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Massive road safety campaign underway in Liberia

May 16, 2012 Philip Woods, the man leading road safety campaign

By William Selmah/WADR Correspondent

In the wake of a high rate of road accident, an institution dedicated to enhancing road safety in Liberia has begun series of road safety sensitization activities, such as airing of radio and television jingles and circulation of posters. 

“Entire sub-region risks destabilization,”if Mali crisis not solved

May 16, 2012 Mali Woman and children extremely vulnerable by ongoing instability

--Amnesty Intl warns

Amnesty International has outlined a string of human rights violations allegedly committed Mali, mainly in the rebel-controlled north, including extra-judicial killings, rape of women and girls by armed men and arbitrary detentions.

Finding ways to effectively manage sub-region’s waste

May 15, 2012 A cross section of participants at the Accra conference

Managing waste is an uphill task in cities across West Africa, with rural urban migration becoming a daily phenomenon.

Experts in waste management and other stakeholders are brainstorming how to address this challenge at a two-day conference currently taking place in the Ghanaian capital, Accra.

A refugee pleads for peace, end to war & global refugee crisis

May 15, 2012 Wars trigger flight of refugees

 “Citizens must have protection and have security,” a clarion call from a a 28-year-old Dafur refugee who simply identified himself as Maha.

 

“Taylor one of those who bear greatest responsibility for crimes”

May 14, 2012 Prosecutor Brenda Hollis

--Prosecutor tells Sierra Leone people

The Prosecutor of the UN backed Sierra Leone Special Court, Brenda Hollis has been visiting the country to discuss the conviction of former Liberian President Charles Taylor.

Sierra Leone: 162 deaths in road accidents in 4 months

May 14, 2012 Observe traffic signals

Some 162 people have been killed in road accidents in Sierra Leone over the past four months, Sierra Leone’s police have said.

Conde wants halt to revision of Guinea voters list

May 14, 2012 President Alpha Condé of Guinea

Guinean President Alpha Conde has asked the country’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to stop the ongoing revision of the national voters register.

ECOWAS says Mali ex-junta trying to destabilize transition

May 14, 2012 Mali military junta (Capt Sanogo center)

The ECOWAS Commission has accused Mali’s ex-junta leaders of making statements and engaging in actions “which appear clearly designed to disrupt the political transition and further destabilize the situation in Mali.” 

Mali ex-junta insists on leading transition, as ECOWAS talks fail

May 14, 2012 Mali ex-junta leader Capt Amadou Sanogo

Negotiations held in Mali between the coup leaders and a delegation from the sub-regional bloc, ECOWAS hit a snag at the weekend.

4 sub-regional neigbours beef up security, econ cooperation

May 14, 2012 G-D Présidents Koroma et Sirleaf

Four West African states have agree on strengthening border security and economic cooperation and development, during state visits paid to two capitals over the weekend.