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Cote d’Ivoire: Gov’t indicted again on human rights issues

December 3, 2012 UN Under-Sec.-Gen for Human Rights, Ivan Simonovic

Cote d’Ivoire is once more under the spotlight for alleged human rights violations, with fingers being pointed at the government of President Alassane Ouattara for doing too little to curb abuses, improve the justice system and end impunity.

Of late, concerns over rights abuses have been raised by Amnesty International, International Crisis Group and independent expert of the UN on human rights issues in Cote d’Ivoire, Mr. Doudou Diene.

 

Many peace talks fail to address conflict roots - new study

December 3, 2012 Some fighters in DR Congo

A new study reveals that many peace negotiations complicate the future of state-building, because they fail to address the underlying causes of conflict, despite attaining peace in the long-run.

According to the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), this was the finding from experts' assessment of peace accords in selected African countries unveiled at a recent meeting in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare.

Some 65,000 Ivorian refugees still in Liberia

December 3, 2012 Ivorian refugees boarding trucks in Solo refugee camp

The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, says close to 65,000 Ivorian refugees are still in Liberia residing in five camps about two years after they fled post-election fighting in their country.

The Ivorians are being hosted in camps in Saclepea, Bahn, Solo, Dougee and Little Wlebbo, UNHCR Liberia Office spokesman Sulaiman Momodu told WADR in Monrovia at the weekend.

 

S.Leone: Opposition SLPP takes poll qualms to court

December 3, 2012 SLPP Flag bearer Julius Maada Bio

Persistent in its rejection of the 17 November election results, the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) has taken its grievances to the Supreme Court demanding the results, which gave incumbent President Ernest Koroma a clear victory, be annulled.

SLPP had earlier called on its elected parliamentarians, mayors and local councilors to refrain from taking up their posts until further notice.

New initiative to improve cocoa production in Africa

November 30, 2012 A cocoa tree in Ghana

A new initiative has been launched to improve cocoa production in Africa, with the launch of the Sustainable Trade Initiative, a sustainable agro-industry project of the Dutch government in the Ivory Coast.

S. Leone: Opposition SLPP to boycott parliament

November 30, 2012 SLPP Flag bearer Julius Maada Bio

The major opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) has called on its newly-elected members to parliament to boycott the body until further notice.

The SLPP, which came second in the 17 November elections, has also told Mayors and local councilors elected on the party’s ticket to stay away from taking office.

 

Liberia: Fears mob violence on the rise

November 30, 2012 Liberia National Police Insignia

In Liberia, there is growing concern in recent times over what seems to be an upsurge in mob violence in the post-war West African nation.   

The latest incident is the setting ablaze of an ambulance belonging to the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia (UNMIL} by a group of angry residents of Paynesville, a suburb in the Liberian capital, after a fatal road accident.

 

Growing insecurity worries Nigerians

November 30, 2012 Nigerian Pres. Goodluck Jonathan

The growing insecurity in Nigeria caused by A wave of fatal bombings and shootings is leaving Nigerians increasingly worried that insecurity is reaching and alarming level..

Amid the fear and tension, some citizens are thinking that the terrorist group Boko Haram is outsmarting the country’s security forces, with Monday’s attack on the Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad in the capital, Abuja.

 

Ghana: Rawlings urges Ghanaians to guard peace

November 30, 2012 Ex-President Jerry Rawlings of Ghana

Former Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings has cautioned his compatriots not to take the peace the country is presently enjoying for granted.

Rawlings was speaking at a ceremony in Accra, the Ghanaian capital, during which presidential candidates in the upcoming elections signed a peace pact.

 

Can AU strengthen democracy, governance in Africa?

November 28, 2012 Mrs Nkosazana-Dlamini-Zuma, AU Chair

African Union Commission Chairperson, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is in Dakar for a three day high level consultation on “Governance and Democracy in Africa: Trends, Challenges and Prospects”