2012-02-23 04:23:13'The Web is Very, Very, Very Powerful'[RNW Africa]
"I will vote for Wade, of course!" shouts Amadou, a young taxi driver, taking me to my hotel in downtown Dakar. "Wade has worked hard and that's how it works here." We drive past large posters of the various presidential candidates as Amadou points them out: Abdoulaye Wade, Macky Sall, Moustapha Niasse and Ousmane Tanor Dieng.
Friday, 05-17-13, 13:57Pader LC5 Councillors Arrested Over Corruption[New Vision]The Police in Pader are holding three LC 5 councillors who were arrested over alleged corruption cases worth sh6m.
Friday, 05-17-13, 13:48Bad for Liberia - LEITI Endorses Moore Stephens Audit, Call for Implementation[FrontPageAfrica]The Multi-Stakeholders steering Group of the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI) says it fully endorsed the fourth EITI Reconciliation findings for Liberia and the post Award process Audit Report.
Friday, 05-17-13, 13:42Police in Guinea Clamp Down On Protests Against Voter Registration Software[IFEX]On 18 April, 2013, members of Guinea's National Police Force fired tear gas and live bullets to disperse a large group of opposition demonstrators who were protesting against the selection of a South African software firm, Waymark, to compile a new voter register. The incident occurred close to Gbessia Airport in Conakry.