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1.	Nigeria: Shock doubling of fuel price is a call for anarchy, labour unions say
	Author: Francis Okeke	Date Written: 2 January 2012
	Primary Category: Western Region	Document Origin: Daily Trust (Nigeria)
	Secondary Category: Resource Extraction	Source URL: http://www.dailytrust.com.ng
	Key Words: Nigeria, natural resources, subsidy, labour, protest
	Summary & Comment: "Labour unions yesterday(Jan 1/12)reacted angrily to the Federal Government’s announcement of ending petrol subsidies, saying it was a callous and insensitive move that must not be allowed to stand. The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trades Union Congress said the policy which sent petrol price up by more than 100 per cent would worsen the se . . . [expand]
2.	Africa: Continent’s impressive growth looks likely to continue
	Author: The Economist, Lagos	Date Written: 13 December 2011
	Primary Category: Western Region	Document Origin: The Economist
	Secondary Category: Economic Justice	Source URL: http://www.economist.com/
	Key Words: Africa, economic justice, development, growth
	Summary & Comment: From Ghana in the west to Mozambique in the south, Africa’s economies are consistently growing faster than those of almost any other region of the world. At least a dozen have expanded by more than 6% a year for six or more years and the world’s richest black person is African, a Nigerian investing in Africa. JMPA
3.	Ivory Coast : Three opposition journalists detained without charge
	Author: Press Release	Date Written: 28 November 2011
	Primary Category: Western Region	Document Origin: Committee to Protect Journalists
	Secondary Category: Media	Source URL: http://cpj.org/
	Key Words: Ivory Coast, media freedom, human rights
	Summary & Comment: "The administration of Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has detained without charge three journalists from an opposition newspaper since Thursday, in violation of the country’s own press law and constitution, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today." JMPA
4.	West Africa: Consensual rape in the Françafrique currency markets
	Author: Dr. Gary K. Busch	Date Written: 22 November 2011
	Primary Category: Western Region	Document Origin: the frontier telegraph
	Secondary Category: Economic Justice	Source URL: http://www.thefrontiertelegraph.com/
	Key Words: West Africa, CFA franc, economic justice, France
	Summary & Comment: France seems to have overspent its funds and bitten off more than it could chew in European debt and Libyan destruction. Now it seems to be putting the job of paying for this aberrant behaviour on West Africans by devaluing the CFA franc according to several reliable sources. JMPA
5.	Equatorial Guinea: Vote discredited by irregularities
	Author: Human Rights Watch	Date Written: 15 November 2011
	Primary Category: Western Region	Document Origin: Human Rights Watch
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.hrw.org/news/
	Key Words: Mbasogo, referendum, electoral, democracy
	Summary & Comment: A recent referendum in Equatorial Guinea has been rejected as a "sham" due to irregularities such as harrassment of opposition supporters and intimidation of the electorate. The referendum was held to make changes to the constitution that would strengthen the near-absolute powers of the President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. CJW
6.	Nigeria: Azazi - America’s unhealthy warning is creating tension
	Author: Ike Abonyi & Yemi Akinsuyi	Date Written: 8 November 2011
	Primary Category: Western Region	Document Origin: This Day
	Secondary Category: Media	Source URL: http://www.thisdaylive.com/news/
	Key Words: Nigeria, human rights, media, peace, security
	Summary & Comment: The warning by the United States Mission in the country about impending attacks in luxury hotels in Abuja has incurred the wrath of the Nigerian intelligence community, which has described the American statement as "insulting". Nigeria says they have been watching the said locations "for months", meaning their inteligence is way . . . [expand]
7.	Nigeria: Boko Haram - Aliyu decries U.S. advise to citizens
	Author: Aisha Wakaso & Christopher Isiguzo	Date Written: 8 November 2011
	Primary Category: Western Region	Document Origin: This Day
	Secondary Category: Human Rights	Source URL: http://www.thisdaylive.com/news/
	Key Words: Nigeria, peace, security
	Summary & Comment: Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, chairman of Northern Governors’ Forum has seriously condemned the United States alert urging their citizens to avoid luxury hotels and some identified areas in Abuja, due to possible Boko Haram attacks. This U.S alert is described by several analysts as a show of disrespect towards an entire nation. JMPA

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1. WEST AFRICA: Water Shortage Threatens Wildlife
   The story of a pair of buffalo aggressively prowling the edges of a village in eastern Burkina Faso is a warning sign of severe water stress in the region which threatens humans and wild animals alike.
2. POLITICS-SENEGAL: Violence After Validation of Wade Candidacy
   It was stones against tear gas in the Senegalese capital this morning as students protested the killing of one of their own on Tuesday evening. At least four people have died since Jan. 27, in wider demonstrations against the controversial validation of President Abdoulaye Wade's candidacy for re-election for a third term.
3. Radio Static for Ghana's Community Stations
   There is a tension resonating through Ghana's airwaves, an electric current fueled by rivaling interests between community radio advocates and Ghana's National Communications Authority.
4. SIERRA LEONE: Government Online Mining Database to Increase Transparency
   The launch of Sierra Leone's first online mining database in West Africa comes with a promise to increase transparency and accountability in the country's rich natural resource sector.
5. CAMEROON: Anglophones Feel Like a Subjugated People
   When Cameroon's President Paul Biya announced that the 50th anniversary of the reunification of French and British Cameroon will take place later this year, it resurrected bitter feelings among Anglophone Cameroonians who say they do not feel like equal partners with their Francophone counterparts.