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WEST AFRICA
IRIN-WA Weekly Round-Up 409
31 December 2007 - 4 January 2008


CONTENTS:

NIGERIA: New treatment plant leaves Kano short of water
NIGERIA: Child rape in Kano on the increase
SENEGAL: Why the 'talibe' problem won't go away
CHAD: Chronic malnutrition worse in west than in conflict zone


NIGERIA: New treatment plant leaves Kano short of water

A new ultra-modern US $58 million water treatment plant outside Kano, 
officially Nigeria's most populous city, came on line in December but 
experts say that the city's basic water needs will still not be met.

full report
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=76058


NIGERIA: Child rape in Kano on the increase

KANO, 3 January 2008 (IRIN) - Police and government officials in 
northern Nigeria's city of Kano have reported an upsurge in incidents of 
child rape and said that young girls are now unsafe in the city.

full report
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=76087


SENEGAL: Why the 'talibe' problem won't go away

DAKAR, 3 January 2008 (IRIN) - Empty cans used for begging line the 
entrance of a house in the overcrowded neighbourhood of Grand Yoff in 
the Senegalese capital, Dakar, where a `marabout' [Koranic teacher] and 
10 boys rent two mosquito-infested rooms.

full report
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=76080


CHAD: Chronic malnutrition worse in west than in conflict zone

N'DJAMENA, 4 January 2008 (IRIN) - With a massive aid operation under 
way in the east of Chad, where armed conflict has displaced hundreds of 
thousands of people, little attention is being paid to the west of the 
country which has the highest chronic malnutrition levels.

full report
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=76095


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