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Cape Verde
Health | Travel - Leisure
Dengue epidemic paralyses Cape Verde

afrol News - A first-ever outbreak of dengue fever in Cape Verde, already causing four deaths and infecting 9,000 persons, has caused panic on the archipelago. Tomorrow, everybody is urged to kill mosquitoes instead of going to work, and both the police and army are sent out to root out the disease.

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Guinea-Bissau
Society
Guinea-Bissau role as drug hub declining

afrol News - According to UN sources, Guinea-Bissau with the help of European security forces is slowly losing importance as a centre for drug trafficking. The drug mafia is not anymore threatening the entire state apparatus.

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Mauritania
Society | Human rights
Slavery still persists in Mauritania

afrol News - Despite strong efforts by the toppled democratic government of Mauritania, slavery has yet to be rooted out in the country, a UN report documents. Under the new government, little progress is made to fight slavery.

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Central Africa | West Africa
Agriculture - Nutrition | Science - Education | Economy - Development
Maize research splendid investment for Africa

afrol News - A new book looking at the history and effect on maize research in West and Central Africa reveals it is among the best spent funds to achieve poverty reduction. Every million US$ spent on maize research had lifted 35,000 Africans out of poverty, it claims.

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Africa | Gambia
Human rights
"Strip Gambia off AU human rights body"

afrol News - The world's major association of human rights organisations has called on the African Union (AU) to consider moving the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) from its headquarters in The Gambia, as it is now impossible for human rights groups to participate in sessions there.

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Ghana
Agriculture - Nutrition | Economy - Development
Ghana fit to double cocoa production

afrol News - The Ghanaian government and its cocoa industry is gearing up to meet the aim of producing one million metric tonnes of cocoa by 2012. Ghana's Cocoa Marketing Company is already preparing to address bottlenecks in distribution, marketing and sales.

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Togo
Economy - Development | Politics
Togo gets first direct EU grant

afrol News - In a step sealing the total normalisation between Togolese-European Union (EU) ties, the Lomé government was given a euro 15 million grant defined as a direct budget support. This comes as Togo is preparing for general elections early next year.

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Liberia | Sierra Leone
Society | Human rights
Sierra Leone judge takes over Taylor case

afrol News - Jon Kamanda, a Sierra Leonean judge, has taken over as the new President of the UN-backed war crimes court that also presides over the case against Liberian ex-Dictator Charles Taylor. Mr Kamenda is the first local to lead the special court.

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Nigeria
Society | Economy - Development | Human rights
Panic as Nigeria govt demolishes houses

afrol News - Human rights groups warn that hundreds of families in Nigeria's River State may be left homeless tomorrow morning if plans to demolish their homes to make way for a commercial development go ahead. "Panic" has spread in the community.

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Cape Verde
Travel - Leisure | Health
First Dengue fever outbreak in Cape Verde

afrol News - An outbreak of a Dengue fever epidemic has been confirmed by health authorities in Cape Verde and the World Health Organisation (WHO). This is the first reported epidemic of Dengue fever in the tourist destination Cape Verde.

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