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Carter Center urges dialogue, reconciliation and reform in Liberia

November 11, 2011 Rtd General Yakubu Gowon, head of Carter Center mission

The Carter Center election observer mission to Liberia says the deadly clashes on the eve of the polls and the boycott by the opposition candidate “suggest a significant failure of the political process to resolve electoral disputes peacefully within the framework of the law.”

Blending civil society, technoloy and governence

November 11, 2011 UNDP promo

A  Pan-African forum on the role of civil society groups and technology in governance is underway in the Senegalese capital, Dakar.

The forum is bringing together development practitioners and research institutes from over 30 countries, who are focusing on the civil society’s involvement in governance assessments, and exploring how to better influence governance and policy processes.

HRW worried about illtreatment of rights activists in Guinea

November 11, 2011 President Alpha Conde/ Guinea

As the ECOWAS Special envoy, Edem Kodjo was visiting Conakry at the weekend, Edem Kodjo Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Guinean government to investigate the role of two high-level officials in "the apparent illegal detention and intimidation" of members of a prominent Guinean human rights group.

Ghanaian prisoners will be allowed to vote in 2012

November 11, 2011 Dr. Kwadwo Afari Gyan,Ghana polls chief

Ghana’s Electoral Commission Chairman, Dr. Kwadwo Afari Gyan has confirmed that prisoners in the country will be allowed to vote in the 2012 presidential and general elections.

Africa's road crashes: 2nd leading cause of death for ages 5-44--UN

November 11, 2011 Image of one of the crashes

The Second African Road Safety Conference is underway in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, with a warning that road accidents are robbing Africa of its young future human resources

Liberia: Sirleaf gets over 90% of runoff votes, but 37% turnout

November 11, 2011 Pres Johnson-Sirleaf voting on Tuesday

Polls kicked off as a one-horse race, because Winston Tubman of the main opposition CDC party challenging incumbent President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf had decided to boycott Tuesday’s Presidential runoff election.

But as it went, voters cast their ballots for both candidates.

 

Outcry in Nigeria against pollution from waste

November 10, 2011 Unconstrolled waste raising alarm

The huge stockpile of solid waste is defacing Nigerian cities. With the continuous discharge of industrial wastes into streams and rivers, the situation has virtually got out of hand.

 

ECOWAS says Liberia runoff poll free, fair,1st results due Thursday

November 10, 2011 James Victor Gbeho, ECOWAS Commission President

The ECOWAS election observer mission in Liberia urges Liberians to display patriotism and responsibility, in order to ensure respect for order and discipline during this critical phase of the country’s history, as it gives thumbs up to Tuesday's presidential runoff election.

 

Mali: High youth unemployment linked to rise in crimes

November 10, 2011 Zeini Moulaye

Global unemployment rate amongst young people from ages 15-24 is more than 13%, according to the International Labor Organization (ILO).

In the West African state of Mali, specialists attribute the rise in crimes to the high unemployment rate.

Police probe burning of private radio in Liberia

November 9, 2011 Marc Amblard, Liberia's police chief

Police in Liberia are investigating what caused a fire that partly damaged one of Liberia’s oldest private radio stations, amidst suspicion that the blaze was deliberately started.

But the Manager of Radio ELWA, run by a Christian evangelical mission, SIM, said he believed Tuesday night fire was arson and the work of “the enemy”.