WEST AFRICA: Another stab at the "resource curse"
DAKAR, 2 July 2009 (IRIN) - In Africa billions of dollars from oil, gas and mining revenues go missing, leaving populations dependent on international assistance, according to a new report on natural resource use on the continent.
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WEST AFRICA: A watchdog for children
DAKAR, 24 June 2009 (IRIN) - In the 20 years since the Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted, all West African countries have ratified it. But ratification has not translated into better living conditions for some of the region’s children, according to the UN. Education, food, employment, shelter and freedom from war conscription and trafficking are not guaranteed; where laws to protect children against hate and violence exist, they are only sporadically enforced, according to child rights NGOs.
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CHAD: Scores of children among rebels rounded up in east
N'DJAMENA, 27 May 2009 (IRIN) - At least 85 minors are among 212 suspected rebels imprisoned by the Chadian government after recent clashes between rebels and the army in eastern Chad, according to UN Children’s Fund officials, who have visited the children.
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CHAD: Insecurity hampers access to refugees, displaced in east
DAKAR, 21 May 2009 (IRIN) - Growing insecurity in eastern Chad is limiting aid workers’ access to refugees and displaced Chadians, aid workers say.
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CHAD: Paving the way for better obstetric care
DAKAR, 19 May 2009 (IRIN) - The UN Children’s Fund in Chad is studying the level of obstetric services available throughout the country as a starting point to help the government scale up emergency obstetric care.
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In Brief: UN-trained policeman killed in eastern Chad
DAKAR, 15 May 2009 (IRIN) - Armed men shot dead a Chadian policeman on the night of 13 May when they attacked the post of national police specially trained to protect refugees, displaced persons and humanitarian staff in eastern Chad.
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In Brief: Africa’s shrinking economies “threaten democracy”
DAKAR, 11 May 2009 (IRIN) - A “brutal contraction” of economies in Africa may threaten democratic gains on the continent, according to the African Economic Outlook 2009 released in Dakar, Senegal at the launch of an African Development Bank conference on the impacts of the global financial crisis.
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CHAD: Aid officials weigh return to area hit by clashes
DAKAR, 8 May 2009 (IRIN) - UN officials in Chad are assessing whether it is safe for humanitarian staff to return to an area in the east where clashes this week between rebels and government forces forced out most aid workers.
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In Brief: New education index places Chad last
DAKAR, 8 May 2009 (IRIN) - A new index ranking how well-prepared children are to succeed in school puts Chad last among 100 countries studied, followed by Afghanistan, Burundi, Guinea-Bissau, and Mali.
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CHAD: Khaltouma Abakar Issa, “There is nothing to eat and it makes the babies sick”
KANEM, 7 May 2009 (IRIN) - Khaltouma Abakar Issa is a 70-year-old woman with four children and four grandchildren. She has lived in the Chadian village of Toula – in the western Kanem region – all her life. President of the women’s association in Toula, she spoke with IRIN about how the population struggles to find enough to eat in this region where one in five children under five suffers acute malnutrition.
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