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Senegalese soldiers, paramilitary voting in runoff on Saturday

March 17, 2012 IL-R President Wade and Macky Sall

Some 23,000 Senegalese military and paramilitary forces are this weekend casting their ballots, ahead of March 25th second round presidential election.

More Liberian refugees return home, ahead of June 30 deadline

March 16, 2012 Des réfugiés libériens sur la route du retour

Liberian refugees in the West African sub-region have begun returning home, ahead of the June 30 deadline they have before they lose their status and as their post-war nation now enjoys peace and stability.

Security chaos at Accra Airport

March 15, 2012 Security guards on duty at Kotoka Airport in Accra, Ghana

A free for all fight ensued between some Police and security personnel at Ghana’s Kotoka International Airport on Wednesday.

ICC 1st verdict nails DRC warlord Lubanga guilty

March 14, 2012 Thomas Lubanga , DRC warlord

In its 1st verdict, the International Criminal Court, ICC has found former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) rebel leader, Thomas Lubanga guilty of recruiting and using child soldiers,

CPJ alarmed by threats on Liberian Journalist for FGM story

March 14, 2012 Liberian Journalist Mae Azango

After publishing a news report of the effects of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on Liberian girls and women in some parts of the country, a Liberian female Journalist is said to have been forced to go into hiding, due to alleged death threats.

Boko Haram’s bombings crippling Nigeria Stock Market

March 14, 2012 Flashback scène d'attentat à la bombe perpétré par Boko Hramrevious Boko Haram attack

Insecurity triggered by the wave of Boko Haram bombings in parts of Nigeria is having a negative impact on the country’s capital market, the Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Arumna Oteh has said.

Nigeria: Goodluck urges restraint after 10 killed in church blast

March 12, 2012 President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned Sunday’s bombing of a church in the central city of Jos, which officials say killed at least 10 people, but he urged citizens not to take the law into their own hands.

Nigerian cleric explains how suicide bombers hit Jos Church

March 11, 2012 FLASHBACK: image from a previous church attack in Nigeria

Suicide bombers on Sunday attacked St. Finbarrs Catholic Church, Ray Field in Jos in North Central Nigeria, by ramming a vehicle into the fence of the Church.

“I was at the altar when I heard a loud explosion. Suddenly things were falling all over, and there was pandemonium in the Church,” said Rev Fr. Peter Umorem, the Parish Priest of the church.

Guinea court frees 17 linked to armed attack on Conde’s home

March 10, 2012 FLASHBACK: Soldiers on the street near Conde's home after the attack

A court in Conakry on Friday freed 17 people arrested for allegedly being linked to last year’s armed attack on the residence of President Alpha Conde in the capital, which left one bodyguard dead and a few others wounded.

Court rejects Taylor lawyer's request to change verdict date

March 9, 2012 Ex-President Charles Taylor, hired cIA spy

Judges of the UN-backed Sierra Leone war crimes court in The Hague have dismissed a request by lawyers of former Liberian President Charles Taylor to postpone the April 26 date set to hand down the verdict in Taylor's trial in The Hague.

In an earlier motion, Taylor's lead defense lawyer Courtney Griffiths requested that the court change the judgement date from April 26, 2012 to May 1, 2012 "or any suitable date thereafter."