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Carter Center says Ivory Coast polls “credible” but urges dialogue

December 15, 2011 FLASHBACK: An Ivorian voter on December 11

The Carter Center election observer mission has hailed Sunday’s parliamentary elections in the Ivory Coast as “credible”, while the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) wants the government to lift suspensions on three local newspapers.

Liberia: Sirleaf appeals for peace, joint food project yields success

December 15, 2011 President Sirleaf à la reception du Prix Nobel de la Paix à Oslo

Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has returned home with her Nobel Peace Prize, describing it as an appeal to the Liberian people to see the future based on peace and reconciliation.

At the same time, amidst concerns of a looming food crisis in West and Central Africa, the Liberian government and United Nations agencies have announced a success story of a joint agricultural project, which has benefitted tens of thousands of people.

African rights court seeks visibility, but only 26 states okay charter

December 15, 2011 La Cour Africaine des Droits de l'Homme

There are strong indications that not many people here on the continent have heard about or know the mission of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, as only 26 out of the 54 African states have ratified the African Charter.

Sierra Leone Journalists take police to court

December 14, 2011 Omaru Fofana, President of SLAJ

Members of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) say they have had enough of police brutality and resolved to take two presidential bodyguards to court.

New sub-regional measures to mark and track small arms

December 14, 2011 An assortment of small arms

Keeping track of the flow of arms and those carrying them in the West African sub-region has become a very difficult, if not impossible task over the years.

But now, a meeting of experts and other officials in Mali has come up with measures to keep track of small arms and light weapons.

Nigeria: More anger over gov’t plan to cut fuel subsidy

December 14, 2011 President Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria

The Nigerian government’s plan to cut subsidies of petroleum products continues to enrage a large segment of the population, with warning that it could trigger protest.

 

“It’s not vendetta against the gov’t, we want justice”—Slain editor’s son

December 13, 2011 Deyda Hydara, Journaliste Gambien assassiné en 2004

Frustrated by years of failure to bring Tthe killer(s) of his father to justice, the son of slain Gambian Journalist, Deyda Hydara says, “We feel that they (the government) haven’t done enough to find the killers and on numerous occasions they refused to conduct proper investigation. So we are just seeking justice really.”

Senegal, Mali agree to end cross-border harassment of travelers

December 13, 2011 Senegal-Mali frontier

Customs harassment on the highway linking Senegal to Mali will soon be a thing of the past.

The issue was once again at the center of talks between Malian and Senegalese authorities at the just ended 20th edition of the international trade fair of Dakar, where Mali was one of the guest countries.

Journalists in prison reach 15-year high, says CPJ

December 13, 2011 CPJ logo

The number of journalists imprisoned worldwide reached a 15-year high in 2011, driven by repressive states seeking to choke the flow of information, says a new report issued by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

 

 

Sierra Leone: WACSI Trains Civil Society to Influence Domestic Policy

December 13, 2011 WACSI training, Freetown

The West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) has started a-four-day training for civil society groups in Sierra Leone on specialized training in policy advocacy and
engagement.