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Benin loses €3bn in revenues yearly

August 12, 2011 President Boni Yayi, Benin

The Boni Yayi government’s program to fight against fraud at the country’s main port in the Beninese capital, Cotonou is generating a lot of debate.

ECOWAS Citizens Union calls for free movement

August 12, 2011 Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan

As the 115-member parliament of the Economic Community of West African Countries (ECOWAS) meets in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, the ECOWAS Citizens Union is urging the sub-regional MPs to solve the problems affecting free movement and integration.

Senegal: State University students demand scholarship money

August 12, 2011 Senegalese police trying to keep student at bay

Students of Senegal’s state owned Cheikh Anta Diop University have been clashing with the police, who were trying to stop them from blocking the street in front of the campus in the capital, Dakar.

School girl, 17 and others killed in S. Leone road crash

August 12, 2011

In Sierra Leone, 8 people have died and several others injured, after the commercial bus they were traveling in collided with a fuel tanker along the Freetown-Misiaka highway.

ICRC on why upsurge of violence against health workers

August 12, 2011 ICRG logo

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has called for an end to violence against health workers and health-care facilities in areas of armed conflict around the world.

In a new report, the Red Cross described it as “one of the most urgent yet overlooked humanitarian tragedies.”

Africans in Britain worried about job loss amid riots

August 12, 2011 Firefighters at a destroyed building in London

After four days of serious riots across Britain, the country’s Prime Minister David Cameron vowed that the fight-back would be pursued to restore order.

Ghanaians take stock of media freedom

August 11, 2011

It’s now 10 years since Ghana repealed the criminal libel law that could give the media the latitude to operate freely.

26 summary executions by pro-Ouattara forces--says UN

August 11, 2011 Alassane Ouattara, président de Côte d'Ivoire

A latest UN report says 26 people, including a 17-month-old baby, have been summarily executed in the Ivory Coast by pro-Ouattara revolutionary forces and the Dozo traditional hunters in the past month.

Sierra Leone replaces old bank notes

August 11, 2011 2000 Leones, Sierra Leone

The Central Bank of Sierra Leone is withdrawing current banknotes from circulation starting 15 August.

Ivory Coast: 'No to election violence', civil society groups meet

August 11, 2011 NDI forum on election violence prevention, Ivory Coast

A sub-regional forum on how to prevent electoral violence in West African countries has opened in the Ivory Coast commercial capital, Abidjan.