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Bad laws, rights abuses hampering fight against HIV/AIDS

July 10, 2012 Michel Sidibe, UNAIDS boss

---new report urges govts to act

“An epidemic of bad laws and human rights abuses” are hampering the global response to HIV/AIDS, said findings of the Global Commission on HIV and the Law.

Senegal appeals to Mauritanian refugees to end hunger strike

July 9, 2012 G-D réfugiés mauritaniens en grève de la faim,Amsatou Sow SIDIBE, ministre conseiller chargé des réfugiés et des personnes déplacées au Sénégal

A Senegalese government minister has appealed to Mauritanian refugees living in Dakar to end their nearly three-week-old hunger strike.

Nigerian President vows to empower the military

July 9, 2012 President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria

As Boko Haram continues to pose serious challenge for security forces, the Nigerian government has said it would continue to empower the military to carry out its constitutional responsibility to the fullest.

Women’s role in boosting intra-African trade

July 9, 2012 Participants at the gender summit

--pre-gender confab precedes AU summit

The 6th gender pre-Summit of the African Union (AU) has ended at the headquarters of the continental body in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa  under the theme,“Boosting Intra-African Trade”. 

What’s fate of 41 Ivorian dissident suspects since their return?

July 7, 2012 L-R Presidents Ouattara of Ivory Coast and Sirleaf of Liberia

Human Rights Watch (HWR) has called on authorities in Ivory Coast to ensure that the 41 suspected Ivorian dissidents extradited from Liberia on June 23 are given the due process of law, access to lawyer and that their rights are respected.

Torrential rains flood Freetown, leaving 6 dead

July 7, 2012 Freetown landscape

By Mohamed Konneh/WADR Correspondent

Flooding caused by torrential rains has killed six people, including two children in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, hospital and Red Cross sources confirmed Friday evening.

 

5 Senegalese Muslim clerics win historic legislative seats

July 6, 2012 Senegal National Assembly building

Muslim religious leaders in Senegal have for the first time won 5 out of 150 seats in the country’s new National Assembly during last Sunday’s legislative elections. 

Ruling, opposition parties in joint law suit against polls body

July 6, 2012 Ghana Electoral Comm Chair, Dr. Kwadwo Afari Djan

Just months before Ghana’s presidential and general elections in December, four political parties—including the ruling NDC and the main opposition NPP---are jointly taking the country’s electoral commission to court.

Sirleaf gives officials 2-week ultimatum to make assets public

July 6, 2012 President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia

Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has threatened to take punitive action, including dismissal, against any of her official failing to publically declare their assets in two weeks time.

 

Cholera outbreak adds insult to injury in northern Mali

July 6, 2012 ICRC offering humanitarian assistance in Mali

In the wake of worsening insecurity in rebel occupied northern Mali, a cholera outbreak in an area some 20 kilometers from the city of Gao, while the UN Security Council has refused to support an ECOWAS intervention force.