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Prepare for ‘’tougher times’’—WB warns developing nations

June 14, 2012 World Bank Group HQ

The World Bank is warning developing countries to prepare for ‘’tougher times’’ and a long period of volatility in the global economy, while re-emphasizing medium-term development.

Donors’ contributions not matching scale of Mali emergency

June 14, 2012 Children in Mali suffering from multiple disaster

Some time ago, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR together with the WFP made a donors appeal for support to address the huge humanitarian crisis exacerbated by the worsening security situation in Mali.

Ghana VP, religious leaders call for calm amid local violence

June 13, 2012 Ghana Vice President John Mahama

Ghana’s Vice President John Mahama is calling for calm, after pre-elections communal violence, which has reportedly left up to 8 people dead in parts of the country.

CODESRIA ’’decolonizing’’ young Africans’ minds

June 13, 2012 Prof Sylvia Tamale

The Council for Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), one of the continent’s leading think-tanks and an award winning research institution, has begun a course with a difference for young African researchers. 

Amnesty International urges new Arms Trade Treaty

June 12, 2012 There's an urgent need to control arms

Amnesty International says there’s an urgent need for governments around the world to agree on a comprehensive Arms Trade Treaty, when final negotiations take place at the UN in July.  

Ivorian govt. trying to prevent local firms going bankrupt

June 12, 2012 Kone Adama, DG of Ivorian Treasury

The government of Ivory Coast has set up a finance committee not only to facilitate the settlement of domestic debt, but also to pursue dialogue between suppliers/service providers and the country’s Treasury.

Women threaten to boycott polls unless given right to own land

June 11, 2012 Women demanding right to own land

---Sierra Leone women campaign against denial

A conference on women’s rights to Land and justice has ended in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, with the launch of a nationwide campaign on Land rights, and a threat to withhold their crucial votes in the November elections if authorities fail to heed a key demand. 

Concerns mount over depreciation of Ghana currency

June 11, 2012 Ghana cedi

Ghana's currency, the cedi is depreciating against major foreign currencies, and this is affecting prices and the sale of goods and services in the country

Mali junta dissolved but members absorbed to crush rebels

June 11, 2012 Mali dissolved junt

Mali’s military junta of Captain Amadou Sanogo has been dissolved, an announcement by the interim authorities said in Bamako over the weekend.

 

Senegal “radical” feminist on why she’s on Muslim cleric’s list

June 11, 2012 Fatou Kiné Camara, Senegalese radical feminist

--as parliamentary polls campaign opens

After a hotly contested presidential election in March, Senegal is on the road to parliamentary election, which also promises to be a hotly fought political race.