Guinean junta sacks old generals
The army officers who seized power in Guinea have moved to strengthen their position by dismissing 22 generals. The leader of the coup which followed the death of President Lansana Conte said the generals had all reached the mandatory retirement age. Captain Moussa Dadis Camara said they would be given senior posts later. Story
MOZAMBIQUE: The goal is clean water for all
 Children hit hardest by waterborne disease |
MAPUTO, 10 September 2008 (IRIN) - Each morning Sophia Santos wakes up early, picks up two 20-litre plastic containers and walks to a neighbour's house in Polana Caniço 'A', a sprawling suburb in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, for a day's supply of water.
"We have no tap water at our house; there are no stand pipes [from where we can] buy," said the mother of two, waiting for her containers - originally tubs of cooking oil - to fill. "We pay [US 2 cents] for 20 litres of water. At some houses they pay as much as [US 4 cents]; if you don't have money then you have to talk with the owners so that you can pay later."
SEPT 15 2008
ZIMBABWE: Tsvangirai calls for urgent assistance
Zimbabwe: Political Rivals Sign Landmark Power-Sharing Deal
KENYA: Not enough food to go round
SEPT 12 2008
KENYA: Male circumcision sparks controversy
SOMALIA: School attacks "must stop"
Cameroon-Nigeria: Bakassi returnees overwhelm authorities
WEST AFRICA: Policy overhaul needed to halt illegal migration
NIGER: Garden for disabled takes root in desert
MOZAMBIQUE: The goal is clean water for all
SEPT 08 2008
EGYPT: Government unprepared for urban disasters
GLOBAL: Governments greet new aid promises cautiously
AFRICA : Can carbon trading spur growth?
DRC: Torrential rains leave hundreds homeless
ANGOLA: Show me a better life and I'll vote
Mozambique: Cheap rail travel boosts cross-border trade
UGANDA: Using mobile phones to fight HIV
WEST AFRICA: Forced mass deportations, violence against migrants on rise
SEPT 03 2008
SOMALIA: Southern town tense after clashes
GLOBAL: Slow progress on development aid improvements
TOGO: Flood victims continue leaving school shelters
AFRICA-UNITED KINGDOM: HIV prevention not reaching UK Africans
BENIN: Coastal erosion threatening to wipe out parts of Cotonou
DRC: 17 feared dead in plane crash near Bukavu
TANZANIA: Vaccination campaign treats millions of children
COTE D'IVOIRE: Malnutrition concerns in country's prisons