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UNICEF hails resolution to end impunity for attackers of children

July 13, 2011 Anthony Lake, UNICEF chief

The United Nations children's agency (UNICEF) has hailed a UN Security Council resolution which calls for all parties that attack schools and hospitals in war zones to be held accountable.

Civil group puts Nigeria's new FOI law to test

July 13, 2011 Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan

A civil society group in Nigeria has filed the first access to information application to five state agencies and the federal government, under the new Freedom of Information (FOI) law, approved by President Goodluck Jonathan shortly after taking office recently.

Belgium in renewed call to Senegalese authorities over Habré

July 13, 2011

Belgium has reiterated its call on the Senegalese government to send Hissene Habré to Brussels for trial over the former Chadian leader’s alleged victimization of Chadians including three of its citizens.

Electoral constituencies demarcated in Liberia

July 13, 2011 James Fromoyan, Liberia polls chief

As campaigning continues in Liberia, voters and political players now know their various constituencies.

Ghana's population up by 600,000 yearly

July 13, 2011 Ghana future leaders in classroom

Ghana faces a population explosion, with official figures showing that the population grows by 600,000 every year.

This means that if this trend continues, the country's population will grow by hooping 6 million every ten years, officials say.


Drowning rising at Senegal's beaches:27 deaths in June

July 13, 2011 Beaches are crowded daily

Senegal has registered 27 deaths from drowning at different beaches in the country for the month of June alone.

The capital, Dakar accounts for 11 of these deaths, a figure which is said to have left many perplexed.

Farmers, herdsmen clash in Guinea

July 13, 2011 Pres Alpha Condé, Guinea

In Guinea, clashes have taken place between farmers and herdsmen in a village 900 km south of the capital, Conakry.

Benin: Mosquito nets distribution to curb Malaria

July 13, 2011 An insecticide treated mosquito net.

Benin’s health officials say there has been no drop in the number of deaths from malaria every year in this West African nation.

Senegal: Habré can be tried in regular courts, says legal expert

July 13, 2011 Dr. Ibrahima Kane, law professor

Amidst controversy over the fate of former Chadian President Hissen Habre, a top African law professor Dr. Ibrahima Kane says Senegal can try the former Chadian leader in the country’s regular courts.

Gbagbo’s party interim leader breaks ranks, as civil groups criticize justice system

July 12, 2011 Mamadou Koulibaly

The interim head of Laurent Gbagbo's party says he is breaking with the political party for refusing to accept change, announcing that he's forming  a new party.

At the same time, civil society groups criticize the Ivory Coast judicial system over the treatment of the former Ivorian president, his relatives and allies, who have been held in custody since his capture in April.