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NIGERIA: Acting President Consolidates Power Amid Unrest

By Charles Fromm
WASHINGTON (IPS) - This week, acting Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan dissolved his cabinet, further securing his tenuous hold on the country's top post amidst rising unrest in the Niger Delta and flaring religious tensions in the central region of the country.

POLITICS-NIGERIA : In the Shadows of Men: Women's Political Marginalisation
NIGERIA: U.S. Concerned About Yar'Adua's Return
NIGERIA: No Oil Company Will Know Peace in the Creeks

ZAMBIA: School Policy for Teen Mothers a Partial Success
Violet Nakamba Mengo
LUSAKA (IPS) - Naomi Mulenga is determined to beat the odds by finishing her school education and becoming a nurse – despite being a teenage mother.

KENYA: Trying to Rebuild Communities After Floods
Mary Kiio
NAIROBI (IPS) - After torrential rains and floods claimed lives in Kenya’s North Rift region, hundreds of displaced people are now in dire need of relief aid.

HIV/AIDS

Women in the News: The Gender Wire

> Acting President Consolidates Power Amid Unrest
> Woman Vies for Top Job
> Unexpected Low Custom Revenue Causes Budget Shortfalls
> Sahel Leaders Meet on al Qaeda Threat

Economics - Finance

> State Insists Counterfeit Law’s No Threat to Right to Life
> 'Only The Rich Get Loans'
> Unexpected Low Custom Revenue Causes Budget Shortfalls
> Spain’s New Drive to Extend its Interests in Africa

> Acting President Consolidates Power Amid Unrest
> School Policy for Teen Mothers a Partial Success
> Trying to Rebuild Communities After Floods
> State Insists Counterfeit Law’s No Threat to Right to Life

> School Policy for Teen Mothers a Partial Success
> Trying to Rebuild Communities After Floods
> Local Language Dictionary Released
> 'Only The Rich Get Loans'

Health - HIV/AIDS

> Trying to Rebuild Communities After Floods
> State Insists Counterfeit Law’s No Threat to Right to Life
> Stopping the Polio Virus
> "If You Kiss for Five Minutes You Get It"

> School Policy for Teen Mothers a Partial Success
> Local Language Dictionary Released
> Government Ignores Demands for Additional Teachers
> "If You Kiss for Five Minutes You Get It"

> Small Is Beautiful, Say Independent Power Producers
> Dam Critics Won't Go Away
> No Oil Company Will Know Peace in the Creeks
> Addressing Energy Crisis Through Alternatives and Efficiency at Household Level

> Trying to Rebuild Communities After Floods
> Weather Changes Turn Farming into Gamble with Nature
> Landslides - Experts Warn Worst is Yet to Come
> Patrilineal Inheritance Prevents Women’s Access to Land

Religion, Culture, Gender and Rights

Africa - A Globalising Continent

Rip & Read - Radio Service

Children on the Frontline

Bitter Pill - Obstacles to Affordable Medicine

Farming the Future Africa

The Southern Africa Water Wire

Active Citizens

CHANGING LIVES: Making Research Real

Africa: Polls to Polls

From Aid to Trade with Africa: Fact or Fiction?

More Africa News

KENYA: State Insists Counterfeit Law’s No Threat to Right to Life

EDUCATION-MALAWI: Local Language Dictionary Released

ECONOMY-SENEGAL: 'Only The Rich Get Loans'

WEST AFRICA: Stopping the Polio Virus

POLITICS-RWANDA: Woman Vies for Top Job

SOUTHERN AFRICA: Unexpected Low Custom Revenue Causes Budget Shortfalls

DEVELOPMENT: Spain’s New Drive to Extend its Interests in Africa

EDUCATION-SIERRA LEONE: Government Ignores Demands for Additional Teachers

WORLD CUP: But South Africa Will Win

POLITICS: Sahel Leaders Meet on al Qaeda Threat

Dernières Nouvelles

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