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Nigeria: Northern states governors’ wives on peace campaign

June 23, 2012 President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria

Wives of governors in Nigeria’s northern states have begun a peace campaign aimed at ending the wave of violence in the country.

Sierra Leone police heighten crackdown on armed robbery

June 23, 2012 ASP Ibrahim Samura, Sierra Leone Police spokesman

--about 75 “hardcore criminals” arrested

Some 75 “hardcore criminals” have been arrested in the Sierra Leonean capital, Freetown, the country’s police spokesman has said. 

Togo: Prosecution rejects appeal for President’s brother release

June 22, 2012 Kpatcha Gnassingbe, jailed brother of Togo President

Lawyers defending Togo’s former defense Minister Kpatcha Gnassingbe, who is brother of President Faur Gnassingbe, are requesting his release along with others held in connection with plotting against the state.

UK backs diplomacy to solve Mali crisis, gives £5.4m to food crisis

June 22, 2012 Stephen O’Brien, ministre britannique chargé du développement

Britain is in favor of a diplomatic approach in solving the Malian crisis, where rebel groups have partitioned the country with their occupation of the north, Stephen O’Brien, the country’s Development Minister has said.

UN envoy warns: Ivorian politicians threatening reconciliation

June 22, 2012 Bert Konders, UNUCI chief

--Liberia to extradite 40 suspected dissidents

The United Nations Special Representative in Ivory Coast Bert Koenders has criticized Ivorian political actors for engaging in a war of words through the media, which is undermining national reconciliation.

At the same time, Liberia is poised to extradition some 40 suspected Ivorian dissidents to be tried in their home country.

 

Mauritanian refugees on hunger strike in Senegal

June 21, 2012 Mauritanian refugees on hunger strike opposite UNHCR offices

A number of Mauritanian refugees in Senegal, both women and men, have begun a hunger strike in front of the UNHCR head offices in the capital, Dakar demanding that their status as refugees be regularized.

Togo sends hundreds of prisoners on parole

June 21, 2012 Togo prisoners set free for sometime

In Togo, hundreds of prisoners have been released on parole.

This move has been made because of renovation works launched by prison authorities in all of the country’s detention centers.

Unsettling security situation in Western Ivory Coast

June 21, 2012 UN blue helmet peacekeepers

--but Liberia says its side calm

By Suy Kahofi/WADR Abidjan Correspondent

Fear and panic have engulfed Western Ivory Coast, since the recent raids believed to have come out of neighbouring Liberia, with somw war weary civilians harbouring a feeling of despair.

Benin MPs annoyed over poor quality of mobile phone services

June 20, 2012 Le service des opérateurs GSM mis en cause au Béninulty in Benin

In Benin, members of parliament have frown on the poor quality of mobile phone services being provided by GSM companies in the country.

US$2 billion committed to Sahel, W. Africa Great Green Wall

June 20, 2012 Great Green Wall

About US$2 billion has been set aside to support the Great Green Wall project in the Sahel and West Africa, the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has said.