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Guinea: President Conde appeals for calm, vigilance after attack

July 19, 2011 Central Conakry

Guinea’s President Alpha Condé has called on the population to “remain calm” and be “vigilant” hours after his private residence in the capital Conakry was attacked by heavily armed assailants.

Guinea: President Conde escapes attack on residence

July 19, 2011

Heavily armed assailants early Tuesday attacked the residence of Alpha Conde, but the Guinean president escaped injury and is in a safe place.

MRU leaders on Liberia, I. Coast border security threat

July 18, 2011 MRU leaders at their just ended Monrovia summit

With Liberia’s elections just three months away, Mano River Union heads of state say the border threat between Liberia and Ivory Coast is a factor that could adversely affect the entire sub-region.

 

Ouattara, Conde, Koroma to join Sirleaf in Monrovia

July 16, 2011 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf at Alassane Ouattara's inauguration in Yamoussoukro

The Heads of State of member countries of the Mano River Union (MRU) are expected on Sunday in Monrovia, Liberia's capital, for a Union summit on border security and refugees conditions.

Pres. Wade breaks silence after protests rocked Senegal

July 15, 2011 President Wade of Senegal

Senegal’s President Abdoulaye Wade has finally spoken on a number of issues ranging from violence, elections and social harmony, after massive protests rocked the West African nation late June.

 

 

Farmers, herdsmen clash in Guinea

July 13, 2011 Pres Alpha Condé, Guinea

In Guinea, clashes have taken place between farmers and herdsmen in a village 900 km south of the capital, Conakry.

Senegal: Deaths from lightning spark calls for conductors

July 12, 2011 Lightning strike

People of Fouladou and other communities in southern Senegal are calling on the government to come to their aid, after lightning killed two brothers.

UNHCR relocates 2,000 Ivorian refugees to camps, as malnutrition hits

July 12, 2011 Some Ivorian refugees in Liberia

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says it has relocated 2,000 Ivorian refugees from transit center and border communities to camps it established in Liberia's northeastern and southeastern regions.


 

 

Malnutrition hits Ivorian refugee children in Liberia

July 12, 2011

BY William Selmah, WADR's Correspondent

Reports from border towns in northeastern Liberia say many Ivorian refugee children are malnourished in several Liberian border towns and villages.

Liberia, Ivory Coast upbeat about sub-regional security

July 10, 2011 Liberia's Pres Johnson-Sirlef meets Ivorian officials

Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro has ended a weekend visit to Liberia, with both countries saying the talks between him and President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf would promote security in the Mano River Union and strengthen relations between the two neighbours.

The MRU is a four-nation bloc grouping Liberia, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone and Guinea.