News from category: Economy
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A camel seller at the Jijiga Livestock Market
JIJIGA, 2 September 2010 (IRIN) – Pastoralists’ disproportionate contribution to Ethiopia’s economy is belied by their marginalized status and by policy assumptions that they …
Photo: Anna Jefferys/IRIN
Many of Côte d’Ivoire’s hospital wards are empty, as people cannot afford treatment (file photo)
ABIDJAN, 2 September 2010 (IRIN) – Continued election delays and political turmoil have for years been used as …
Photo: Nebert Mulenga
Deposits of manganese in northern Zambia
MANSA, 30 August 2010 (IRIN) – Mining prospectors in Luapula Province, northern Zambia, have forced small-scale farmers from their land at gun point, according to …
Photo: Antony Kaminju/IRIN
A file picture of unions protesting against high food prices
JOHANNESBURG, 26 August 2010 (IRIN) – The army has deployed more 1,800 medical staff to 47 public hospitals throughout South Africa to …
Photo: Nebert Mulenga
Deposits of manganese in northern Zambia
MANSA, 30 August 2010 (IRIN) – Mining prospectors in Luapula Province, northern Zambia, have forced small-scale farmers from their land at gun point, according to …
Photo: Catherine-Lune Grayson/IRIN
Nigerien women have an average of seven children
DIFFA, 26 August 2010 (IRIN) – The population of Niger, one of the poorest countries in the world, is growing at an unsustainable rate, according …
Photo: Catherine-Lune Grayson/IRIN
Nigerien women have an average of seven children
DIFFA, 26 August 2010 (IRIN) – The population of Niger, one of the poorest countries in the world, is growing at an unsustainable rate, according …
Photo: Catherine-Lune Grayson/IRIN
Nigerien women have an average of seven children
DIFFA, 26 August 2010 (IRIN) – The population of Niger, one of the poorest countries in the world, is growing at an unsustainable rate, according …
Photo: Antony Kaminju/IRIN
A file picture of unions protesting against high food prices
JOHANNESBURG , 26 August 2010 (IRIN) – The army has deployed more 1,800 medical staff to 47 public hospitals throughout South Africa …
Photo: IRIN
Boundary map of Angola with Cabinda in the North
JOHANNESBURG, 26 August 2010 (IRIN) – After a recent mass defection from its senior ranks, the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda …
Photo: Catherine-Lune Grayson/IRIN
Nigerien women have an average of seven children
DIFFA, 26 August 2010 (IRIN) – The population of Niger, one of the poorest countries in the world, is growing at an unsustainable rate, according …
Photo: David Hecht/IRIN
A file picture showing a dealer sorting rough diamonds
HARARE, 23 August 2010 (IRIN) – An auction of Zimbabwean diamonds has created an air of expectation that the country’s economic plight will …
Photo: David Hecht/IRIN
A file picture showing a dealer sorting rough diamonds
HARARE, 23 August 2010 (IRIN) – An auction of Zimbabwean diamonds has created an air of expectation that the country’s economic plight will …
Photo: Mamadou Alpha Diallo/IRIN
Fruit-destroying insects and – this year – unusually high temperatures hit mango production in Casamance (file photo)
ZIGUINCHOR, 17 August 2010 (IRIN) – Families in Senegal’s Casamance region have less to spend …
Photo: David Hecht/IRIN
A file picture showing a dealer sorting rough diamonds
HARARE, 23 August 2010 (IRIN) – An auction of Zimbabwean diamonds has created an air of expectation that the country’s economic plight will …
Photo: Catherine-Lune Grayson/IRIN
Severely malnourished children in Tahoua, Niger, with a packet of local Plumpy’nut
NIAMEY, 20 August 2010 (IRIN) – Thousands of severely malnourished children in Niger are treated with locally produced Plumpy’nut: 40 percent …
