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  • [Niger] Tamada, 20, from Niger, escaped from her life of slavery in Mali where she was badly abused by her master. “The situation of a slave is more than I can describe. There was so much violence, verbal insults, spitting.”
  • [Niger] Tamada, 20, from Niger, escaped from her life of slavery in Mali where she was badly abused by her master. “The situation of a slave is more than I can describe. There was so much violence, verbal insults, spitting.”
  • [Niger] A young Nigerien slave collects water from a traditional well in far west Niger. Water is scarce in the desert region of Tillaberi and these traditional wells only touch the surface level of the water bed.
    A young Nigerian slave collects water from a traditional well in far west Niger. Water is scarce in the desert region of Tillaberi. Furthermore, although the world is covered in water, only 0.77% of it is groundwater
  • [Niger] A metal anklet worn only by the slave-classes of Nigerien society. There are more than 43,000 slaves in Niger, and while none where the shackles commonly associated with the slave trade, these anklets serve as a powerful symbolic reminder they are
  • [Cote d'Ivoire] One of the few functioning water hand pumps in Bouna. This one is in the churchyard of the Catholic church.
    Water has to be collected from hand pumps
  • [Cote d'Ivoire] Bakari is a carpenter in Bouna, rebels don't always pay him for his work.
  • [Cote d'Ivoire] Father Abbe Maximin, Catholic priest in Bouna, northeast Cote d'Ivoire.
  • [Swaziland] Babe Simelane lost his son to HIV/AIDS and must care for his granchildren.
    Rural dwellers will benefit from greater faith-based initiatives
  • [Senegal] Youssou Ndour with Salif Keita, Oumou Sangare, Rokia Traore and Angelique Kidjo at the AfricaLive anti-malaria music festival in Dakar. March 2005.
    Les artistes, dont le chanteur sénégalais Youssou Ndour (au centre), ont conscience de l’impact de leurs messages de sensibilisation sur les jeunes
  • [Burundi] Disabled teenagers in Makamba tune in to Tuyage Twongere drama.
  • [Burundi] Uwimana Orphans marvel at their new radio.
  • [Iraq] Baghdad kids celebrating the opening of parliament.
    Baghdad kids celebrating Wednesday's opening of parliament
  • [Burundi] Rehearsals in progress before recording the next episode of the soap opera.
  • [Burundi] A member of the refugee drama group rehearses his lines for Tuyage Twongere.
  • [Burundi] Marie-Louise Sibazuri and Jocelyne Sambira sample some banana beer as they visit a refugee's home in the camps to discuss the drama series.
  • [Burundi] Radio technician, Hadidja Kassim,
editing recordings of a batch of episodes of the drama in the studio.
    Radio technician, Hadidja Kassim, Indo
  • [Burundi] Jocelyne Sambira interviewing refugees in Mkugwa camp, western Tanzania, that gives special protection to Burundians from mixed Hutu-Tutsi backgrounds.
  • [Burundi] Burundian refugees waiting at a UNHCR transit camp to be transported home.
    Returnees at a transit camp: UNHCR is due to close the last camp for Burundians in western Tanzania in June
  • [Burundi] Marie-Louise Sibazuri oversees rehearsals of the scripts for the drama in Ngara.
  • [Burundi] Refugee actors receive IRIN Radio
certificates after completing a training course on writing for radio conducted by Marie-Louise Sibazuri in Ngara, western Tanzania.
  • [Sudan] In Sudan, as in many parts of the Arab world of the Middle East, the true extent of FGM is not known . The practise is shrouded in secrecy and confidentiality in societies that are traditionally resistant to cultural change.
    Tradition and beliefs perpetuate female genital mutilation/cutting (file photo)
  • Delegate-General for Asia and Pacific at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Reto Meister.
    Delegate General for Asia and Pacific at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Reto Meister
  • [Angola] Angolan women and children queue for tetanus shots.
    Des Angolais font la queue au point de vaccination contre le tétanos (photo d’archives)
  • [Central African Republic (CAR)] Abel Goumba, CAR Vice-President. Date: February 2005.
    Abel Goumba.
  • [Cote d'Ivoire] Women typically marry very young in the Muslim north, and polygamy is widespread - photo taken near the main market in Bondoukou
    Les femmes sont les plus vulnérables aux infections, dont le VIH, notamment en zone de conflit
  • [Cote d'Ivoire] Women select underwear on the market in Bondoukou.
  • [Togo] Augustin Dokla is HIV-positive since 1994.
    Augustin Dokla was diagnosed as HIV-positive in 1994
  • [Togo] Emmanuel Bob-Akitani has been chosen as the candidate for the six-party opposition coalition. He will contest the 24 April presidential election against Faure Gnassingbe.
    Le candidat de l'opposition Emmanuel Bob-Akitani est actuellement hospitalisé en France
  • [Togo] The burial of Togo's late president Gnassingbe Eyadema is set for Tuesday.
    Eyadema's burial is set for Tuesday
  • [Cote d'Ivoire] Dr Olivier Oura, the only doctor providing HIV/AIDS support and ARVs in the whole of the Ivorian north east. He is based in Bondoukou.
    Olivier Oura, le seul médecin formé pour traiter les personnes vivant avec le VIH/SIDA dans la région
  • [Kazakhstan] Poverty in Semipalatinsk remains chronic.
    Poverty throughout much of Semipalatinsk remains chronic
  • [Kazakhstan] Ayubou Rahmonali is just one of thousands of Tajiks seeking economic opportunity in Kazakhstan.
    Ayubou Rahmonali is just one of thousands of Tajiks seeking economic opportunity in Kazakhstan

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