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20 March 2010
                       
 
 
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09 Mar 2010
 
 
Nigeria urged to end impunity after village massacre
HUMAN RIGHTS
US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday urged Nigeria to prosecute those behind what it called a massacre of at least 200 Christian villagers and end a cycle of impunity which has allowed...
 
 
Gambia arrests former Minister in wave of detentions
HIGH PROFILE ARRESTS
Gambia arrested a former Fisheries Minister who had been sacked last month, security sources told Reuters on Monday, extending a wave of mysterious and high-profile detentions in the West African...
 
 
05 Mar 2010
 
SA possible drugs gateway — UN
DRUGS & CRIME
South Africa is in danger of becoming a major hub for drug trafficking, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said on Thursday.
 
 
24 Feb 2010
 
Is Niger’s Military Coup Merely Countering a Constitutional One?
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
The army has stepped in, according to the putsch-leaders to "end the political crisis" that has been unfolding in Niger since August 2009. This was when President Mamadou Tandja decided to hang on...
 
 
22 Feb 2010
 
US says Niger junta faces choice on democracy
NIGER COUP
The US wants Niger's new military junta to act quickly on pledges to restore democracy, saying sanctions could be lifted following moves to establish civilian rule, the top US diplomat for West...
 
 
Côte d’Ivoire protesters burn cars and loot shops
CÔTE D’IVOIRE TENSIONS
Thousands of protesters marched through the central Côte d'Ivoire city of Bouake on Saturday, some of them setting fire to cars, smashing up shops and looting a local government office.
 
 
16 Feb 2010
 
 
 
Daily podcast - February 16, 2010
PODCAST
In today's podcast, opposition parties lambaste President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation address in Parliament; Côte d'Ivoire citizens protest President Laurent Gbagbo's dissolution of the...
 
 
18 Dec 2009
 
Guinea’s Future Remains Uncertain After an Attempt to Kill Camara Failed
INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES
A week after the assassination attempt against Guinea's military leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara has failed uncertainty reigns in the country. Camara came to power in a bloodless coup on...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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