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Ghana elections trial resumes on April 16

April 4, 2013 Nana Akufo Ado/ NPP

Ghana’s Supreme Court set April 16 as the date to begin hearing the substantive case of the Election Petition challenging the validity of the 2012 presidential election.

 

Togo rally of the coalition let's save Togo

April 4, 2013 Une marche du collectif

Several members of the opposition parties’ coalition, let’s save Togo were indicted just after the fires in the market places of Lomè and Kara, slowing down its protest actions.

Ivory coast sub regional common customs regulations

April 2, 2013 Image 3111

The free movement of people and goods remain still a principle written in several sub regional charters, its implementation is hindered by some issues in each member country.

Ghana: Ruling, opposition parties in post-poll clash

December 14, 2012 Image 2938

As the leader of Ghana’s main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo, continues to reject incumbent President John Mahama’s election victory, tension is running high and leading to violence on the streets.

The friction between the two political camps played out violently in two of the biggest markets in the Ghanaian capital Accra yesterday, with NPP and the ruling NDC party supporters clashing.

Nigerian Governors Want Gov’t Approve $4bn for States

December 13, 2012 Nigerian Governors' Forum chairman Rotimi Amaechi

Governors of all 36 states in Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory Administration are pressing the National Assembly to grant them permission to acquire a three billion US dollar loan.

The request is among the resolutions of the Nigeria Governors' Forum reached after a meeting on Tuesday in the capital Abuja.

 

Monrovia Mayor deplores poor sanitation in many African cities

December 11, 2012 Mary Broh, Mayor of Monrovia

“Lack of proper sanitation and hygiene in many African cities is very troubling, embarrassing and depressing,” the Mayor of the Liberian capital, Monrovia, Mary Broh, has said.

She was one of thousands of delegates to Dakar's recent Africities meeting, swapping ideas on making Africa's cities cleaner and more efficient.

S. Leone: Parliament gets 1st woman minority leader

December 11, 2012 Dr. Bernadette Lahai, S. Leone Parliament Minority Leader

The main opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) has elected a woman member of parliament as minority leader, making her the first-ever woman to hold the post in the history of the country.

Dr. Bernadette Lahai defeated two SLPP male lawmakers to earn the historic feat in a parliament comprising only the ruling All People’s Congress and SLPP.

Ex-Malian PM Cheikh Modibo Diarra – A Profile

December 11, 2012 Chieck Modibo Diarra, ex-Malian PM

By Chris Simpson

Although the son-in-law of former president Moussa Traoré, Cheikh Modibo Diarra stayed away from Malian politics for most of his adult life.

Diarra was known instead as one of Mali’s brightest stars in the diaspora. He was a renowned astrophysicist, studying first in Paris and then at Howard University in the United States, before going on to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). At Nasa, Diarra was a leading interplanetary navigator, heavily involved with the Mars Pathfinder mission.

 

Liberia: Another leader, yet another vision

December 11, 2012 Liberian Pres. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf signing the Vision?

Liberian Presidents have had the tendency to carve grand ideas into “visions” when it comes to shaping the country’s future, but critics say the problem is lack of implementation and not the quality of the blueprint.

Incumbent President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf’s predecessor Charles Taylor came up with his Vision 2024 back in the late 1990s, as was the case of others before him, but they have all remained practically on the drawing board.

Ghana: Pres. Mahama sees ‘voice of God’ in poll win

December 10, 2012 Pres. John Mahama of Ghana

Ghana's incumbent President John Dramini Mahama, who was declared winner of the 2012 elections, has called on opponents to know that “the voice of the people is the voice of God,” and respect the voice of Ghanaians.

The main opposition New Patriotic Party of Nana Akufo Addo has rejected the results and is reportedly contemplating legal action over alleged irregularities.