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Ivory Coast: HRW urges end to rising crimes in ex-rebels HQ

March 5, 2012 Image of Ivory Coast New Forces ex-rebels

A report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) says 22 people have allegedly been murdered in central Ivory Coast, during attacks on passengers travelling on motorbikes or in commercial vehicles, since December 2011.

Benin govt gives teachers ultimatum to end strike

March 5, 2012 President Boni Yayi of Benin

Benin’s government is now fed up with the over one month strike by hundreds of teachers and it has given an ultimatum.

In an announcement over the weekend, the country’s Interior Minister said the government would adopt a tougher attitude in dealing with the teachers, who have been on strike for five weeks now.

Youth, civil society meet on Population, Development issues

March 4, 2012 UNFPA logo

Youth and civil society are the heart of a series of reviews for of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action.

The first global review will be held by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), as part of the 2nd Dialogue and Retreat of the Alliance of Southern Civil Society in Global Health.

 

Nigeria high court upholds victories of 2 southern governors

March 4, 2012 Dr. Attahiru Jega, head of INEC Nigeria

Nigeria’s Supreme Court has upheld the victories of Emmanuel Oduaghan and Rochas Okorocha,  the governors of Delta and Imo States, in South-South and South-eastern Nigeria respectively.

UNHCR says no end to exodus of refugees from Mali

March 3, 2012 Image of UNHCR camp for refugees fleeing Mali

The UN refugee agency, UNHCR says refugees from Mali continue to arrive in neighbouring countries, fleeing fighting in the north between government troops and rebels.

Ghana experiments with biometric voter registration

March 3, 2012 President John Atta Mills of Ghana

For the first time, Ghana is introducing the use a biometric registration and verification in its parliamentary and presidential elections slated for December this year.

George Weah leads Liberia CDC, after Tubman’s expulsion

March 2, 2012 L-R Winston Tubman and George Weah

Former Liberian international football star, George Weah has again taken over as leader of the main opposition party, Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), replacing Winston Tubman, who was expelled on Thursday.

Ivory Coast gets CFA 125bn boost for reconstruction

March 2, 2012 Madani Tall, World Bank Country Director, Ivory Coast

The World Bank has said it’s giving big support towards Ivory Coast’s reconstruction process.

It has already given Ivorian authorities a financial package of about 125 billion CFA Francs.

100s of cases in Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria

March 2, 2012 Lassa fever can be contracted through urine of mouse/rat

Health authorities in Nigeria recently raised alarm about an outbreak of Lassa fever in at least 12 of Nigeria’s 36 states, with 40 deaths and hundreds of cases recorded so far.

Liberia: New report warns US$300m could be lost to graft

March 1, 2012

A new report released by a leading Liberian watchdog group has said “more than US$300 million could be lost to corruption and mismanagement if the government of Liberia fails to reform the County Social Development Funds (CSDF) contributed by mining companie