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26 summary executions by pro-Ouattara forces--says UN

August 11, 2011 Alassane Ouattara, président de Côte d'Ivoire

A latest UN report says 26 people, including a 17-month-old baby, have been summarily executed in the Ivory Coast by pro-Ouattara revolutionary forces and the Dozo traditional hunters in the past month.

Sierra Leone replaces old bank notes

August 11, 2011 2000 Leones, Sierra Leone

The Central Bank of Sierra Leone is withdrawing current banknotes from circulation starting 15 August.

Ivory Coast: 'No to election violence', civil society groups meet

August 11, 2011 NDI forum on election violence prevention, Ivory Coast

A sub-regional forum on how to prevent electoral violence in West African countries has opened in the Ivory Coast commercial capital, Abidjan.

Gang rape rises in Senegal, upsets RADDHO

August 11, 2011

Upset, disgust and outrage are words groups fighting against gender based violence in Senegal are using to condemn an upsurge in gang rape in recent times.

Liberia police prepares for violence-free elections

August 11, 2011 President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia

Liberia Police Inspector General Marc Amblard says they have begun
preparations aimed at providing a conducive environment for the
conducts of the forthcoming referendum and legislative and general
elections.

WFP on challenges in Somalia's food distribution

August 10, 2011 A woman and child battling hunger

The UN World Food Program (WFP) says it has reached nearly eight million people in the Horn of Africa with food assistance since July.

Tackling Lassa Fever in the sub-region

August 10, 2011 Mrs Zainab Bangura, S. Leone's Health Min

A sub-regional meeting on Lassa fever and other emerging infectious disease in the Mano River Union (MRU) and other concerned countries is underway in the Sierra Leonean capital, Freetown.

Liberia discovers new cache of arms on I. Coast border

August 10, 2011 FLASHBACK: arms cache discovered months ago

By William Selmah/WADR Correspondent

The Liberian Government says it has again discovered a cache of arms and ammunition along the country's border with Ivory Coast.

The latest discovery of an arms cache is the second time in less than six months that Liberian security forces operating along the Ivorian border have collected arms.

Senegal suspends industrial fishing

August 10, 2011 Fish washed ashore on one of Senegal's beaches

The Senegalese government has announced the suspension of industrial fishing starting the 1st of September.

 

Guinea: Govt launches blood donation campaign

August 9, 2011 Blood donation bags

The Guinean government has launched a national blood donation campaign to avoid a repeat of the shortage experienced in June in the country’s hospitals, health centers and national blood bank.