Guineans living in Ivory Coast wait for their turn during a census on March 26, 2010 in Adjame, a popular district in Abidjan.
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Many countries in West Africa do not have up to date census surveys.
From left; Prime Minister of Cote d'Ivoire Patrick Achi, President of Togo Faure Gnassingbe, President of Benin Patrice Talon, and President of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo.
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By generating new high-resolution maps, researchers found cocoa plantations were causing far worse forest destruction in West Africa than previously thought.
Small arms and light weapons recovered from bandits in Jos, north central Nigeria.
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Todd L Capson, Institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP) and Marie Boye, Institut de physique du globe de Paris (IPGP)
There is only a single mooring managed by French researchers that monitors the impacts of climate change on West African Canary Current.
Russian flags appeared on the streets of Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou shortly after the coup had been announced.
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Nigeria must strengthen its democratic institutions and improve governance for economic development.
Staff from South Sudan’s Health Ministry pose with protective suits during a drill for Ebola preparedness.
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Professor of Health Economics and Policy and Pharmaco-economics/pharmaco-epidemiology in the Departments of Health Administration & Management and Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria