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Africa Cup of Nations Kicks off, Footballers Join ‘Hunger Fight’

January 21, 2012

More than 25 football stars have spoken out in solidarity with millions of people facing hunger across their region as the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations kicks off Saturday in Bata in Equatorial Guinea.

Upsurge in rape cases in Ivory Coast, kids falling victim

January 20, 2012 Stop raping children

The government of Ivory Coast has launched a campaign to combat child rape in the country, following a recent upsurge in rape cases of children under five by men above age 30.

Sirleaf names 3 old top Ministers, as cabinet unfolds

January 20, 2012 President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia

Amidst expectations of a government of national unity in the offing,  Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has begun appointing her second term cabinet, naming three of her old Ministers as heads of Foreign Affairs, Finance and Defense.

Former Finance Minister Augustine Ngafuan becomes Foreign Minister, replacing Dr.Toga Gayewea McIntosh, while the former Minister of Planning and Economic Affairs, Amara Konneh becomes the new Finance Minister and with Brownie Samukai retaining his post as Defense Minister,...

Why was Ghana Justice Minister sacked?

January 20, 2012 L-R Amidu, President John Atta Mills

Ghana's President John Attah Mills has sacked the country’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Martin Amidu.

Amnesty Int’l urges Gambia to free 4 convicted activists

January 20, 2012 Yahya Jammeh, président de la Gambie

This week, a life imprisonment sentence was slapped on former Gambian Information Minister and three years jail term with hard labour for three others for distributing T-Shirts with critical slogans against the Yaya Jammeh government, but. the government has declined to comment on the sentences.

Sierra Leone:3 in court after weekend political violence

January 19, 2012

Three persons have been charged to court for alleged involvement in political violence, which erupted last weekend, the latest in a spate of violence in Sierra Leone.

The violence took place after a bye-election in the capital, Freetown. The three were arrested on Sunday 15 January during a raid on the Fourah Bay community by police.

Planned rally today to demand troops leave Lagos streets

January 19, 2012 Soldiers on Lagos streets

The deployment of soldiers on the streets of Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos has annoyed not only residents but the Governor of the State, who had called on the Federal government to withdraw the troops.

Oxfam wants locals’ rights protected by mining companies

January 19, 2012 Darius Teter, Oxfam America

The Vice President of Programme at OXFAM America, Darius Teter has said his organization would ensure that local communities’ rights are protected by mining companies operating in the West African sub-region.

Special Court elects new Judge, as Taylor verdict awaited

January 18, 2012 Judge Richard Brunt Lussick

As the world awaits the verdict in the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, the UN backed Sierra Leone Special Court has elected a new Presiding Judge.

Deaths in thousands on Ghana’s roads in 2011

January 18, 2012 An accident bus

There has been a big increase in the number of fatal road accident in Ghana, with 2, 330 lives being lost on the country’s roads last year, 2011, according to Ghana’s Police Service.

The United Nations declared 2011-2020 as the “decade of action for road safety.”