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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.

Ghana: How can parties address declining education system?

March 13, 2012 Symbol of education

The current state of Ghana’s educational system is probably not anything good to write home about.

Last year, about 60 percent of Senior High School students failed their exams, while the results of the Junior High school exams were below average.

Nigeria Capital Market hearings begin

March 13, 2012 Nigeria Stock Exchange

Operatives of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other anti-graft agencies are set to take part in a three-week investigative public hearings at the House of Representatives on the activities of the Capital Market.

Liberian govt admits multi-million US$ CSDF flawed

March 12, 2012 Lewis Brown, Liberian Information Minister

The Liberian government has admitted that the management of the multi-million US dollars County Social Development Funds (CSDF) is flawed.

Soro becomes Ivory Coast new Parliament Speaker

March 12, 2012 Guillaume Soro, nouveau président du Parlement de Côte d'Ivoire

Former Ivorian Prime Minister Guiallaum Soro, who resigned last week, has been elected Parliament Speaker.

WADR's Abidjan Correspondent says Soro, who won a parliament seat in the new parliament last year, was elected on Monday when parliament opened its first session in the political capital, Yamoussoukro.

Food crisis prompts Gambia emergency cabinet session today

March 12, 2012 Yahya Jammeh, président de la Gambie

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has summoned his cabinet to an emergency meeting today, Monday to discuss the developing food crisis, after his country appealed for food aid due to crops failure.

Talks end in deadlock, as Benin Teachers strike continues

March 12, 2012 Classrooms are empty in Benin

Teachers in Benin are continuing their strike, which is close to two months now.

Repeated calls and threats from the government of President Boni Yayi have all fallen on death ears, as the teachers insist that the government must give them a 25% pay increment.

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.