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| Ghana Politics | Economy - Development | Environment - Nature | Society Ghana-EU sign first voluntary agreement on legal timber exports afrol News - Ghana will sign the historic agreement with the European Union, aimed at ensuring that only legally harvested timber from the West African country is exported to the EU market. |
| Gambia Politics | Human rights | Society Gambian president withdraws from Commonwealth meeting afrol News - The Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has backed out on attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting scheduled next week in Port of Spain, a government statement has said. |
| Guinea Politics | Economy - Development | Society | Human rights International commission on Guinea’s crackdown dispatched afrol News - The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met today with the members of the International Commission of Inquiry set up to probe September’s violent crackdown on unarmed demonstrators in Guinea, ahead of the team’s visit to the country next week. |
| Cameroon | Nigeria Economy - Development | Politics | Society | Human rights | Environment - Nature Nigerian fishermen flee Bakassi Peninsula afrol News - Hundreds of Nigerian fishermen have fled the Bakassi Peninsula as harassment and violent attacks by Cameroon’s gendarmes have increased, reports have said. |
| West Africa Economy - Development | Health | Society 12 million targeted for west African Yellow Fever vaccination afrol News - The largest-ever mass vaccination campaign protecting populations from the dangerously infectious yellow fever disease will begin next week across three West African countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced today. |
| Nigeria Politics | Human rights | Society | Media Media warns legislators against enacting anti-media law afrol News - The Nigerian media has cautioned the National Assembly against enacting laws affecting practice of journalism in the country, expressing fear that a bill might pose an impediment to free flow of information. |
| Guinea Society | Politics Conte’s son in drug trafficking charge afrol News - Guinea court has charged Moussa Conte, a second son of the late President Lansana Conte with drug trafficking. |
| Libya | Niger Politics | Society Tuareg rebels repatriated to Niger afrol News - Libya authorities have began the repatriation of hundreds of Nigerien Tuareg rebel fighters, the latest sign of progress in pacifying Niger's north after two years of revolt. |
| Chad | Sudan Politics | Society | Human rights ICRC appeals for release of two kidnapped staff afrol News - The International Committee of the Red Cross has appealed for the release of the two agency staff kidnapped in recent weeks in Sudan and neighbouring Chad. |
| Nigeria Economy - Development | Society | Politics Former NPA chief denied bail afrol News - A Nigerian court has ruled out a bail application for the former Chairman of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Olabode George. |
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