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Court slaps Senegal opposition politician with 2-year jail term

October 21, 2011 Malick Noel Seck, Senegal Socialist Party

An opposition political figure in Senegal has been sentenced to two years in prison.

Malick Noel Seck, leader of the Socialist Convergence Movement, which is a wing of the former ruling Senegalese Socialist party, was given the two-year jail term on Thursday for offending the Magistrate and death threats.

Cameroon high court rejects petition to annul 9 Oct polls

October 21, 2011 Le président Camerounais Paul Biya et sa femme

Cameroon’s Supreme Court, which is currently serving as the country’s constitutional Council, has rejected an opposition plea for the cancellation of the October 9 presidential election.

Cameroon academic takes opposition to task for not uniting

October 20, 2011 Paul Biya, Cameroon President campaigning

As Cameroonians await the results of the October 9 presidential election, opposition parties are not happy with the way the polls were conducted and they are calling for its annulment.

Senegal: Presidential hopeful promises to end Casamance crisis in 500 days

October 20, 2011 Me El Hadji Diouf

In Senegal, the season for lots of promises from politicians is around the corner, as presidential election is just a few months away.

The leader of the opposition Senegalese Workers and People’s Party, Maitre Elhaji Diouf says if elected in the February 2012 polls, he will resolve the long-running armed rebellion in the southern Senegalese region of Casamance in just 500 days.

Senegal opposition official finally on trial

October 19, 2011 Lawyer Ndeye Fatou Toure

The Palace du justice, the main courthouse in the Senegalese capital, Dakar has seen the appearance of an official of the Socialist Convergence of the former ruling Socialist Party, Malick Seck.

Ghana: As doctors strike bites, hopes for an early end

October 19, 2011 Ghana Health Min Joseph Yieleh Chireh

The medical doctors’ strike in Ghana has begun to bite, as it entered its second week, with some reports of abandoned patients dying in some public hospitals.

Mano River Union experts discuss trade, infrastructure

October 18, 2011

Experts from countries in the Mano River Union are currently meeting in the Ivorian commercial capital, Abidjan to discuss road infrastructures and trade among the four MRU member states.

ECOWAS gearing up for Liberia's presidential run off

October 18, 2011 James Victor Gbeho, ECOWAS Commission President

Heads of state of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS are holding an extraordinary summit on Tuesday at the Commission’s HQ in Abuja to discuss the rotation of statutory positions in institutions of the bloc.

The sub-regional grouping, ECOWAS has welcomed the easing of tension in Liberia, after a large number of opposition parties last Saturday announced they were pulling out of the electoral process.

Nigerian Finance Min calls for transparency in assets recovery

October 18, 2011 Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria Finance Minister

Nigeria's Minister of Finance Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is calling for a transparent regime in the remittance and management of recovered stolen public assets.

The Nigerian Finance Minister made the call, while addressing the opening ceremony of a National Conference on Stolen Assets Recovery and the Management of Proceeds of Crime.

ICC warns trouble makers in Liberia, amid row over polls

October 17, 2011 Luis Moreno-Ocampo

"We will pay close attention to the actions and statements of the political class, and in particular to the presidential candidates, including after the elections. Resorting to violence will not be tolerated," says the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in a warning to potential trouble makers in Liberia.