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The French finally admit leading Gbagbo’s capture

April 12, 2012 L-R Presidents Ouattara and Sarkozy

Former  French  Ambassador to the  Ivory Coast  Jean-Marc Simon,  has  admitted  that French  troops assisted  rebel forces to attack former  president Laurent Gbagbo's residence one year ago on April 11, 2011.

Weekend meeting in Ouagadougou to hasten Mali transition

April 12, 2012 Dioncounda Traoré, président de transition

With constitutional order now returned to Mali, political stakeholders and Captain Amadou Sanogo and leaders of the defunct junta are due to meet in Ouagadougou over the weekend.

Sahel food crisis goes from bad to worse with “global indifference”

April 12, 2012 Des millions de personnes sont menacées par la secheresse

Senior United Nations officials have warned that global inaction could lead to a humanitarian disaster in the Sahel region of West and Central Africa, amid the serious food and humanitarian crisis. 

Tons of timber seized in campaign against illegal logging

April 11, 2012

A campaign to track down people engaged in illegal logging activities is underway in the Ivory Coast.

The country’s Ministry of Forestry has seized several tons of timber from illegal loggers. 

Togo rising unemployment & underemployment rates

April 11, 2012 President Faure Gnassingbé of Togo

Togo and its development partners are currently engaged in talks to discuss the country’s rising unemployment figures. 

Mali ‘isolated junta has no option but to restore democracy’

April 11, 2012 Paul Graham, head of African Democracy Institute

--Democracy Institute sees exceptionally good signal

With Bamako on the verge of returning to constitutional order, the head of the Pretoria-based Institute for Democracy in Africa has said it sends a strong signal that “unconstitutional change of government is not acceptable anymore in Africa.”

Nigerian govt to educate 10 million abandoned Muslim kids

April 11, 2012 The number of children living on the streets in Nigeria rising

Nigeria’s government has said there are nearly 10 million abandoned Muslim children in the country and President Goodluck Jonathan promised that his government was committed to educating them.

The children concerned are of primary school ages across Nigeria.

 

Liberia: Under US pressure, Sirleaf abandons anti-gay veto

April 11, 2012 Ellen Johnson, présidente du Liberia

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has now indicated that she will not veto any legislationl legalizing or criminalizing homosexuality in Liberia, after media reports saying she was homophobic. 

Mali returns to constitutional order on Tuesday

April 10, 2012 Le capitaine Sanogo et Dioncouda Traoré

After the ECOWAS brokered deal with the junta, Mali’s Speaker of Parliament is due to be inducted on Tuesday as interim president.

More weapons surrendered in I. Coast voluntary disarmament

April 10, 2012 Head of UNOCI Bert Koenders inspecting blue helmet troops

Since the United Nations Mission in the Ivory Coast (UNOCI) began voluntary disarmament of ex-combatants in the Ivorian civil conflict some six months ago, more than 3,500 firearms and over 230,000 rounds of ammunitions as well as dozens of hand grenades have been surrendered.