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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. 

UN chief urges “political will & leadership” to end conflicts

June 19, 2012 More conflicts, more refugees

--as 42 million forcibly displaced worldwide

Ahead World Refugee Day this Wednesday, June 20 the United Nations has said more than 42 million people have been forcibly displaced from their homes and communities around the world.

Polytechnic teachers in Ghana end strike

June 19, 2012 Lee Okran, Minister of Education, Ghana

After being on strike for nearly three weeks now, Polytechnic Teachers in Ghana have resumed classes, amid weeks of serious disruption in the  academic calendar.

Sierra Leone: EU gives US$6m for decentralization process

June 19, 2012 A road project of one of Sierra Leone's District Councils

The European Union (EU) has provided a grant of US$6 million to  support the Sierra Leonean government’s decentralization programme.

 

ECOWAS forces poised for early deployment in Mali

June 19, 2012 ECOWAS military chiefs meeting in Abidjan

--Senegal, Nigeria & Niger commit troops 

A sub-regional force code named, the ECOWAS Mission in Mali (MICAM) will shortly be deployed in the West African nation, "to stabilize and to strengthen" the institutions of transitional government in  Bamako, and also support the Malian army." 

Liberia rejects US human rights report as false, imbalance

June 18, 2012 L-R Presidents Sirleaf of Liberia and Obama of US

The Liberian government has rejected the latest US State Department 2011 report on the dismal human rights situation in Liberia, describing it as imbalance and a misrepresentation of the state of affairs in the country.

Expert says Senegal underutilizing agricultural potentials

June 18, 2012 Macoumba Diouf, DG ISRA

The head of an agricultural research institute in Senegal has said the country has no need to be facing food insecurity and relying on rice from abroad to feed its population.