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1. GUINEA-BISSAU: Security sector reform still lagging
2. GUINEA-BISSAU: Timeline of key political events
3. GUINEA: Food prices climb amid unrest
4. GUINEA: Youths on hunger strike for "dialogue", "justice"
5. GUINEA-BISSAU: Planning families, saving lives
6. GLOBAL: Malaria tests minus the blood
7. GUINEA: Caravans and kola nuts ? keeping a lid on communal tensions
8. CHAD: National polio vaccinations underway

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GUINEA-BISSAU: Security sector reform still lagging



lead photo BISSAU, 27
October 2009 (IRIN) - In Guinea-Bissau security sector reform remains
stalled but observers say the necessary laws are being written and it is
now up to the government to get them through parliament.
full report

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GUINEA-BISSAU: Timeline of key political events



lead photo BISSAU, 27
October 2009 (IRIN) - Below is a timeline of key political events to
take place since the formation of the PAIGC political party in 1956.
full report

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GUINEA: Food prices climb amid unrest



lead photo
CONAKRY, 27 October 2009 (IRIN) - Prices of rice, sugar, oil and other
basic foods have risen sharply in the Guinea capital Conakry in the
tense weeks following a deadly military crackdown on civilians.
full report

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GUINEA: Youths on hunger strike for "dialogue", "justice"



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DAKAR, 28 October 2009 (IRIN) - Youths in the Guinea capital Conakry
went on hunger strike on 28 October - one month after the deadly
military attack on civilians - to call for political dialogue, an end to
violence and the arrest of those who attacked demonstrators.
full report

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GUINEA-BISSAU: Planning families, saving lives



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BISSAU, 28 October 2009 (IRIN) - Contraceptive use is on the rise in
both urban and rural areas in Guinea-Bissau, as access to reproductive
and infant healthcare improves and family planning messages start to
sink in, say health officials and UN staff.
full report

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GLOBAL: Malaria tests minus the blood



lead photo
DAKAR, 29 October 2009 (IRIN) - To detect malaria people might soon be
able to chew a stick of gum and swipe it over a magnet or scan a finger
with ultra-far infrared light. Neither test requires a blood sample.
full report

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GUINEA: Caravans and kola nuts ? keeping a lid on communal tensions



lead photo DAKAR, 30
October 2009 (IRIN) - N?z?r?kor? ? Guinea junta leader Moussa Dadis
Camara?s home region ? has an ethnically mixed population and has
experienced communal clashes before. Guinea?s latest political crisis
has taken on an ethnic dimension there, according to local civil society
activists.
full report

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CHAD: National polio vaccinations underway



lead photo GOZ
BEIDA, 30 October 2009 (IRIN) - A three-day nationwide polio vaccination
campaign began on 30 October throughout Chad, including in the east
where according to the World Health Organization the rate of routine
immunizations is among the weakest nationwide.
full report

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