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Guinea opposition, gov't on collision course over polls delay

May 9, 2012 L-R Cellou Dalein Diallo and Pres Alpha Condé

The Cellou Dalein Diallo-led opposition in Guinea and the government of President Alpha Conde may be set for a collision course.

The opposition coalition has announced that it will stage regular street demonstrations, starting this Thursday.

Nigeria: Lawmakers divided, as striking doctors file law suit

May 9, 2012 Doctors strike hitting hard

The medical doctors’ strike in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos has created lots of controversy across the country. 

Liberian lawmakers say current oil deals breach law

May 9, 2012 Seat of Liberian legislature in Monrovia

Liberia’s House of Representatives has unanimously voted for the re-negotiation of all of the country’s oil contracts.

Senegal President Sall declares assets but value not stated

May 9, 2012 Macky Sall, président du Sénégal

Just over one month after taking office, Senegal’s President Macky Sall has declared his assets.

Declaration of assets by Senegal’s leaders is a requirement contained in the country’s constitution.

Mali conflict triggers refugee movement never seen in Sahel

May 9, 2012 One of many refugee camps

While political and military actors have so far failed to end growing instability, a new report says millions of people across the Sahel region continue to face “extreme risk of hunger and malnutrition,” with recent political instability in the region worsening the situation.

 

‘Africa must defend its interest, as France, Europe defend theirs’

May 8, 2012 Prof Boubacar Barry (top) and Hollande, Sarkozy (below)

--An Academic urges African leaders

A West African academic says there won’t be significant change in the way France relates to Africa, with the election of a Socialist President Francois Hollande.

A doctor on perils of rising unsafe abortion in Sierra Leone

May 8, 2012 unsafe abortion

Unsafe abortion accounts the fourth highest cause of maternal mortality in many developing countries, owing to the alarming rate of unwanted pregnancies among young girls.

Sierra Leone is one of the countries where this problem is rife.

HRW on deaths of 100s of children from lead poison in Nigeria

May 7, 2012 One of the artisanal gold mines in Nigeria

Lead poisoning at artisanal gold mines in Nigeria’s northern state of Zamfara has caused the deaths of some 400 children since March 2010, said Human Rights Watch (HRW), ahead of a big international conference on the issue in Abuja on 9 May.

Senegal ex-Finance Min takes over as World Bank VP

May 7, 2012 Makhtar Diop, World Bank new VP

A Senegalese national, Makhtar Diop has on Monday took over as the World Bank’s Vice President for Africa at its headquarters in Washington.

10m register to vote in Ghana, as biometric registration ends

May 7, 2012 Dr. Kwadwo Afrai-Gyan, Chairman of Ghana Electoral Commission

It is all over. Ghana’s biometric voter registration for December’s presidential and parliamentary elections came to a close on Sunday across the country, after months of wrangling over the newly introduced  process.