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Amnesty Int’l on “increasing repression” in Guinea Bissau

April 18, 2012 Soliders in Guinea Bissau after the coup

Amnesty International has spoken of “increasing repression" amid last Thursday's military coup in Guinea Bissau.

In a statement, Amnesty said “growing restrictions on protesters, the media and freedom of movement are fuelling fear and insecurity in the wake of the military coup in Guinea Bissau.”

Pro-junta civilian group says MPs must quit, as Mali gets new PM

April 18, 2012 Former Junta leader Capt Sanogo

In Mali, while soldiers have been busy arresting a number of allies of  deposed President Amadou Toumani Toure, a pro-junta civilian movement has been calling for the resignation of members of the country's parliament.

“Criminalize Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing”--GIABA

April 16, 2012 Dr Abdullahi Shehu, GIABA Director General

By William Selmah/WADR Correspondent

The Inter-Governmental Action Group Against Money Laundering (GIABA) has underscored the need for Liberia to enact laws criminalizing money laundering and terrorist financing.

Division in Boko Haram leads to killing of its spokesman?

April 15, 2012 Boko Haram spokesman Abu Qaqa

Reports from Nigeria say the spokesman of the Boko Haram Islamic Sect, Abu Qaga, II is feared dead.

Nigerian newspapers reported on Sunday Qaga may have been killed over the weekend, following a growing rift within the Boko Haram group that have been waging a chain of deadly bombing and shooting in Africa’s most populous nation.

ECOWAS encountering another military junta

April 15, 2012 Soldats Bissau-guinéens

The stage is set for ECOWAS encounter with another military junta, as a delegation from the sub-regional bloc arrives in Guinea Bissau on Monday, after the new military junta on Sunday announced the formation of a National Transitional Council (NTC).

UN Security Council condemns coup in Guinea Bissau

April 14, 2012 L-R Carlos Gomes Junior and UN chief Ban

Amid the precarious situation in Guinea Bissau, UN Secrtary General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council have strongly condemned the military coup in the West African country and demanded immediate return to constitutional order.

The French finally admit leading Gbagbo’s capture

April 12, 2012 L-R Presidents Ouattara and Sarkozy

Former  French  Ambassador to the  Ivory Coast  Jean-Marc Simon,  has  admitted  that French  troops assisted  rebel forces to attack former  president Laurent Gbagbo's residence one year ago on April 11, 2011.

Weekend meeting in Ouagadougou to hasten Mali transition

April 12, 2012 Dioncounda Traoré, président de transition

With constitutional order now returned to Mali, political stakeholders and Captain Amadou Sanogo and leaders of the defunct junta are due to meet in Ouagadougou over the weekend.

Sahel food crisis goes from bad to worse with “global indifference”

April 12, 2012 Des millions de personnes sont menacées par la secheresse

Senior United Nations officials have warned that global inaction could lead to a humanitarian disaster in the Sahel region of West and Central Africa, amid the serious food and humanitarian crisis. 

Mali ‘isolated junta has no option but to restore democracy’

April 11, 2012 Paul Graham, head of African Democracy Institute

--Democracy Institute sees exceptionally good signal

With Bamako on the verge of returning to constitutional order, the head of the Pretoria-based Institute for Democracy in Africa has said it sends a strong signal that “unconstitutional change of government is not acceptable anymore in Africa.”