Carter Center Says Liberian Election Campaigns Generally Peaceful: Urges Steps to Level Playing Field
Liberia’s upcoming 2011 presidential and legislative elections represent a critical test for the country’s transition from war to democratic and constitutional government. Carter Center observers…
Sirleaf on course to win a second term as president of renascent Liberia
Liberia took a giant step towards recovery in 2005 with the election of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and she is the frontrunner for the presidential and…
Photos from the Massive Dakar rally against President Abdoulaye Wade
Thousands turned out to protest on Saturday 23rd July, 2011 on the one-month anniversary of the massive June 23 demonstration which was the country’s largest…
In Pictures: Demonstration for Gbagbo
Supporters of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo took to the streets of Paris demanding his release on July, 2 2011. Gbagbo was arrested April…
Video: Guinea Election
Guinea is pushing ahead with plans for legislative elections and a census to revamp the vote roll. VOA’s Ndimyake Mwakalyelye reports.
Liberia kicks off campaigns ahead of polls
Liberia on Tuesday kicked off campaigning for the October 11 presidential and legislative elections, with incumbent President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf facing criticism over her plan…
All is not well in Ivory Coast
Throughout Abidjan work crews fill in pot holes, fix lamp posts and repaint highway dividers, giving a tangible facelift to the metropolis largely left to crumble during former president Laurent Gbagbo’s 10 years in power.
“We must talk, otherwise we’ll keep killing one another”
OUAGADOUGOU, 4 July 2011 (IRIN) – As Ivoirian and international officials discuss truth, reconciliation and trying those suspected of war crimes, Barakissa Ouédraogo, one of…
In Pictures: Laurent Gbagbo meets Annan, Tutu May 2011
“Gbagbo wanted to ‘heal the wounds’ in his country” Deposed Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo met with three officials, representing a group known as The Elders…
In Pictures: Alassane Ouattara inaugurated as Ivory Coast president
Alassane Ouattara has been officially sworn in as the new President of the Ivory Coast after the previous President refused to give up his power….
Ivory Coast’s Ouattara to be sworn in
amoussoukro – Alassane Ouattara is due to be sworn in on Saturday as the president of long-troubled Ivory Coast, which he hopes to reunite after…
‘Bodies thrown into wells’ in Nigerian post-election riots
Post-election riots in northern Nigeria left many dead, thousands displaced and hundreds wounded on Tuesday amid claims that bodies had been thrown into wells in…
