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AfDB, World Bank halt development aid to Guinea Bissau

April 19, 2012 Guinea Bissau soldiers after the coup

-As ECOWAS condemns junta “illegal initiative”

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank have joined the AU and ECOWAS in condemning last week’s military coup in Guinea-Bissau and they have suspended development operations.

Nigerian citizens annoyed with their politicians

April 19, 2012 President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria

Many Nigerian citizens are said to be annoyed with their politicians for not really focusing on finding solutions to pressing national issues, but only being locked in bickering and filibustering.

Senegal Health Min denies Meningitis epidemic exists

April 19, 2012 Senegal Health Minister Awa Marie Coll Seck

Senegal’s Health Minister has said there is no Meningitis epidemic in the country.

Minister Awa Marie Coll Seck added that at least one hundred and 70 cases of Meningitis would have to be registered in a week, for there to be an epidemic. 

Benin teachers end long-running strike

April 19, 2012 Pupils in Benin

After months of strike and failed negotiations, teachers in Benin have now agreed to go back to work.

Calm returns to Sierra Leone mine after 3 die in violence

April 19, 2012 African Minerals Company exploite et exporte régulièrement du fer

Calm has returned to Sierra Leone’s northern mining city of Bunbuna, following a violent protest amidst a mine workers strike, which left three people dead and at least eight others injured on Wednesday. 

Amnesty Int’l on “increasing repression” in Guinea Bissau

April 18, 2012 Soliders in Guinea Bissau after the coup

Amnesty International has spoken of “increasing repression" amid last Thursday's military coup in Guinea Bissau.

In a statement, Amnesty said “growing restrictions on protesters, the media and freedom of movement are fuelling fear and insecurity in the wake of the military coup in Guinea Bissau.”

Pro-junta civilian group says MPs must quit, as Mali gets new PM

April 18, 2012 Former Junta leader Capt Sanogo

In Mali, while soldiers have been busy arresting a number of allies of  deposed President Amadou Toumani Toure, a pro-junta civilian movement has been calling for the resignation of members of the country's parliament.

Africa: Despite more spending, less access to water,sanitation

April 17, 2012 L-R people scrambling for water and WB Jamal Saghir

--WB official says it’s unacceptable

A World Bank official has said despite the increase in budgets for water and sanitation in much of Africa since access to portable water was recognized as a Millennium Development Goal (MDG) in 2000, “bigger budgets and more spending have not appreciably expanded access to services in most countries.”

“Criminalize Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing”--GIABA

April 16, 2012 Dr Abdullahi Shehu, GIABA Director General

By William Selmah/WADR Correspondent

The Inter-Governmental Action Group Against Money Laundering (GIABA) has underscored the need for Liberia to enact laws criminalizing money laundering and terrorist financing.

US prevails: World Bank nominee triumph over Okonjo-Iweala

April 16, 2012 Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

The United States nominee for World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim has been picked to become the 12th head of the bank, all of whom have been Americans since the institution was established in 1944.