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B. Faso: Malian rebel Ansar Dine commits to peace, relief aid

November 8, 2012 Members of Malian rebel group Ansar Dine

Burkina Faso Foreign Minister, Djibril Bassole, has urged Malian Islamist rebel group Ansar Dine to make good its commitment to a peaceful resolution of the crisis in northern Mali.

Bassole was speaking after he brokered an agreement with the rebel faction to allow humanitarian aid groups into its territory.

Malian foreign minister denies meeting rebels

November 6, 2012 Members of Mali's Islamic rebel movement

Mali's Foreign Minister Tieman Coulibaly has denied that he met representatives of the Ansar Dine Islamic movement in the Burkinabe capital, Ouagadougou, as reported by the media.

Coulibaly clarified to reporters in Bamako on Monday that though he was on a visit to the Burkinabe capital at the weekend, he did not meet with any member of the rebel groups Ansar Dine or the MNLA.

Nigerians react to Boko Haram’s call for talks

November 6, 2012 Some members of Boko Haram sect

An invitation reportedly issued by radical Islamic group Boko Haram to hold talks with the Nigerian government led by prominent Nigerians has surprised many, particularly given the movement's reputation for extremism and violence. 

The invitation has met mixed reactions in Nigeria, with the Parliament Speaker, Aminu Tabuwai welcoming the initiative.

Nigerian gov’t rejects Boko Haram conditions for talks

November 5, 2012 President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria

The Nigerian Presidency has rejected offers for talks from the Islamist sect Boko Haram based on conditions the group has given to end a three-year spate of violence that mainly comprises bombing of civilian targets.

The conditions include that former military leader Gen. Muhammed Buhari is a part of the talks and that the group’s second-in-command joins the negotiating team for the meeting it wants held in Saudi Arabia.

 

Nigeria: What's Boko Haram’s reason for a Buhari mediation?

November 5, 2012 Gen. Muhammadu Buhari

The radical Islamist group Boko Haram has called for a dialogue with the Federal Government to end the three-year insurgency and has invited Gen. Muhammed Buhari to lead the mediation.

The group also named five others, including its second-in-command, Abu Abdulazeez, to be part of the meeting at its preferred venue - Saudi Arabia.

Cote d’Ivoire: OSIWA roots for post-conflict justice

November 1, 2012 Young Ivorians being held in detention

The Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) has launched a project aimed at establishing legal and judicial support for the victims of Cote d’Ivoire's post-election violence that ended in April 2011.

The violence involving supporters of ex-President Laurent Gbagbo and incumbent President Alasanne Ousttara, left over 3,000 people killed and thousands who suffered human rights abuses.

Liberia urges more support for ECOWAS in Mali crisis

November 1, 2012 Islamistes armés maîtres du Nord du Mali

As preparations continue for the deployment of an international force in Mali, Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has called for increased support to the sub-regional bloc, ECOWAS.

During talks with her Guinean counterpart Alpha Conde at the Conakry international airport, President Sirleaf noted that the Malian crisis also concerns the entire African continent.

S. Leone: NEC restricts vehicle movement on Election Day

October 31, 2012 NEC Chairperson Dr. Christina Thorpe

The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has announced a number of measures to ensure a violence-free election come 17 November when Sierra Leoneans go to the poll to elect a president, parliamentarians and local council officials.

The measures, which include limitation of vehicles in the streets, were approved after several meetings with political parties and other election stakeholders.

Nigeria: Publisher speaks on tension in Kaduna after bomb blast

October 30, 2012 A scene from a bomb blast at a church in Kaduna

After the suicide bombing Sunday targeting a Catholic Church in Nigeria’s northern city of Kaduna, the Joint Military Task Force said it would continue to step up its operations against the Boko Haram Islamist militant group.

By Monday, the death toll from the church blast had reached nine, while more than one hundred others were injured.

S.Leone: Pres. Jonathan nudges credible polls

October 30, 2012 Nigerian Pres. Goodluck Jonathan

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has called for free, fair and credible elections in Sierra Leone, noting that this will promote peace in the country that went through a decade of civil war.

The advice of visiting President Jonathan comes just over two-weeks to presidential, parliamentary and local council elections scheduled for 17 November this year.