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Jonthan Sacks National Security Adviser

Acting President Goodluck Jonathan fired the national security adviser following an outbreak of renewed violence in Jos.

Taye Obateru and Emmanuel Aziken| 9 March 2010| Vanguard (Lagos)|
THE Jos crisis which led to the death of about 400 people on Sunday, has led to the sacking of the National Security Adviser, Sarki Mukhtar, by the Acting President, [...]

Présidentielle au Togo : l’opposition crie victoire, la tension monte

AFP| le 4 mars 2010 | AFP

LOME (AFP) – Le principal opposant togolais, Jean-Pierre Fabre, a affirmé vendredi avoir remporté l’élection présidentielle, une revendication jugée “inacceptable” par le parti du président sortant Faure Gnassingbé, qui a mis en garde contre le risque de “violences”.
L’absence de tout résultat officiel 24 heures après la fin du scrutin [...]

UN Says Africa Failing to Reap Benefits of Carbon Trade

Alan Boswell | Nairobi 04 March 2010| VOA|

Delegates at a conference in Nairobi say that Africa has not done enough to meet its full potential in global carbon trading. The carbon market, created in part through the Kyoto Protocol, is thought to be currently worth more than $100 billion annually and is expected to expand [...]

Nigeria: How Governors Saved Yar’Adua

George Oji|  4 March 2010| This Day (Lagos)|

Abuja — The much-anticipated voting by the Executive Council of the Federation (EXCOF), which would have declared President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua “incapacitated”, flopped yesterday.
Instead, Acting President Goodluck Jonathan warned ministers during the EXCOF meeting to work together in the national interest, threatening to dissolve the cabinet if he [...]

Nigeria: How Yar’Adua Whiles Away Time

cameroonwebnews.com| 2 March 2010| Daily Trust (Abuja)|

President Umaru Yar’adua spends some hours every day sitting in a hard-backed chair in an upstairs sitting room of the State House’s residential wing surrounded by nephews, nieces and grandchildren who run up and down the stairs, Daily Trust learnt yesterday from sources familiar with the set up.
Since his [...]

Nigeria: Political Calculations Over Yar’Adua Turn Tricky – The Emerging Scenarios

Chuks Okocha|2 March 2010|This Day (Lagos)|
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Abuja — As the Alhaji Yayale Ahmed-led six-man ministerial committee prepares to submit its report on President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s health to the Executive Council of the Federation (EXCOF) tomorrow, the belief that this may lead to the removal of the President may be far-flung.
Contrary to the popular notion that [...]

Nigeria: How Yar’Adua Was Forced Home

Leadership (Abuja) |March 1, 2010 | Iyobosa Uwugiaren

Abuja — New facts emerged last night how ailing President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua was hurriedly loaded into a Saudi Arabian air ambulance on stretcher back home, in the early hours of yesterday amidst heavy security.
LEADERSHIP gathered from diplomatic circles on February 23rd that the US authorities had warned [...]

Economics and science meet in early childhood development

Submitted by Shanta | Wed, 2010-02-24 |AfricaCan|

Economists are skeptical bunch, but they seem convinced of the value of interventions in early childhood (0-6 years) and, conversely, the multiple, long-term and often irreversible effects of the failure to provide infants with nutrition, health care and stimulation.
For instance, Norbert Schady and Chris Paxson’s found that whereas at [...]

Rwanda: Genocidaires Should Be Hunted Down and Punished – Sarkozy

Kennedy Ndahiro| 26 February 2010| The New Times (Kigali)|

Kigali — President Nicolas Sarkozy of France yesterday said that everyone who took part in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi should be hunted down and punished.
He said this while on a one-day visit to Rwanda where he held talks with President Paul Kagame at Urugwiro Village.
“There [...]

Intrigue at Aso Rocks as Nigerian Leaders Decide Yar’Adua’s Fate

Leke Adeseri, Jide Ajani and Henry Umoru|26 February 2010| Vanguard (Lagos)|
Abuja — THERE were more questions than answers about happenings at the nation’s seat of power, the Aso Rock, yesterday.
The signs of cleavages and outright disloyalty to the Acting President were glaring. This may have even landed the Commander, Guards Brigade of the Nigerian Army, [...]