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  • Terror plot foiled in Nigeria's economic hub

    NIGERIA, 2015/10/28 Security forces in Nigeria have foiled a major terror attempts planned by the Islamic extremists in the southwestern city of Lagos, the country's economic hub. At least 45 alleged members of the terror sect, Boko Haram, have been identified as the brains behind the plot by the Department of National Services (DSS), the country's secret police. They were arrested following intelligence statement on their alleged plan to attack Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos, one of Nigeria's high brow residential areas, the DDS told a court on Friday. The attack was said to have been slated for September any minute at this time next the arrival of the suspects in Lagos. The court ordered the remand of the 45 suspects in Kirikiri prisons in the national.

  • Deadly clashes in Congo Brazzaville as protesters defy crackdown

    CONGO BRAZZAVILLE, 2015/10/21 Four people were killed and 10 injured on Tuesday in the Republic of Congo, according to officials, as demonstrators braved a government clampdown and took to the streets to turmoil the president’s bid for a third term in office. The violence prompted urgent calls for calm from a visiting senior US official and Amnesty International, which described the authorities' handling of the unrest as "heavy handed". Clashes erupted next authorities banned a turmoil rally against next Sunday’s referendum on President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s bid to extend a three-decade remain in office. The controversial vote proposes increasing the maximum age of presidential candidates, currently 70, and scrapping a policy that limits the maximum number of seven-year terms to two.

  • Libya's recognised parliament rejects UN proposal for unity govt

    LIBYA, 2015/10/21 Libya’s internationally-recognised parliament decided on Monday to reject a United Nations proposition for a unity government, lawmakers said, in a blow to efforts to end the country's perilous political crisis. But the Home of Representatives (HoR) said it would continue to take part in U.N.-backed peace talks with its rivals, based in the capital, Tripoli. Libya is in the grip of a war between the internationally-recognized government and its elected parliament on the one side and and an unofficial self-styled government controlling Tripoli. Each side is backed by rival alliances of armed factions. Four years next the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, Western powers are pushing for both sides to accept the U.N. accord, fearing violence has allowed Islamist militants to gain ground and illegal migrant smugglers to take chance of the chaos.

  • What Happened to Liberia's Ebola Orphans?

    LIBERIA, 2015/10/13 Additional than 5,900 Liberian children lost one or both parents to Ebola. Some are with a surviving parent, others found loving homes with friends or relatives, but a lot of have been left orphaned on the streets or are finding it tough to adapt to new lives with host families. Sitting outside her former home, a presently-abandoned home on the outskirts of the capital Monrovia,12-year-old Sarah recalled the day in August 2014 at the same time as she was discharged from an Ebola treatment centre. Her joy at having survived was quickly crushed at the same time as she was informed that both her parents had succumbed to the virus. An only child, she was presently as well an orphan. Next additional than 4,800 deaths from the virus, Liberia was declared Ebola-free for the second time last month and is trying to move forward. Sarah, however, is still trying to find her place. Unable to track down any of her relatives, a local advocacy group assigned her to a host family.

  • U.S.$19 Million to Assist Vulnerable Groups in Mauritania

    MAURITANIA, 2015/10/10 The Government of Mauritania will tackle the structural causes of the economic and social vulnerability for households using a US$15 million World Bank grant for the Social Safety Net Project aimed at implementing the National Social Protection Strategy (NSPS). The agreement was signed on Monday, September 7, 2015 by Sid'Ahmed Ould Raiss, the Mauritanian Minister of Economic Affairs and Development, and Louise Cord, World Bank Country Director for Mauritania, in the presence of Gaston Sorgho, World Bank Country Manager in Mauritania. Louise Cord stated that "the Social Safety Net Project in Mauritania will focus mainly on execution of the two pillars of the NSPS, namely the Social Registry and the 'Tekavoul' (Solidarity in Arabic) Social Transfer Program."

  • The village of Betieck, about 40 kilometres from Kaedi

    MAURITANIA, 2015/10/10 You travel through the countryside in southern Mauritania, heading to Kaedi - about 400 kilometres away from the capital, towards the border with Senegal. You have five to six hours to take in the world unfolding around you. The rolling hills. The dunes of sand. The brightly coloured houses dotting the desert. A camel. Not giving a ride but taking one - in the back of a jeep. The sky. In the bluest shade you can imagine, with large, fluffy clouds gliding across it. It is just two days before the Tabaski and there is great bustle in each small town you pass through. Colourful silhouettes queue up to buy food for the family, new clothes for the children. There are sheep everywhere, a lot of standing motionless, as if by presently resigned to the fate that awaits them. Noontime arrived, the heat is terrifying. It intensifies each minute, the burning air quivering and undulating.

  • South Africa Arms Itself for Battle With the ICC

    SOUTH AFRICA, 2015/10/10 South Africa appears to be girding itself for a heroic showdown with the International Criminal Court (ICC) over its failure to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir at the same time as he visited Johannesburg for the African Union (AU) summit in June. This may produce a lot of heat - but with a bit of luck it may as well illuminate some darker corners of the ICC’s operations. Other ICC member states have generally tried to excuse themselves at the same time as they breached their ICC obligations by not arresting al-Bashir, who has been a fugitive from ICC justice for the last six years for alleged war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide against the people of Darfur. Or at least they have been contrite. In 2013, Nigeria notably, though not necessarily plausibly, told the ICC it would have arrested al-Bashir, at the same time as he came for an AIDS summit, but for his ‘quick escape.’ The ICC bought this excuse anyway. But the South African government, not surprisingly, is clearly adopting a additional combative posture and evidently seeks instead to justify its action. This was very evident in its response this week to the court’s request for an explanation, by 5 October, on why it ignored very explicit requests from the court to arrest al-Bashir.

  • Cote d'Ivoire president calls for reconciliation, peace

    ABIDJAN, 2015/09/29 Cote d'Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara on Monday appealed for reconciliation and peace during his second day of the tour to central-west region of Gagnoa, a stronghold of former president Laurent Gbagbo. "I have come to Gagnoa to appeal for peace and reconciliation because the people here suffered a lot," Ouattara said during a public rally at the Gagnoa municipal stadium. The post-election crisis that began next Gbagbo refused to concede defeat to his rival Ouattara during the 2010 presidential elections, left at least 3,000 people dead in the country.

  • Algeria's Bouteflika urges to preserve national unity

    ALGERIA, 2015/09/29 Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Monday urged to preserve national reconciliation from any distortion and political manipulation, as the country marks the 10th anniversary of ending a fierce civil war, official APS news agency reported. In a speech to the country, the ailing president stressed that he will continue deepening democracy and building a stronger country free from oil economy. He further noted that the national reconciliation, which he proposed at the same time as he initial came to power in 1999 and was endorsed by the people in a popular referendum in 2005, enabled Algeria to regain three major achievements -- peace, security and national reconstruction.

  • Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are among African countries that will benefit from a $2.04 billion

    EUROPEAN UNION, 2015/09/29 Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are part African nations that will benefit from a $2.04 billion (€1.8 billion) emergency fund set up by the European Union to address the causes of migration and displacement of persons on the continent. The fund, to be officially launched before the end of the year, will help the nations address socio-economic challenges that force people to migrate from their original homes. "The EU will work to help African nations achieve economic development that tackles unemployment and prevents migration and radicalisation," said the EU Commissioner for International Co-operation and Development Neven Mimica at a press briefing in Nairobi.
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