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Police crack down on Marijuana cultivation in Sierra Leone

May 5, 2012 A marijuana or cannabis farm

Thirty eight people have been arrested in Sierra Leone for allegedly cultivating marijuana.

The police with support from Irish government have launched an operation code named Desert Breeze to fight drug trafficking in the country.

ECOWAS tells Guinea Bissau junta to restore parliament

May 4, 2012 Soliders in Guinea Bissau after the coup

Leaders of the sub-regional bloc, ECOWAS have told Guinea Bissau’s military junta, which overthrew the civilian government on April 12, to restore the National Assembly.

The ECOWAS leaders made the call at their extraordinary summit on Thursday in the Senegalese capital, Dakar.

Prosecutors tell court Taylor deserves 80 years in jail

May 4, 2012 Former Liberian President Charles Taylor

Prosecutors in the trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor are calling for a prison sentence of 80 years, after his war crimes conviction in The Hague last week.

The prosecutors told the UN backed Sierra Special Court the "extreme magnitude" of the crimes he committed warranted the long-term sentence.

 

“Growing confidence” in Africa by investors--says new survey

May 3, 2012 Ernst & Yourng

African Gross Domestic Product GDP is forecast to grow between 4 and 5% in the next decade.

A new survey has said “growing optimism and confidence among international and African investors has lead to significant inward investment into Africa over the last decade.”

Alarming use of sex stimulants in Ghana, Drugs Board warns

May 3, 2012 One of the many sex stimulants on Ghana market

Ghana's Food and Drugs Board has warned its citizens of what it called, the sometimes ‘dire and dangerous consequences’ of using aphrodisiacs or sex stimulant, especially for many of the country’s young male population.

 

Nigeria: Force only option yet to stop Boko Haram’s carnage?

May 3, 2012 FLASHBACK: Image of last January's Kano blast in Nigeria

Nigeria has been under consistent attacks from suicide bombings and shootings carried out by the country’s Islamist militant group, Boko Haram Islamist sect in recent times, with no signs of a peaceful end to this theatre of violence any time soon.

Heads of UN missions on need for stability in West Africa

May 3, 2012 Said Djinnit, Head of UNOWA

The Heads of UN peacekeeping Missions in West Africa have expressed concerns about the recent developments in Mali, stressing “the need for all stakeholders in Mali to stay the course of the 6 April Framework Agreement.” 

Taylor’s conviction “isn’t the end”—says US envoy Rapp

May 2, 2012 US Amb on war crimes issues, Stephen Rapp

By Frank Sainworla,Jr/WADR News

The head of the US State Department’s office of global criminal justice, Ambassador Stephen Rapp has said the conviction of former Liberian President Charles Taylor of war crimes and crimes against humanity “isn’t the end” of efforts to pursue perpetrators of atrocities.

Mali pro-junta forces consolidating positions

May 2, 2012 ex-Junta leader Capt Sanogo (center)

Forces loyal to Captain Amadou Sanogo’s junta are consolidating their positions, after taking control of the “Red Beret” presidential guard base in Bamako, following two days of fighting.

Bitter-sweet Workers Day celebrations in West Africa

May 2, 2012 Workers on May Day in one of the subregional countries, Ghana

Celebrations of the 2012 annual May Day or International Workers Day  took place on Tuesday in countries across the sub-region, against the backdrop of a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) of a huge increase in joblessness amid the global economic crisis.