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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.

‘Sirleaf, others were Taylor’s accomplices’—Prof Ndongo

May 5, 2012 Prof Oumar Ndongo, former head of WACSOF

The former head of the West African Civil Society Forum (WACSOF), Prof Oumar Ndongo has said former Liberian President Charles Taylor is likely to receive a lighter sentence, because many of his alleged accomplices were not called for trial, stressing the need for “equity” in international justice.

ICRC on humanitarian plight of people in northern Mali

May 5, 2012 Des rebelles occupant le nord Mali

The fighting that led to the overrunning of the principal cities of Kidal, Gao and Timbucktu plunged northern Mali into chaos and set off a big humanitarian crisis. 

Police crack down on Marijuana cultivation in Sierra Leone

May 5, 2012 A marijuana or cannabis farm

Thirty eight people have been arrested in Sierra Leone for allegedly cultivating marijuana.

The police with support from Irish government have launched an operation code named Desert Breeze to fight drug trafficking in the country.

ECOWAS tells Guinea Bissau junta to restore parliament

May 4, 2012 Soliders in Guinea Bissau after the coup

Leaders of the sub-regional bloc, ECOWAS have told Guinea Bissau’s military junta, which overthrew the civilian government on April 12, to restore the National Assembly.

The ECOWAS leaders made the call at their extraordinary summit on Thursday in the Senegalese capital, Dakar.