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Gbagbo's lawyer says indictment unconstitutional

August 21, 2011 Hervé Gouaméné, lawyer of Gbagbo

Some 24 hours after former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and his wife were indicted for economic crimes, Gbagbo’s lawyer has denounced the move.

Liberia: Sirleaf warns polls violence could re-spark civil conflict

August 19, 2011 Pres Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia

Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has strongly condemned an increase in pre-election violence and intimidation, which she warned could destroy the country’s fragile peace and democracy.

Guinea: West African Muslim youth workshop underway

August 16, 2011

The 9th international training workshop of the West Africa Muslim Youth Organization is underway in the Guinean capital, Conakry.

Niger: Govt determined to fight corruption

August 16, 2011 President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger

Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou is determined to continue his fight against corruption.

Ghana using community policing to fight rising crimes

August 15, 2011 Mr Paul Tawiah Quaye, Ghana Police Inspector General

In a bid to be more proactive in battling rising crimes, Ghana’s police administration is holding a conference to engage stakeholders in discussing effective and pragmatic measures to boost community policing.

ECOWAS to hold urgent security summit on Liberia, Ivory Coast

August 14, 2011 Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan

The sub-regional bloc, ECOWAS, says it will hold a five-nation extraordinary summit next week in Abuja to address the issues of security in the Ivory Coast-Liberia border.

Nigeria, Benin to begin patrol in Gulf of Guinea

August 13, 2011 A special unit of the Nigerian Navye’ (SBS)

Nigeria and Benin will on Monday begin patrolling the coast of both countries following a recent upsurge in pirate attacks in the Gulf of Guinea off their coast.

 

ICRC on why upsurge of violence against health workers

August 12, 2011 ICRG logo

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has called for an end to violence against health workers and health-care facilities in areas of armed conflict around the world.

In a new report, the Red Cross described it as “one of the most urgent yet overlooked humanitarian tragedies.”

Africans in Britain worried about job loss amid riots

August 12, 2011 Firefighters at a destroyed building in London

After four days of serious riots across Britain, the country’s Prime Minister David Cameron vowed that the fight-back would be pursued to restore order.

26 summary executions by pro-Ouattara forces--says UN

August 11, 2011 Alassane Ouattara, président de Côte d'Ivoire

A latest UN report says 26 people, including a 17-month-old baby, have been summarily executed in the Ivory Coast by pro-Ouattara revolutionary forces and the Dozo traditional hunters in the past month.