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Niger Red Cross concerned flood, cholera may worsen

September 8, 2011 Red Cross logo

In Niger, the Red Cross is concerned that floods and cholera epidemic might get worse.

Over three million people in the country are already suffering from food insecurity.

Guinea: Rights groups denounce attack on Saoro farmers

September 8, 2011 A farmer in Guinea

Rights groups in Guinea have denounced the action of security forces against the inhabitants of a village more than one hundred kilometers south of the capital, Conakry.

Togo’s truth commission opens public hearings

September 8, 2011

Togo’s Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission has opened its first public session in the capital, Lomé and in the country’s other five economic regions.

1000s of Children die due to shortage of health workers

September 7, 2011 A child victim of famine

In some countries, there are just over two health workers for every thousand people.

A new report released by Save the Children shows that children in such countries are five times more likely to die, than in other countries at the top of the index.

Mobilizing Senegalese women for peace in Casamance

September 7, 2011 Flashback: Women marching for peace in Casamance

Women in Senegal are being mobilized to become actively involved in efforts to find a peaceful settlement to the protracted armed conflict in the southern region of Casamance.

Citizens say Nigeria roads are death trap

September 7, 2011

Bad roads in many parts of Nigeria have triggered concerns amongst many citizens, who consider many of the roads as “death trap”.

Fears tribal politics could ruin S. Leone's democracy

September 7, 2011 Pres Ernest Bai Koroma, Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone maybe many months away from the next presidential election, but the political road in the country is already getting ruggy, with claims and counter claims of tribal politics.

Liberian opposition party official out of jail

September 7, 2011 Mr. Akinsanya, jailed Liberian opposition figure

The former Chairman of Liberia’s second biggest opposition Liberty Party, Israel Akinsanya is freed after being briefly detained at the main prison in the Liberian capital, Monrovia.

Akinsanya lost his top party post due to his alleged link to financial scandal.

 

Liberia: Top opposition leader jailed amid cash scandal

September 7, 2011 Mr. Akinsanya, jailed Liberian opposition figure

By William Selmah/WADR Correspondent

After losing his party post due to his alleged link to financial scandal, the former Chairman of Liberia’s second biggest opposition Liberty Party, Israel Akinsanya has been detained at the main prison in the Liberian capital, Monrovia.

Nigeria urged to take lead in Africa's corruption fight

September 6, 2011

Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has called on Nigeria to take the lead in the continent’s anti-corruption war for other African countries to follow, as her counterpart Goodluck Jonathan has vowed his administration will not shield any corrupt person from investigation or prosecution by the country's anti-graft agencies.