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RSF on new trend in media freedom for Guinea,Niger

July 28, 2011 RSF logo

Media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has published a report on the state of media in Guinea and Niger.

WADR project wins prestigious Knight-Batten award

July 28, 2011 Sourcefabric's Douglas Arellanes, Ljuba Rankovic and Adam Thomas with WADR family

Sourcefabric and West Africa Democracy Radio have won this year's prestigious Knight-Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism for the work on the new WADR platform.

Sourcefabric, based in Prague, Czech Republic, is a not-for-profit organisation that enables quality journalism worldwide through open source software and services.

Ghana flushes out Guinea worm disease

July 28, 2011 Guinea worm can also migrate to the feet

Ghana has become the latest country in the world to stop the transmission of Guinea worm, a water borne parasitic disease, whie is said to be “poised to be the second human disease in history to be eradicated.”

Ghana: Uni students protest school fees hike

July 28, 2011 Legon University

Students at the University of Ghana in Legon Wednesday took to the streets to protest against school fees hike.

The authorities have introduced measures to increase school fees for the next academic year, but the university students are dissatisfied with this decision.

Liberia: UNHCR closes key refugee transit center

July 28, 2011 Ivorian refugees in Liberia

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has closed a major transit center for Ivorian refugees in Maryland County, one of Liberia’s border counties with Côte d’Ivoire.

The Bishop Ferguson Transit Centre was opened in March when large number of Ivorians started crossing into the border county.

Ouattara urged to disband 'rampaging' militias

July 28, 2011

A report just released by Amnesty International says many people are being killed and or targeted by militias loyal to Ivorian President Alasssane Ouattara, thus creating a climate of fear in Ivory Coast.

The rights group says this is preventing hundreds of thousands of displaced Ivorians from returning home since active combat ended with the capture of former President Laurent Gbagbo last April.

Africa's Aid for Trade lagging in job creation

July 27, 2011 ECA logo

Some six years ago, Africa’s Aid for Trade (AFT) initiative started with the aim of boosting Africa’s economy.

“Instead of focusing too much on the aid component in terms of financing development African countries can be able to finance it through trade; then they are in a better position and probably than doing it through aid,” says Mr. Stephen Karingni, an official of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.

Bad governance blamed for Africa's resources being "curse"

July 27, 2011 Participants at the Oil and Gas Governance training

Lack of effective governance has been cited as one of the reasons why the natural resources of some African countries do not benefit the bulk of their citizens, something that has turned the resources into a “curse rather than a blessing”.

Efforts to make hepatitis treatment accessible to all

July 27, 2011 Dr Jeanne Coulibaly of Roche, Ivory Coast

An international conference aimed at putting the hepatitis disease in the spotlight is underway.

The objective of the three day meeting, which started on Tuesday in the Senegalese capital, Dakar is to encourage African countries to consider hepatitis as a health priority, so as to ensure access to treatment for all.

Liberian citizens speak out on 164th national day

July 27, 2011 Some of Liberia's traditional chiefs at official ceremony

As Liberia celebrated its 164th year of independence on Tuesday 26 July, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf told citizens that truth and forgiveness is the way forward for their country.