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Monday, May 21, 2012   11:38 GMT    
West Africa

By ABIDJAN
Helping Victims of Post-Election Crisis Obtain Justice in Côte d'Ivoire - Thousands of people suffered rape, torture and other violence during the post- electoral crisis in Côte d'Ivoire beginning in December 2010. But many survivors of rights violations have been afraid to seek justice for fear of reprisals by the perpetrators. An initiative by the International Federation of Human Rights aims to support 75 such victims as they bring their cases to court.
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By DAKAR
U.S. Calls on Mali Junta to Withdraw from Politics - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson says Malian soldiers who overthrew the government on Mar. 22 have neither the right to remain in power nor the strength to deal with humanitarian and security challenges facing the West African country.
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By ACCRA
Autism "Relegated to the Sidelines" - At first glance Nortey Quaynor looks like any ordinary 29-year-old Ghanaian. If you spend a little time with him, though, you soon realise that something is different.
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Q&A
By BULAWAYO
Women Farmers Are Key to a Food-Secure Africa - While women constitute the majority of food producers, processors and marketers in Africa, their role in the agricultural sector still remains a minor one because of cultural and social barriers.
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By ACCRA
Major Effort to Reduce Child Mortality Not Enough - Ghana has taken a major step towards reducing its under-five mortality rate by becoming the first African country to introduce two new vaccines for rotavirus and pneumococcal disease.
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By MONROVIA
Africa’s Two Female Presidents Join Forces for Women - The only two female heads of state in Africa, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Malawian President Joyce Banda, have just committed to using their positions to improve the lives of women across the continent.
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By OUAGADOUGOU
Action Plan to End Banishing of "Witches" in Burkina Faso - It's called "the bearing of the body" in Burkina Faso: when a death is deemed suspicious and a group of men carry the corpse through the community, believing the deceased will guide them towards the person responsible for the death. The accused - almost always women – are then chased out of their homes.
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GUINEA-BISSAU-MALI
By DAKAR
ECOWAS Talking Softer, But Still Holding Big Stick - Regional leaders meeting in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, on May 3 appeared to slightly retreat from their positions against coup leaders in Guinea-Bissau and Mali, but the Economic Community of West African States continues to press for a speedy return to constitutional rule in both countries.
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By NIAMEY
Child Soldiers Used in Mali Conflict - It was tough for Hassan Toure to decide to stay in his small town on the outskirts of Kidal, in northern Mali. The government troops had withdrawn on Mar. 30, and several armed groups, including militias and bandits, were operating in the region.
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By ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal
Cashew Producers' Pain Is Intermediaries’ Gain in Senegal - Cashew nut growers in the southern Senegalese region of Casamance are complaining bitterly that intermediaries are cutting them out of a fair share of the profits.
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By NIAMEY
Mali Heading Closer to Civil War - Since January, various groups of Tuareg rebels in Mali have come together in an attempt to administer a new northern state called Azawad.
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By ABIDJAN
Ultimatum and Military Option From ECOWAS to Avoid Stalemate - Rebel leaders in Guinea-Bissau have released the country's prime minister and interim president, who were arrested in the country's Apr. 12 coup, and have flown them to Côte d'Ivoire.
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By FREETOWN
Taking Solace from a Verdict that Can’t Bring Back Loved Ones - Saffa Momoh Lahai was just two years old when his father was killed during Sierra Leone’s civil war. Rebels attacked their family home in Kailahun District, in the eastern reaches of the country, and shot Lahai’s father when he tried to resist.
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By FREETOWN
Sierra Leone Still Suffers Legacy of Child Soldiers - When the verdict against Liberia’s former President Charles Taylor for war crimes in Sierra Leone is handed down on Thursday, it will be of no help to the many former combatants of the country’s brutal civil war who have not been reintegrated into society. Instead, they will continue to pose a threat to Sierra Leone’s future stability.
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By ABALA, Niger
Mali - Barely Surviving As One Country, Let Alone Two - It was the middle of the day when Tabisou, 72, suddenly saw people from her town of Amderamboukane in Mali fleeing for their lives. Her family had no time to pack their things; the fighting had already begun.
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