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Category: West Africa

West Africa has been defined as including the 18 countries Benin, Burkina Faso, the island of Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, the island of Saint Helena, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sao Tome and Principe and Togo.

Former colonialists not fighting for freedom in Mali

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France’s recent military action in Mali has raised many questions about the French Socialists’ rhetoric touting their belief in democracy and freedom.  French President Francois Hollande seems to have committed a big mistake in Mali, and many compare the move to former Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev’s decision to attack Afghanistan in 1979. The military action is expected to have huge... Read More

Mali’s President Appoints New Prime Minister

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DAKAR, SENEGAL — Mali's interim president has appointed a new prime minister. The move comes less than 24 hours after the former interim prime minister resigned following his arrest by soldiers loyal to the military junta that overthrew the elected government in March. Mali's interim president, Dioncounda Traore, said Tuesday night on state television that he had accepted the resignation... Read More

Mali: Veering Toward A Nigerian Vietnam

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With the unnerving undercurrents of developments in the vast wastelands of the Sahel and the Sahara in the north of Mali, Nigeria has real cause to worry. It rightly, as put forward by traditionalists, has to worry about dangerous elements determined to entrench themselves in its neighborhood. But Nigeria has to worry about many more things linked to its impending... Read More

The situation in northern Mali is still as dreadful

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Interview with Moctar Mariko, President of the Malian Association for Human Rights (AMDH) How has the situation evolved in the North of Mali these past few months? The situation in the North of Mali remains practically unchanged for us. From a humanitarian perspective, I’ve just been informed that since the establishment of the corridor many families in the North of Mali... Read More

Former Ivorian Officials Arrested in Ivory Coast, Ghana

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Two high-ranking officials close to the former president of Ivory Coast have been arrested. Ivorian officials say Laurent Akoun, the second-ranking official in former president Laurent Gbagbo's Front Populaire Ivorien party, was arrested Sunday in Adzope, 100 kilometers east of the capital, Abidjan.  He is believed to be implicated in a series of recent attacks on government targets, aimed at destabilizing... Read More

Nigeria and Mauritius sign Tax treaty

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The MoU was signed by the Chief Executive of the FSC, Ms. Clairette Ah-Hen and the Director General of the SEC, Arunma Oteh at the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) signed the treaty recently at an Annual Conference held in Beijing,China in May, according to officials at Financial Services Commission Of Mauritius .The FSC stated to reporters that the new-fangled agreement would create a... Read More

President John Atta Mills of Ghana has died at age 68

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Ghana’s President John Atta Mills, who was most recently treated in the U.S. for an unspecified condition, has reportedly passed away. His replacement will be sworn in Tonight., Questions about the President’s health had been swirling for almost a year. Regarding his frequent visits to U.S. hospitals – 3 this year alone – President Mills replied: ‘’I am going for… Read More
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