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ECOWAS determined to deploy forces to Mali, Guinea Bissau

May 12, 2012 A partial view of Guinea Bissau soldiers

As preparations are being finalized for the deployment of a 3,000-strong ECOWAS force to Mali and Guinea Bissau, the sub-regional Chiefs of Defence Staff will be meeting on Monday 14 May in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja.

Guinea opposition protest turns violent, up to 12 injured

May 10, 2012 jeunes de l'opposition lors d'une marche à Conakry

Thursday’s opposition demonstration in Guinea turned violent.

Up to a dozen people were said to have been injured in clashes between ruling and opposition parties’ supporters.

Guinea opposition, gov't on collision course over polls delay

May 9, 2012 L-R Cellou Dalein Diallo and Pres Alpha Condé

The Cellou Dalein Diallo-led opposition in Guinea and the government of President Alpha Conde may be set for a collision course.

The opposition coalition has announced that it will stage regular street demonstrations, starting this Thursday.

Nigeria: Lawmakers divided, as striking doctors file law suit

May 9, 2012 Doctors strike hitting hard

The medical doctors’ strike in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos has created lots of controversy across the country. 

Mali conflict triggers refugee movement never seen in Sahel

May 9, 2012 One of many refugee camps

While political and military actors have so far failed to end growing instability, a new report says millions of people across the Sahel region continue to face “extreme risk of hunger and malnutrition,” with recent political instability in the region worsening the situation.

 

‘Africa must defend its interest, as France, Europe defend theirs’

May 8, 2012 Prof Boubacar Barry (top) and Hollande, Sarkozy (below)

--An Academic urges African leaders

A West African academic says there won’t be significant change in the way France relates to Africa, with the election of a Socialist President Francois Hollande.

10m register to vote in Ghana, as biometric registration ends

May 7, 2012 Dr. Kwadwo Afrai-Gyan, Chairman of Ghana Electoral Commission

It is all over. Ghana’s biometric voter registration for December’s presidential and parliamentary elections came to a close on Sunday across the country, after months of wrangling over the newly introduced  process.

‘Sirleaf, others were Taylor’s accomplices’—Prof Ndongo

May 5, 2012 Prof Oumar Ndongo, former head of WACSOF

The former head of the West African Civil Society Forum (WACSOF), Prof Oumar Ndongo has said former Liberian President Charles Taylor is likely to receive a lighter sentence, because many of his alleged accomplices were not called for trial, stressing the need for “equity” in international justice.

ICRC on humanitarian plight of people in northern Mali

May 5, 2012 Des rebelles occupant le nord Mali

The fighting that led to the overrunning of the principal cities of Kidal, Gao and Timbucktu plunged northern Mali into chaos and set off a big humanitarian crisis. 

Police crack down on Marijuana cultivation in Sierra Leone

May 5, 2012 A marijuana or cannabis farm

Thirty eight people have been arrested in Sierra Leone for allegedly cultivating marijuana.

The police with support from Irish government have launched an operation code named Desert Breeze to fight drug trafficking in the country.