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1.	Nigeria: Catholic Bishops warn on split
	Author: Catholic Information Service to Africa	Date Written: 9 September 2012
	Primary Category: Western Region	Document Origin: CISA
	Secondary Category: Interfaith Relations	Source URL: http://www.cisanewsafrica.com
	Key Words: Nigeria, Catholics, leaders, division, North and Sout;h
	Summary & Comment: Nigerian Catholic leaders call on the governments at various levels to use intelligence and expertise to prevent Boko Haram from continuing attacks mostly on Christians. Otherwise they fear that the country may be slpit between North and South. They call for ecumenical and inter-faith dialgue urgently. JK
2.	Beyond turf wars: Managing the post-coup transition in Guinea-Bissau
	Author: Correspondant	Date Written: 17 August 2012
	Primary Category: Western Region	Document Origin: International Crisis Group Africa Report N°190
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.crisisgroup.org/
	Key Words: Guinew-Bissau, ECOWAS, CPLP, Angola, governance, Carlos Gomes Júnior
	Summary & Comment: Guinea-Bissau took another dangerous turn on 12 April 2012, when the army arrested Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Júnior, who was about to be elected president. A military junta installed transitional authorities, before officially stepping aside on 22 May. Differences developed between the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Co . . . [expand]
3.	Africa most devout region in world
	Author: Munyaradzi Makoni	Date Written: 14 August 2012
	Primary Category: Western Region	Document Origin: Ecumenical News International
	Secondary Category: Interfaith Relations	Source URL: http://www.canadianmennonite.org
	Key Words: Religiosity, atheists, Ghana
	Summary & Comment: In years gone by missionaries who came to preach to Africa came from Europe and other parts of the world. But it now seems Africa is geared to provide missionaries for the world. M.Makoni
4.	Mali: Avoiding escalation
	Author: Correspondant	Date Written: 18 July 2012
	Primary Category: Western Region	Document Origin: International Crisis Group, Africa Report N°189
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.crisisgroup.org/
	Key Words: Mali, governance, rebellion
	Summary & Comment: In a little more than two months, Mali’s political regime has been demolished. An armed rebellion launched on 17 January 2012 expelled the army from the north while a coup deposed President Amadou Toumani Touré on 22 March. These two episodes ushered Mali into an unprecedented crisis that also threatens regional political stability and security. Th . . . [expand]
5.	Liberia: Agriculture as the key to youth unemployment
	Author: Travis Lupick	Date Written: 11 June 2012
	Primary Category: Western Region	Document Origin: Inter Press Service
	Secondary Category: Food and Land	Source URL: http://www.ips.org/
	Key Words: agriculture, youth, Liberia, unemployment
	Summary & Comment: How to link young people into employment in the agricultural sector, which starts to slowly recover after years of devastating war? According to the statistics only 3% of the youth shows interest in farming not really understanding its potential. The new generation has to undergo a major shift and change the perception of crop production. Find out . . . [expand]
6.	Gabon: The New York Africa Forum... Occupied
	Author: Harvey Mast	Date Written: 8 June 2012
	Primary Category: Western Region	Document Origin: The Third Report
	Secondary Category: Economic Justice	Source URL: http://www.thirdreport.com/
	Key Words: Gabon, New York Forum Africa, Davos, economy.
	Summary & Comment: The New York Forum is called the "African Davos”, meeting this year in Libreville, Gabon, and gathers “world leaders in the fields of politics and business. Its purpose is to "rethink Africa’s tomorrow”. Recommendations will be taken to the G20 meeting in June in Mexico. A counter-strike has been organized by the local equivalent of `we . . . [expand]
7.	Briefing: Ruptures and repercussions in Mali
	Author: Correspondant	Date Written: 31 May 2012
	Primary Category: Western Region	Document Origin: IRIN
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.irinnews.org/
	Key Words: Mali, Azawad, MNLA, independence, Ansar Dine
	Summary & Comment: Rival movements backing a new, independent state in the north of the country have failed to follow through on a joint agreement to form the Islamic Republic of Azawad. The Tuareg-dominated National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) was reported to have signed an agreement with the Islamic Ansar Dine movement in the northern city of Gao o . . . [expand]

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