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ICC judges expand Ivory Coast probe to cover 2002-2010

February 24, 2012 L'ex-Président Laurent Gbagbo à la CPI

The Pre-Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has decided to expand its authorisation for the investigation in Côte d’Ivoire to include crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court allegedly committed from September 2002 to November 2010.

Nigeria toying with Code of Conduct in public service

February 24, 2012 Chief Sam Saba , head of CCB

Nigeria is trying to take measures to ensure transparency and accountability in the public service.

There are some who it can work in Africa’s most populous nation, but  there are cynics who believe implementating a code of conduct in Nigeria is a far fetched dream.

UN team arrives to assess Liberia's peace & stability

February 23, 2012 UNMIL peacekeepers in Liberia

This year will make it eight years since the United Nations peacekeeping force, UNMIL was deployed in Liberia and a technical mission has arrived in Monrovia to assess the level of peace and stability in the country.

22% deaths on Ghana roads caused by abandoned vehicles

February 23, 2012 Abandoned vehicles on the road

Road Traffic accident is one of the leading causes of death in Ghana today.

Statistics reveal the loss of lives and properties worth several millions of dollars, with 22% of all road accidents caused by disabled or abandoned vehicles on the roads.

Senegal:Polls chief pleads with Obasanjo to mediate rival parties

February 23, 2012 Doudou Ndir, Président Commission Nationale Electorale Autonôme

Senegal’s autonomous National Elections Commission Chairman has pleaded with the visiting former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo to go beyond election observation, but mediate between the rival parties in the run up to Sunday’s presidential polls.

Mid-night inspection catches deserting doctors, nurses unawares

February 22, 2012 Sierra Leone's Health Minister Zainab Bangura

By Mohamed Konneh/WADR Correspondent

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Health and Sanitation has taken doctors and nurses at public hospitals by surprise by conducting mid-night inspection of conditions at the facilities.

Sierra Leone: US$40m in private pockets due to procurement flaws

February 22, 2012 TI logo

Studies show that appropriate procurement reforms could save Sierra Leone’s government an estimated US$40m a year, money which allegedly ends up in private pockets due to improper procurement procedures.

Obasanjo in Senegal to ‘‘prevent what is preventable’’

February 22, 2012 Ex-President Obasanjo in green T-shirt on arrival in Dakar

With tensions mounting and concerns of serious threat to Senegal’s long political stability looming, former Nigerian President Olasegun Obasanjo has arrived in the capital, Dakar as a Special envoy of the African Union and ECOWAS to observe Sunday’s presidential polls and what he called ''prevent what is preventable.''

CPJ says world’s media 'under siege,censorship widens'

February 21, 2012 CPJ logo

A yearly survey conducted by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) shows that local censorship has gone global and the world’s media are under siege, with the watchdog role of a free press being publicly tarnished and critical reporting deemed anti-patriotic.


Liberia oil firm optimistic of ‘’potentially significant discovery’’

February 21, 2012 Dr Randolph McClain, NOCAL CEO

Liberia has said a ‘’potentially large accumulation of oil deposit’’ has been discovered off the country’s coast.

“This news is good news for Liberia, and we are cautiously optimistic.  We do not yet really know how much is down there. But we know, according to African Petroleum, that this discovery is of very good to excellent quality oil,’’ said Dr. Randolph McClain, President of the state-owned National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCOL).