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Spoils of Liberia court jury system unraveling

May 17, 2012 Liberia Temple of Justice building, seat of the Judiciary

Liberia’s Supreme Court Chief Justice Johnnie Lewis has threatened to sack clerks of courts for tampering with jury
selection cross the West African nation.

“We don’t have a good jury system…we don’t have it,” Lewis declared.

UN Security Council begins W. African tour on Friday

May 17, 2012 UN Sec General Ban Ki Moon

The 15 Members of the United Nations Security Council are expected to begin a week-long tour of the West African sub-region beginning this Friday, a UN statement said.

WFP intervenes with "cereal banks" to contain Senegal food crisis

May 17, 2012 A sample of WFP relief assistance from its cereal banks

Although not on the scale as Niger, Chad or Mali, Senegal has not escaped the food crisis hitting the Sahel region of West and Central Africa, with some 800,000 people threatened by serious food insecurity.

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is trying to help find solution to the problem by stocking what it calls, cereal banks around the country. 

Nigerians take Exxon Mobil to court for oil pollution

May 17, 2012 An Akwa Ibom oil spill

Ten prominent Rulers from the Ibeno Community in Akwa Ibom, southern Nigeria have taken Exxon Mobil to court for allegedly spilling oil in the region for 11 years, demanding one trillion Naira or about US$6 billion in damages.

US says ECOWAS losing grip on Mali crisis

May 17, 2012 Rebels in northern Mali

The United States government has said the failure of the ECOWAS mediation efforts to return Mali to constitutional order is “just providing space for more mischief in the north of Mali.”

Sierra Leone reforms outdated tax laws, as economy grows at 6%

May 17, 2012 Finance Min Samura Kamara of Sierra Leone

As Sierra Leone prepares to reform outdated tax laws, the country’s economy is this year growing at 6% with prospects for more growth, said Finance and Economic Development Minister, Dr. Samura Kamara.

Taylor tells court prosecution bought witnesses

May 16, 2012 Former President Charles Taylor

Reports from The Hague say former Liberian President Charles Taylor has accused the prosecution of paying witnesses to testify against him during his war crimes trial, which began in 2006.

Nigeria doctors’ strike crisis deepens with eviction

May 16, 2012 Lagos Governor Babatunde Fashola

Authorities in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos has ordered the eviction of 788 striking doctors from their official residence, further deepening the crisis in the health sector.

Massive road safety campaign underway in Liberia

May 16, 2012 Philip Woods, the man leading road safety campaign

By William Selmah/WADR Correspondent

In the wake of a high rate of road accident, an institution dedicated to enhancing road safety in Liberia has begun series of road safety sensitization activities, such as airing of radio and television jingles and circulation of posters. 

“Entire sub-region risks destabilization,”if Mali crisis not solved

May 16, 2012 Mali Woman and children extremely vulnerable by ongoing instability

--Amnesty Intl warns

Amnesty International has outlined a string of human rights violations allegedly committed Mali, mainly in the rebel-controlled north, including extra-judicial killings, rape of women and girls by armed men and arbitrary detentions.