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Sierra Leone: Police arrest petroleum dealers in Kenema

May 9, 2013

Police in the eastern district of Kenema have arrested petroleum dealers for hiking price on petroleum products. Products were sold at Le 8,000 approximately 2 United States dollars far above the official price of Le 4,500 per liter approximately one united stated dollars

WACSI equips CSO to Raise Funds

May 9, 2013 Participants at the training

Resource mobilization stands as a major challenge that prevents civil society organizations (CSOs) and other voluntary institutions working to enhance development in West Africa from achieving their goals

Ghana: May 9 stadium disaster victims Remembered

May 9, 2013 The May 9 statute at the Accra Sports Stadium

Ghana is today remembering the 126 football fans who perished in the Accra Sports Stadium disaster 12 years ago.  The May 9 stadium disaster is Africa’s worst soccer tragedy. The lives were lost as a result of a stampede which occurred during a league match between Accra Hearts of Oak and arch rivals Asante Kotoko in 2001.

CAR: Humanitarian alert, but donors not delivering

May 8, 2013 Amy Martin from the UN Office Humanitarian Affairs

The signals coming from the Central African Republic remain deeply discourage. The head of UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Amy Martin told WARD’s Chris Simpson they are trying to mobilize funds and highlight the most critical needs.

Nigerian Gays Angry With Govt

May 8, 2013

They said they have been harassed and humiliated in recent times across Nigeria. The group said instead of wasting time and energy on homosexuals, the Nigerian government should rather provide the dividends of democracy and accountability to its citizens.

Nigeria: Boko Haram killings in Bama

May 8, 2013 Boko Haram Members Killed By Soldiers While Attacking Bama

According to reports from north-eastern Nigeria, at least 55 people were killed after an early morning attack by militants from the Boko Haram Islamist movement on the town of Bama in Borno state. Boko Haram’s main target was the prison in Bama and the movement succeeded in releasing 105 prisoners.

Mali: Arabs take on Touaregs

May 8, 2013

There have been continuing reports of clashes between Arab and Tuareg fighters around Ber, 60 kilometres north of Timbuktu, triggering the intervention of Burkinabe and Malian troops. 

Goodluck Jonathan in South Africa

May 8, 2013 South Africa and Nigeria are key trading partners on the continent.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan arrived in Nigeria on Tuesday for a state visit aimed at consolidating ties between two of the biggest economies in sub-Saharan Africa.

Chad: Coup plot widens

May 8, 2013 Opposition leaders Saleh Kebzabo and Ngarlejy Yorongar

Following the alleged plot discovered by the Chadian authorities last week in N’Djamena, Chad’s judicial police have called on the national assembly to allow police to interview four members of parliament.

Somalia’s leader hails "new era"

May 7, 2013 Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (left) and British Prime Minister David Cameron

Speaking at a major international conference in London to help Somalia rebuild itself, Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud says his country has entered a new era that will herald the end of more than two decades of conflict.