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Sierra Leone uses technology to stop fake drugs proliferation

April 13, 2012 Zainab Bangura, Sierra Leone's Health and Sanitation Minister

--As fake drugs kill 5-month-old baby

For months now, Sierra Leone’s health authorities have been carrying out an all-out operation to track down fake medical drugs and stop their proliferation in the country, with the latest move being introduction of technology.

Senegal economy in 'very bad' shape -says new gov't

April 13, 2012 Mbaye Ndiaye, ministre de l'intérieur du Sénégal

Senegal’s new leadership has begun settling down to face the challenges of governance from all fronts, but the government of President Macky Sall has said the state’s coffers are virtually empty.

The French finally admit leading Gbagbo’s capture

April 12, 2012 L-R Presidents Ouattara and Sarkozy

Former  French  Ambassador to the  Ivory Coast  Jean-Marc Simon,  has  admitted  that French  troops assisted  rebel forces to attack former  president Laurent Gbagbo's residence one year ago on April 11, 2011.

Weekend meeting in Ouagadougou to hasten Mali transition

April 12, 2012 Dioncounda Traoré, président de transition

With constitutional order now returned to Mali, political stakeholders and Captain Amadou Sanogo and leaders of the defunct junta are due to meet in Ouagadougou over the weekend.

Sahel food crisis goes from bad to worse with “global indifference”

April 12, 2012 Des millions de personnes sont menacées par la secheresse

Senior United Nations officials have warned that global inaction could lead to a humanitarian disaster in the Sahel region of West and Central Africa, amid the serious food and humanitarian crisis. 

Tons of timber seized in campaign against illegal logging

April 11, 2012

A campaign to track down people engaged in illegal logging activities is underway in the Ivory Coast.

The country’s Ministry of Forestry has seized several tons of timber from illegal loggers. 

Togo rising unemployment & underemployment rates

April 11, 2012 President Faure Gnassingbé of Togo

Togo and its development partners are currently engaged in talks to discuss the country’s rising unemployment figures. 

Mali ‘isolated junta has no option but to restore democracy’

April 11, 2012 Paul Graham, head of African Democracy Institute

--Democracy Institute sees exceptionally good signal

With Bamako on the verge of returning to constitutional order, the head of the Pretoria-based Institute for Democracy in Africa has said it sends a strong signal that “unconstitutional change of government is not acceptable anymore in Africa.”

Liberia: Under US pressure, Sirleaf abandons anti-gay veto

April 11, 2012 Ellen Johnson, présidente du Liberia

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has now indicated that she will not veto any legislationl legalizing or criminalizing homosexuality in Liberia, after media reports saying she was homophobic. 

More weapons surrendered in I. Coast voluntary disarmament

April 10, 2012 Head of UNOCI Bert Koenders inspecting blue helmet troops

Since the United Nations Mission in the Ivory Coast (UNOCI) began voluntary disarmament of ex-combatants in the Ivorian civil conflict some six months ago, more than 3,500 firearms and over 230,000 rounds of ammunitions as well as dozens of hand grenades have been surrendered.