¤ AFRICA: Finding the food crops of the future
JOHANNESBURG Wednesday, February 24, 2010 (IRIN) - Temperatures seem set to soar to perilously high levels because of climate change. In another 40 years, would maize still be the staple food in Kenya, already hit by five failed rainy seasons? If not, what could people grow and eat? And if you could grow maize, how much water and fertilizer would it need? | ¤ AFRICA: Early arrival of meningitis "alarming"
DAKAR Monday, February 22, 2010 (IRIN) - A meningitis epidemic has struck earlier than usual and is spreading across sub-Saharan Africa's "meningitis belt" from Senegal to Ethiopia, according to health ministries in the region. The disease occurs during the dry season, with most cases reported in mid-April. | ¤ NIGER: Constitution crisis turned coup
NIAMEY Thursday, February 18, 2010 (IRIN) - Small vendors abandoned their stalls as the typical lunch hour break opened with gunfire at the presidential palace shortly after 1pm local time in Niger’s capital, Niamey. Firing continued intermittently with the military blocking all roads leading to the palace. Government helicopters were circling the city and fired in the afternoon, according to residents. | ¤ AFRICA: Making the case against counterfeit drugs
LOME Friday, February 05, 2010 (IRIN) - The fight against fake medicines requires a united public-private front to overcome people's resistance to health warnings and to dismantle increasingly sophisticated trafficking networks, medical professionals said at a meeting in the Togolese capital Lomé. | ¤ WEST & CENTRAL AFRICA: Communities on the edge
DAKAR Friday, February 05, 2010 (IRIN) - Natural disasters, epidemics and political unrest deal a particularly heavy blow to communities in West and Central Africa, where people live in a “fragile” state daily, UN Children’s Fund said on 4 February. | ¤ BENIN: Cholera kills at least five, with scores infected
COTONOU Tuesday, February 02, 2010 (IRIN) - In Benin cholera has killed five people in the past two weeks in a rare dry-season outbreak. | ¤ AFRICA: Rotavirus data must propel immunization - experts
DAKAR Wednesday, January 27, 2010 (IRIN) - Health experts hope the release of data showing the success of rotavirus vaccine will help compel policymakers to ensure all children will be immunized. |
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