| GLOBAL: We can have food security, say two new reports |
 JOHANNESBURG, 12 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Did you know that agriculture contributed 42 percent of Nigeria's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2008, more than double the 20 percent of revenue that oil brought into the national coffers?
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ISRAEL: Getting tough on "infiltrators" |  JERUSALEM, 10 November 2009 (IRIN Middle East) - Aid groups and several members of parliament (MPs) are outraged by what seems to be the toughening of Israeli policy towards asylum-seekers illegally entering the country.
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In Brief: Burundians hand in thousands of weapons |  BUJUMBURA, 4 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Civilians across Burundi have handed in thousands of guns, grenades and rounds of ammunition during a 10-day voluntary disarmament campaign.
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GLOBAL: Empower women to stem global hunger, say experts |  NAIROBI, 15 October 2009 (IRIN Global) - Countries where women's literacy rates and access to education are significantly worse than men's tend to have higher levels of hunger, according to the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
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In Brief: Liberia fares better in governance index |  DAKAR, 5 October 2009 (IRIN Global) - West Africa ranks third after Southern Africa and North Africa on the 2009 Mo Ibrahim index of African governance assessing governance across the continent's five regions, spanning 53 countries.
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Analysis: Talk radio in hot water over Uganda riots |  NAIROBI/KAMPALA, 2 October 2009 (IRIN Global) - Criminal charges and the closure of several radio stations over alleged incitement to violence in Kampala have sparked a debate about the limits of free speech in Uganda.
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In Brief: Violent Swazi prison guards condemned |  JOHANNESBURG, 29 September 2009 (IRIN Global) - Global rights group Amnesty International has denounced the use of excessive force by Swaziland's correctional services officers against journalists and political activists after a demonstration at one of the main country's prisons turned violent.
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GLOBAL: Great leap forward on free healthcare |  NEW YORK, 24 September 2009 (IRIN Global) - Providing free healthcare to millions of women and children in some of the world’s poorest countries has come a step closer, with the unveiling on 23 September of a US$5.3 billion financing package by British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.
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LEBANON: Move to take domestic violence cases out of religious courts |  BEIRUT, 23 September 2009 (IRIN Middle East) - As lawmakers struggle to form a government three months after Lebanon's parliamentary elections, women's rights activists await the opening of parliament to debate a new bill on domestic violence.
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In Brief: Somaliland "should heed Kenyan election lessons" |  NAIROBI, 23 September 2009 (IRIN Global) - Stakeholders in seccesionist Somaliland need to reach a consensus on the role the media can play before, during and after elections to avoid election violence, a report says.
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