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Senegal : President Wade condemns Saint-Louis land dispute killing

October 29, 2011 President Wade, Senegal

President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal has condemned the violence which erupted Wednesday in Fanaye, in the region of Saint-Louis, northern Senegal, leaving two persons dead and 20 others injured.

Benin Unhappy With AU’s Role in Libya

October 27, 2011

After the secret burial of the late Libyan leader Col. Moamar Kadhafi in the Libyan Desert, the Republic of Benin has expressed dismay over the role played by the African Union (AU) in the Libyan crisis.

UNHCR facilitates first voluntary repatriation to Cote d'Ivoire

October 26, 2011 Ivorian refugees boarding trucks in Solo refugee camp

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in collaboration with the Liberia Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission (LRRRC) has facilitated the first voluntary repatriation to Côte d' Ivoire.

400 Heavily-Armed Kaddafi Ex-fighters Arrive In Northern Mali

October 25, 2011

The death of former Libyan leader Moamar Kaddafi has had an early impact on Mali, with a group of about 400 ex-fighters loyal to the Colonel recently arriving in the north of the country, where they were met by a delegation of Ministers of the Malian government.

Conflicting accounts of Gaddafi's killing, as LIbyans jubilate

October 21, 2011 Col Mohammar Gadafi, Libya

There are conflicting accounts about the circumstances under which Libya's former leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was killed, but the country’s acting Prime Minister says he died in crossfire.

Court slaps Senegal opposition politician with 2-year jail term

October 21, 2011 Malick Noel Seck, Senegal Socialist Party

An opposition political figure in Senegal has been sentenced to two years in prison.

Malick Noel Seck, leader of the Socialist Convergence Movement, which is a wing of the former ruling Senegalese Socialist party, was given the two-year jail term on Thursday for offending the Magistrate and death threats.

Senegal: Presidential hopeful promises to end Casamance crisis in 500 days

October 20, 2011 Me El Hadji Diouf

In Senegal, the season for lots of promises from politicians is around the corner, as presidential election is just a few months away.

The leader of the opposition Senegalese Workers and People’s Party, Maitre Elhaji Diouf says if elected in the February 2012 polls, he will resolve the long-running armed rebellion in the southern Senegalese region of Casamance in just 500 days.

ISS on how Africa can fight terrorism

October 18, 2011 Dr. Jakkie Cilliers,ISS chief

“I think Africa has always been the continent most affected by terrorism in the world, much more than America,” says Dr. Jakkie Cilliers, Executive Director of the Pretoria-based Institute for Security Studies (ISS).

ICC warns trouble makers in Liberia, amid row over polls

October 17, 2011 Luis Moreno-Ocampo

"We will pay close attention to the actions and statements of the political class, and in particular to the presidential candidates, including after the elections. Resorting to violence will not be tolerated," says the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in a warning to potential trouble makers in Liberia.

11 Liberia parties protest and pull out of electoral process

October 15, 2011 Liberia's coveted Executive Mansion

Eleven political parties in Liberia including the opposition Congress for Democratic Change have rejected the provisional results announced by the National Elections Commission (NEC) citing fraud.

Reports from Liberia say 11 of the 16 presidential candidates and their political parties, which contested last Tuesday’s presidential and legislative elections, are protesting the vote count and have withdrawn from the electoral process.