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1.	Corruption driving Nigeria’s state NNPC into bankruptcy
	Author: Newsdesk Staff	Date Written: 22 July 2010
	Primary Category: Western Region	Document Origin: Platts
	Secondary Category: Resource Extraction	Source URL: http://www.platts.com
	Key Words: Nigeria, oil, bankruptcy,
	Summary & Comment: "NNPC had said then that the government owed it Naira 1.156 trillion ($8 billion) in promised subsidies on fuel imports. The corporation also manages Nigeria’s joint venture operations with foreign oil firms namely Shell, Exxon-Mobil, Chevron, Total and Eni. However, NNPC’s cash-strapped position has always been cited as reason for many of th . . . [expand]
2.	Gambia: Editor named IPI World Press Freedom Hero
	Author: IPI, Vienna	Date Written: 8 July 2010
	Primary Category: Western Region	Document Origin: International Press Institute /IFEX
	Secondary Category: Africas Image: Africa in the Media	Source URL:
	Key Words: Gambia, Pap Saine, journalist, editor, hero,
	Summary & Comment: The International Press Institute as part of its Campaigns and Advocacy program has given an International Award as WORLD PRESS FREEDOM HERO to Pap Saine of the Gambia. He co-founded the independent newspaper, The Point, in 1991; and, since the tragic murder of Deyda Hydara, Pap Saine has continued to lead The Point newspaper with courage and integ . . . [expand]
3.	Sénégal: Curieuse, la candidature de Wade
	Author: Madior FallL	Date Written: 5 July 2010
	Primary Category: Western Region	Document Origin: Sud Online
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.sudonline.sn
	Key Words: Sénégal, candidature, Wade, 2012,
	Summary & Comment: Jean Christophe Rufin, l’ ancien ambassadeur de France au Sénégal, l’invité de l’émission « Grand Jury » de la Radio Futurs médias a souligné que « c’est une curiosité de se présenter à une élection présidentielle en âge avancé ». Interrogé sur ses rapports avec les Wade père et fils, il assure que ceux qu’il a entretenus avec le père ont été bons . . . [expand]
4.	Défense et illustration de la Francophonie politique
	Author: Carole Vann, Hugo Sada, Geneve	Date Written: 1 July 2010
	Primary Category: Western Region	Document Origin: IPS International News
	Secondary Category: Central Region	Source URL: http://www.ipsinternational.org/fr
	Key Words: politique, Francophonie, défense, OIF, Bamako,
	Summary & Comment: Hugo Sada, délégué de l’Organisation internationale de la francophonie à la paix, à la démocratie, et aux droits de l’Homme défend le travail accompli par la Francophonie depuis l’adoption de la Déclaration de Bamako. DN
5.	Western Sahara: Forgotten conflict
	Author: is edited by William Minter	Date Written: 29 June 2010
	Primary Category: Western Region	Document Origin: AfricaFocus Bulletin
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.africafocus.org
	Key Words: western Sahara, conflict,
	Summary & Comment: This AfricaFocus Bulletin contains excerpts from an article by analyst Yahia Zoubir, as well as a report by Stephen Zunes on a U.S. Senate resolution. WM
6.	Guinea: Poll went well despite hitches, observers say
	Author: Daniel Magnowski, Conakry	Date Written: 28 June 2010
	Primary Category: Western Region	Document Origin: Daily Nation
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.nation.co.ke
	Key Words: Guinea, elections,
	Summary & Comment: Guinea’s first free election since independence in 1958 had some technical problems but went smoothly according to observers from the European Union, the African Union, ECOWAS, and the US-based Carter Center. DN
7.	Equatorial Guinea: Turning the page & Global Witness response
	Author: various, Cape Town	Date Written: 28 June 2010
	Primary Category: Western Region	Document Origin: PRNewswire, Global Witness Limited
	Secondary Category: Resource Extraction	Source URL: http://www.reliefweb.int
	Key Words: Equatorial Guinea, oil, reform, Cape Town Global Forum,
	Summary & Comment: Global Witness responds to the reforms in a specific five-point program for comprehensive reform and transparency announced by President Teodoro Obiang at the Cape Town Global Forum and concludes that transparency "doesn't take ten years." DN

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1. POLITICS-GUINEA: Women Amongst Also-Rans in Presidential Elections
   Celou Dalein Diallo gained a significant advantage over Alpha Condé, his main rival for the Guinean presidency, when a third candidate said he would back Diallo in a second round of voting in August. But what has become of women candidates for high political office in this West African country?
2. SIERRA LEONE: Defining New Role for Traditional Birth Attendants
   Posseh Sesay will never be able to bear children again following a tragic birthing experience at the hands of her village traditional birth attendant (TBA).
3. CHINA-NIGERIA: New Refinery Planned for Lagos Free Trade Zone
   Nigeria is a place where many more deals are announced than are ever completed. But July saw progress towards the construction of one of three new Nigerian refineries expected to reduce imports of refined petroleum products, a costly and ironic feature of the oil-rich nation's economy.
4. China: Outsmarting the West in Africa
   China's interest in Africa is frequently portrayed simply as that of a rising economic power seeking natural resources. Deborah Brautigam argues that this portrayal misses the full complexity of business relations between China and the continent.
5. LIBERIA: Men in Testing New Role as Midwives
   Henry Teh gently slides down a blue hospital sheet to expose the bare belly of a pregnant woman. As he pokes around to feel the position of the foetus, the midwife-in-training knows he is breaking tradition and changing the face of obstetric care in Liberia.