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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.

“Do I look like a dead person?” -Mills denies Ghana rumours

June 18, 2012 President John Atta Mills of Ghana

Ghana’s President John Atta Mills proved rumour mongerers wrong over the weekend, when he appeared at the Kotoka International airport in Accra to dispel rumours of his death.

Sirleaf extends condolences to I. Coast, Niger for deaths in raids

June 17, 2012 President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia

Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has presented condolences to her Ivorian counterpart, Alassane Ouattara for the lost of civilian lives in the recent croos-border raids in the Ivory Coast.

Pan-African petition to ICC: prosecute Western powers for crimes

June 17, 2012 International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands

--stop the West from using court to “recolonize Africa”

A Pan-African delegation will on Monday, June 18, 2012 deliver a petition in The Hague, Netherlands, demanding that the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutes some Western powers and NATO for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Africa and Haiti.

West Africa’s democratic gains seriously reversing?

June 16, 2012 Dr Jibrin Ibrahim

Effectively dealing with crisis and growing insecurity is becoming a major challenge for many West African states nowadays. 

 

Urgent need to break barriers for children with disabilities

June 16, 2012 Children with disabilities have rights to protection and care

On the 22nd anniversary of the Day of the African Child, the huge barrier children with disabilities face has been highlighted, with the child relief agency Plan International calling for “change in the condition” of children. 

ICC new Prosecutor promises“to look for new innovative methods”

June 15, 2012 Fatou Bensouda prête serment

--Gambian Fatou Bensouda takes oath

“As I begin my tenure, moving forward in consolidating current practices, the office will continue to forge ahead with its investigations and prosecutions,” said Gambia's Fatou Bensouda, the new chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) as she took the solemn oath of office on Friday in The Hague.

Liberia declares Ivory Coast Young Patriots leader, 9 others wanted

June 15, 2012 Charles Blé Goudé, wanted today by Liberian government

--a Liberian ex-rebel commander also on list

The former leader of the disbanded Young Patriots in Ivory Coast, a group loyal to ex-President Laurent Gbagbo, Charles Ble Goude and nine others have been declared wanted by Liberian authorities.