Côte d’Ivoire: UN condemns firing at...
30 March 2011
The United Nations peacekeeping force in Côte dIvoire reported today that one of its helicopters was shot at by forces loyal to the countrys President and denounced the killing of a dozen civilians in the commercial capital, Abidjan, by another armed group.Elements of the Forces Républicaines de Côte dIvoire FRCI fired at the helicopter, ...Zugana Violence: ACN accused SOSG, Police for...
31 March 2011
Action Congress of Nigeria ACN Sokoto state chapter, said the current desperation and political persecution of the oppositions by the Sokoto state government along with connivances of police could threaten the free and fair elections in the state. Gubernatorial candidate of the party Alhaji Isah Bajini Galadanci made this in an exclusiv ...Udoedehe, ACN Governorship Candidate rearrested...
31 March 2011
Akpan Udoedehe The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN Governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom state, Senator Akpan Udoedehe, was granted bail by a Federal High Court, Abuja but swiftly rearrested again on what top security sources said was based on national security. The Court decision read out by Justice Adamu Bello was based on a bail appli ...Ivory Coast: French forces take over Abidjan...
3 April 2011
French troops have taken over the airport in Ivory Coasts main city, Abidjan, the AFP news agency reports.France is also sending an extra 300 soldiers to Ivory Coast, military spokesman Thierry Burkhard told AFP.Fighting has raged in Abidjan since Thursday night as forces loyal to the UN-recognised president, Alassane Ouattara, are battlin ...
Côte d’Ivoire: UN rushes in agriculture...
19 April 2011
As calm gradually returns to Côte dIvoire after months of post-election violence, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization FAO said today that it is rushing to assist farmers as they prepare to sow their rice and maize crops at the onset of the rainy season in the north and west of the country.The agency says it is procuring seed ...
