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Guinea returns disputed Yenga to Sierra Leone July

June 5, 2012 Disputed border town of Yenga

After years of bickering, Guinea has promised to hand over the small border town of Yenga to neighbouring Sierra Leone.

Yenga is the territory where Guinean troops have been occupying since the country took part in the sub-regional ECOMOG force to end Sierra Leone’s civil war in the 1990s .

Mali Premier mobilizes army to flush out rebels from north

June 4, 2012 Premier Modibo Diarra in Ségou

It seems that Mali’s interim government in Bamako has had enough ot the MNLA and Islamist rebels’ occupation of the north.

Prime Minister Sheik Modibo Diarra, who is a career space scientist, has put the citizens on the war path and made a rallying call on the Malian armed forces to end the portioning of the country.

West Africa: Concrete move to breaking trade, transport barriers

June 4, 2012 World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick

The World Bank has approved a US$90 million grant to finance the Abidjan-Lagos Trade and Transport Facilitation Project.

Sunday’s air crash a “national calamity”—Says Goodluck

June 4, 2012 Some 153 passengers and crew perished suddenly

--as Nigeria observes 3 days mourning

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has described as a “national calamity,” the crash of the Dana airline plane, which killed some 146 passengers and 7 crew members in the commercial capital, Lagos on Sunday.

Senegal: Sall govt. preparing to put Hissen Habre on trial

June 3, 2012 Ex-President Hissène Habré of Chad

The Macky Sall government in Senegal has assured that it will give former Chadian President Hissen Habre a fair and equitable trial, as the country’s Justice Ministry announced plans to try him for war crimes, crimes against humanity and torture. 

Nigerian academic sues Central Bank Gov for “plagiarism”

June 1, 2012 Nigeria Central Bank Governor Sanusi

By Martins Martins/WADR Correspondent

A Nigerian academic based in the United States has taken the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to Court over an alleged “plagiarism”.

US$176m from World Bank to boost West Africa Power Pool

June 1, 2012 World Bank to boost electricity supply

The World Bank has approved US$144.5 million in zero interest financing and a US$31.5 million grant for two projects under the West Africa Power Pool (WAPP) program to boost electricity supply and lower energy cost in four countries, a press release from the bank said on Friday.

Poverty amidst wealth: craving for justice in Equatorial Guinea

May 31, 2012 Tutu Alcante, Exec. Director EG Justice

Although one of Africa’s richest nations, Equatorial Guinea wallows in poverty and underdevelopment, outside the glare of the world’s spotlight on dictatorial and corrupt governments.

Taylor Trial: A step away from impunity, a leap forward for justice?

May 31, 2012 Some amputees from the S. Leone war

Eleven years after the official declaration of the end of Sierra Leone’s civil war, Charles Ghankay Taylor was sentenced today to 50 years imprisonment by the Special Court for Sierra Leone sitting in The Hague. Taylor was unanimously found guilty on April 26 th , 2012 of all eleven counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and serious violations of international humanitarian law.

 

Amnesty Int’l wants other Liberia, Sierra Leone war actors tried

May 31, 2012 A rebel militia during Liberia's civil war

--but hails Taylor’s 50yrs sentence

Amnesty International welcomes the 50 years jail sentence against former Liberian President Charles Taylor, but it wants other perpetrators of crimes against humanity in both Liberia and Sierra Leone to also be prosecuted.