Full Coverage: West Africa

30.08.2007 WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (OneWorld) - One of the most favorable yet systematically overlooked characteristics of solar, wind, biomass, and other types of organic energy is their universality.

22.08.2007 Kehitysmaiden olosuhteisiin suunnitellun kannettavan tietokoneen kokeiluprojekti käynnistyy Etelä-Afrikassa ja Nigeriassa lokakuussa. Kokeilu alkaa yhdessä eteläafrikkalaisessa koulussa.

22.08.2007 Although the roll-out date for One Laptop Per Child’s (OLPC) low-cost machine has been put back until October 2007, OLPC is using a limited number of trial machines to run pilots to gain experience of how it will work in the local context. The machine is made of tough white and green plastic, has a four-hour battery, a color screen and built-in Wi-Fi.

17.08.2007 In a landmark ruling Wednesday that could open the door for a flood of lawsuits against oil companies operating overseas, a U.S. judge ordered Chevron to stand trial for complicity in the murder and torture of protesters opposed to the company's activities in the troubled Niger Delta region of Nigeria.

16.08.2007 This weekend's elections in Sierra Leone were "generally well administered, peaceful, and competitive," according to the European monitors in the country for the first post-civil-war vote to be completely overseen by local officials.

14.08.2007 Tens of thousands of Africans attempted to reach Italy in recent years by making the deadly journey across the Mediterranean. Many are being driven away from their coastal homes as the European fishing industry gains access -- legally and illegally -- to West African waters.

12.08.2007 A Senegal-based aid group that started a grassroots campaign to abolish female circumcision in West Africa has been awarded the $1.5 million Hilton humanitarian prize.
From: Al Jazeera
+ Award for secondary school programmme

10.08.2007 This weekend, Sierra Leone holds its first national elections since peacekeepers left the country following its 10-year civil war. But peace is still fragile in the region, adding to the importance of holding fair and transparent elections, writes a human rights lawyer.

10.08.2007 Sierra Leonessa viisi vuotte sitten solmittu rauha on kestänyt hyvin, mutta ihmisten elinolot eivät ole juurikaan kohentuneet. Lauantaina maassa käydään vaaliuurnille ensimmäistä kertaa ilman YK:n rauhanturvaajien tarjoamaa suojaa.

08.08.2007 In Coura, a district of Mali's capital Bamako, it's now possible to monitor the health of local infants closely in real time with the launch of a new pilot project dubbed Pesinet.

02.08.2007 The link between British consumers and illegal or "pirate" fishing vessels operating off West Africa that are decimating fish stocks and robbing some of the poorest people on the planet has been exposed in a new report.

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