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Ghana govt. says polytechnic teachers strike illegal

May 30, 2012 President John Atta Mills of Ghana

Striking teachers in Ghana’s polytechnic institutions are facing opposition to their strike on two fronts: from the government and students.

Taylor sentenced 50 years in jail

May 30, 2012 L'ex président libérien Charles Taylor

Convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor, age 64, has on Wednesday been sentenced to 50 years in jail by the United Nations-backed Sierra Leone war crimes court siting in The Hague, Netherlands.

"Mr. Taylor benefitted from this terror and the destruction," said the presiding Judge of the court Richard Lussick before announcing his 50 years jail term..... 

Sierra Leoneans speak out ahead of Taylor’s sentence today

May 30, 2012 Former President Charles Taylor

By 9am GMT this Wednesday morning, May 30 Judges of the UN backed Sierra Leone Special Court will begin proceedings in the sentencing judgement of the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor in The Hague, Netherlands.

Mali rebels’ move serious threat to int’l peace--says ECOWAS

May 29, 2012 Kadre Desire Ouedraogo, président de la Commission de la CEDEAO

The sub-regional bloc, ECOWAS has strongly condemned northern Mali rebels’ attempt to create an Islamic State of Azawad, describing the move as “a serious threat to regional and international peace and security.”

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.