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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.

Outspoken Senegalese rap singer set free

July 27, 2011 Senegalese rap singer Thiat

A popular Senegalese rap singer and political activist Oumar Toure alias "Thiat" has reportedly been released from police custody in the capital, Dakar.

Ghana govt, protesting students talk over fees hike

July 27, 2011 Prof Ernest Aryeetey, Vice Chancellor University of Ghana

Ghanaian authorities have on Tuesday been negotiating with protesting students of the state owned university, Legon over their rejection of a sharp increase in tuition and fees.

Ghana: Governance training on extractives opens in Accra

July 26, 2011 Participants at the Oil and Gas Governance training

A training on governance of oil and gas and mining revenue is underway in the Ghanaian capital, Accra.

The Regional Extractive Industries Knowledge Hub Summer School is for senior level civil society activists, journalists and MPs serving in the extractive industry.

Johnson-Sirleaf rallies Liberians for peace, reconciliation

July 26, 2011 Pres Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia

Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf says her country is on the move again, after years of bitter conflict and destruction, as Liberia celebrates its 164th independence anniversary on Tuesday.