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Turning Sierra Leone ex-combatants into “peace ambassadors”

May 29, 2012 crowd scene during last year's political violence in southern city, Bo

--a move to promote violence free elections

Civil society organizations in Sierra Leone are now targeting ex-combatants for their public awareness and sensitization campaign against election violence, in the run up to the November 17 presidential and general elections.

Open Forum 2012 ends with “The Politics of Sexual Pleasure”

May 28, 2012 Blogger Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah

The Open Forum 2012 has come to an end in Cape Town, South Africa, with Day three putting a spotlight on Money, Power and Sex: The paradox of unequal growth, where the need for effective sex education was stressed.

Sirleaf urges Africa to promote sustainable use of its resources

May 28, 2012 Liberia Pres Sirleaf (4th from Left) with other leaders

Gaborone, Botswana –President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia has called on participants to use the Summit for Sustainability in Africa to promote the sustainable use of natural capital worldwide. 

Mali govt. dismisses rebels’ merger, declaration as null and void

May 28, 2012 Rebels in northern Mali

By Addoul Karim Ba/WADR Correspondent

As the politicians and soldiers in Bamako continue to engage in bickering, the rebel groups who captured the country’s northern region last April, are forming a united front to impose Sharia, thus breaking the secularism that has existed there for decades.

Liberia: Row over govt. refusal to make “Asset Declaration” public

May 26, 2012 Lawrence Randall, LMC boss

A row is brewing between the Liberian government and its parastatals and media rights/development groups over failure of  authorities to make available assets declaration documents of public officials as required by the country’s Freedom of Information (FOI) Law.

World Health Assembly discusses reform, critical health issues

May 26, 2012 World Health Assembly meeting in Geneva

--But how far will reform go?

Reform of the World Health Organization (WHO) and other critical global health issues are being discussed by the World Health Assembly, as its 65th session ends on Saturday in Geneva, Switzerland. 

“Beauty Curse” hits Sierra Leone growing movie industry

May 25, 2012

The movie industry in Sierra Leone has now begun to make headway, both locally and internationally, promoters and producers say. 

“Beauty Curse” is the title of a new movie which is said to have hit Freetown by storm. It’s on the life of a former Sierra Leonean beauty queen, who shockingly died shortly after winning the crown.

Missing Gambian Journalist really resurfaced after 6 years?

May 25, 2012 Missing Gambian Journalist Ebrima Manneh

--Family, Press Union doubt police revelation

For nearly six years, Gambia’s government has been pressured by various international media watchdog and human rights groups to give account of the whereabouts of Journalist Ebrima Manneh.

 

Sahel hunger could turn into humanitarian catastrophe--UN warns

May 25, 2012 Valerie Amos, UN humanitarian chief

The head of the United Nations Humanitarian Coordination office, Valerie Amos has warned that hunger could lead to a humanitarian catastrophe in the Sahel region of West Africa.

Some 18 million people are said to be facing serious food crisis in this region, with Niger being the worst hit. 

‘In the shadow of Africa’s giants’--Nigeria & South Africa

May 24, 2012 A panel at the OpenForum 2012

By Peter Kahler/WADR News/Cape Town

The frosty diplomatic relations seen recently between Nigeria and South Africa have come to the fore at a conference on Africa’s future being held in Cape Town, South Africa.