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Act now to stem Sahel food crisis, donor says

DAKAR, 28 January 2010 (IRIN) – Governments, aid agencies and donors must join forces now to ensure that severe food insecurity in the Sahel does not lead to famine, says the European Commission humanitarian aid department (ECHO).

Mixed report card in 2008 corruption index

Nine West African countries shot up while nine others sank lower in the 2008 Transparency International (TI) ranking of perceptions of corruption in 180 countries. Of the 180 countries surveyed, eight West African countries placed in the bottom 20: Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea, [...]