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  • [Togo] Opposition march to protest against Gnassingbe's seizure of his power and his refusal to stand down while elections are organised. 19 February 2005.
    Thousands of people hit the streets to march against Gnassingbe's rule on Saturday
  • [Togo] Armed only with stones for the time being, but some youths want guns. Togo youths protesting at Gnassingbe's seizure of power, February 2005.
    Des jeunes militants de l'opposition affrontent les forces de sécurité
  • [Togo] Faure Gnassingbe has caused uproar at home and abroad after seizing power following his father's death.
    Gnassingbe says he wants to work with the opposition
  • [Angola] Luanda skyline -- the pink building is the National Bank of Angola (BNA).
    Much of Angola's wealth is concentrated in Luanda, but poverty remains widespread
  • [Syria] The old city in Damascus.
    EU project will ensure cities improve service delivery
  • [Yemen] Children can often be seen around cities collecting water due to the chronic shortage. [Date picture taken: 2003/01/04]
    Population growth is putting a huge strain on resources in Yemen.
  • [Syria] The old city in Damascus.
  • [Syria] A Damascene house in the old city.
  • [Yemen] Two kids in Sabir in Taiz use donkey to carry water home.
  • [Yemen] A young boy tries to collect as much water as possible for household use. [Date picture taken: 2003/01/04]
    The FAO report singled out Yemen as being particularly at risk of food shortages because of its endemic poverty, rapidly growing population and acute water shortages
  • [Pakistan] Millions of Afghans continue to live in Pakistan today.
    The exact number of Afghans still living in Pakistan remains unknown
  • [Mauritania] Prostitute or sex workers keep their work secret in Mauritania - not this is a staged photograph as all women wanted their identities concealed.
    Women prostitutes work from darkened brothels
  • [Ghana] Bernard Kouchner, chairman of ESTHER’s Board of Directors (French acronym for Ensemble pour une Solidarite Therapeutique Hospitaliere en Reseau) came to Ghana to extend the operations into an anglophone country. 
Kouchner, a former French Healt
    Bernard Kouchner, ancien ministre français de la Santé et fondateur de MSF, est venu au Ghana lancer l’initiative Esther.
  • [Swaziland] Mbabane office worker.
    Swazi employers have to address HIV/AIDS in the workplace
  • The Long Journey Home:
an IRIN Web Special on the challenge of refugee return and reintegration.
  • [Syria] The old city of Damascus.
    The old city in Damascus.
  • [Iraq] People camped outside Kirkuk.
  • [Iraq] People camped outside Kirkuk.
  • [Iraq] People camped outside Kirkuk.
    Previously displaced people camp outside Kirkuk
  • [Cote d'Ivoire] Schoolyard in rebel-held north.
    Tous les enfants doivent aller à l’école, même les plus fragiles, affirme Chigata
  • [Cote d'Ivoire] Children go hungry in northern villages.
    The arid north of Cote d'Ivoire has been hardest hit by the water crisis. In the northern town of Korhogo in 2005, poor rains, coupled with maintenance problems at the main dam, left taps dry for nearly a month
  • [Cote d'Ivoire] Children pumping water from only well operating in northern village.
    Pumping water from well in a village near Korhogo
  • [Cote d'Ivoire] Weavers' village near Korhogo.
  • [Cote d'Ivoire] Former rebel HQ in Bouake, bombed by government planes in November 2004.
  • [Cote d'Ivoire] Village near Korhogo in rebel north.
  • [Cote d'Ivoire] Abandoned school in rebel-run north, closed by war.
  • [Mauritania] Ahmed Ledib 13 (left) with his brother Ser 8(centre) and friend Tank 8. They don't go to school but work on a rubbish dump on the outskirts of Nouakchott looking for things they can sell. Environment, waste, plastic.
    The majority of Mauritanians eke out an existence on less than US $1 a day
  • [Mauritania] Volunteers clean the streets every few weeks as part of a rubbish collection and community clean up project in Basra, Nouakchott.
  • [Mauritania] A young woman throws out the household rubbish in a bin provided by a community rubish collection project in basra, Nouakchott.
  • [Nepal] Gopal Tamauli of Maoist Victims' Association with a huge stack of letters from the IDPs requesting help from the government.
  • [Nepal] Buddhi Singh Bista wants to go home and get back his property from the rebels who confiscated his property.
  • [Yemen] Women selling fruit in Taiz. [Date picture taken: 2000/07/09]

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