Côte d'Ivoire + 8 others
Bulletin hebdomadaire d'information No. 4 pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest

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(du 22 au 28 janvier 2000)

SENEGAL: Le Sénégal lâche du lest vis à vis du MFDC

Les chances d'une paix durable au Sénégal se sont accrues mercredi lorsque le gouvernement a accepté de lever certaines des restrictions prises à l'encontre des séparatistes du Mouvement des forces démocratiques de Casamance (MFDC).

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28 Jan 2000

Côte d'Ivoire + 8 others
IRIN-WA Weekly Roundup 4 covering the period 22-28 Jan 2000

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SENEGAL: Senegal eases up on MFDC separatists

Chances for lasting peace in Senegal gained momentum on Wednesday as the government agreed to ease restrictions on the separatist Mouvement des force democratiques de Casamance (MFDC).

In a joint communique at the end of their three-day second round talks in Banjul, The Gambia, the Senegalese government

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24 Jan 2000

Côte d'Ivoire + 5 others
IRIN Update 639 of events in West Africa

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SIERRA LEONE: Bloody diarrhoea widespread in the southwest of Sierra Leone

More than 1,500 cases of bloody diarrhoea, resulting in nearly 100 deaths, have been reported in the eastern district of Kenema since the start of December, MSF-France is quoted as saying by the UN Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit (HACU) in its latest report.

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07 Jan 2000

Chad + 8 others
IRIN-WA Weekly Round-up 1 covering the period 1-7 January 2000

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UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
for West Africa
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e-mail: irin-wa@irin.ci

GUINEA-BISSAU: Parliament rejects bid to postpone poll

Guinea-Bissau's national assembly says a run-off presidential poll pitting Kumba Yala against interim President Malam Sanha will go ahead as planned on 16 January despite a request for a week-long delay, news reports and humanitarian sources said.

The assembly rejected an appeal by Yala's

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04 Jan 2000

Chad + 5 others
IRIN Update 625 of events in West Africa

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for West Africa
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Fax: +225 21 63 35e-mail: irin-wa@irin.ci

NIGERIA: Kebbi Christians petition senate over Sharia

Christians in Kebbi have petitioned Nigeria's senate over plans by Governor Adamu Aliero to introduce Islamic law in the northern state, the Guardian reported.

The chairman of the Kebbi State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. James Audu Manga, warned

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