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Senegal: Academic counsels Pres. Sall on economic policies

October 31, 2012 Pres. Macky Sall of Senegal

A government that wants its economic policies to be taken seriously has to show it is in control when violence erupts, says Senegalese economics professor Felwine Sarr.

But it seems that Professor Sarr's advice could be directed at President Macky Sall, who announced a cabinet reshuffle Monday that was dwarfed in the media by recent looting and chaos in Dakar.

Nigerian leader denies issuing oil blocks

October 31, 2012 Nigerian Pres. Goodluck Jonathan

Amidst scandals over billions of dollars lost to oil theft in Nigeria, the presidency has distanced the Goodluck Jonathan administration from the award of “any discretionary oil blocks” since its incumbency.

The clarification comes hard on the heels of an alleged leakage of a report by the Petroleum Special Task Force headed by the former head of the anti-graft agency, EFCC, Nuhu Ribadu,

 

S. Leone: NEC restricts vehicle movement on Election Day

October 31, 2012 NEC Chairperson Dr. Christina Thorpe

The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has announced a number of measures to ensure a violence-free election come 17 November when Sierra Leoneans go to the poll to elect a president, parliamentarians and local council officials.

The measures, which include limitation of vehicles in the streets, were approved after several meetings with political parties and other election stakeholders.

Nigeria: Publisher speaks on tension in Kaduna after bomb blast

October 30, 2012 A scene from a bomb blast at a church in Kaduna

After the suicide bombing Sunday targeting a Catholic Church in Nigeria’s northern city of Kaduna, the Joint Military Task Force said it would continue to step up its operations against the Boko Haram Islamist militant group.

By Monday, the death toll from the church blast had reached nine, while more than one hundred others were injured.

Guinea: Central Bank dispels banknote rumors

October 30, 2012 The 10,000 GF banknote facing withdrawal

The Central Bank of Guinea has issued a statement to allay rumors that the 10,000 Guinean Franc banknote is invalid, two months before the replacement deadline expires.

Commercial entities and individuals in Guinea have in recent times stopped accepting the 10,000 GF bill, fearing the banknote has no value.

 

Ghana: Ruling NDC yields to presidential debate

October 30, 2012 Ghana President John Mahama

Rival candidates in Ghana are getting ready for the first in a series of presidential debates in the northern town of Tamale ahead of elections in December.

President John Mahama, the first incumbent president to participate in a debate, will be doing so after his National Democratic Congress party initially opposed the idea.


 

S.Leone: Pres. Jonathan nudges credible polls

October 30, 2012 Nigerian Pres. Goodluck Jonathan

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has called for free, fair and credible elections in Sierra Leone, noting that this will promote peace in the country that went through a decade of civil war.

The advice of visiting President Jonathan comes just over two-weeks to presidential, parliamentary and local council elections scheduled for 17 November this year.

Cote d’Ivoire: Another mass grave unearthed in Duekoue

October 30, 2012 UN peacekeepers at a massacre scene

Another mass grave has been discovered in the district of Togué, in Duekoue, western Cote d’Ivoire, scene of massacres in the post-election crisis pitting alleged supporters of ex-president Laurent Gbagbo and President Alassane Ouattara.

The dead have been formally identified as former refugees in a camp in Duékoué, which was the scene of a number of vicious attacks in July that left the camp effectively destroyed.

Liberia Joins West African Power Pool Project

October 29, 2012 Liberian Pres. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf signing the Vision?

Liberia has joined the West African Power Pool Project aimed at helping improve the electricity access of countries in Western African countries.

The project is a cooperation of national electricity companies in West Africa under the patronage of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

The 323 million Euros project is financed by the World Bank.

 

Liberian gov’t denies links to independent radio closure

October 26, 2012 Liberia Information Minister Lewis Brown

Popular independent Catholic Church-run Radio Veritas has been off the air for the second week, amidst accusations that the government had masterminded the silencing of a critical voice.

Information minister Lewis Brown held a news conference Thursday in Monrovia to say it was “just not fair” to accuse the government without first probing the closure of the radio.