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NIGERIA: Vigilantes and volunteers take on Boko Haram

June 19, 2013 Boko Haram Members Killed By Soldiers While Attacking Bama

Reports from the north-eastern state of Borno point to an expanding role being played by vigilantes and volunteers in Nigeria’s war against Islamist militant movement Boko Haram.

THE GAMBIA: Top presidential aide axed

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One of President Yahya Jammeh’s most senior advisers and political allies is reportedly now in detention days after being removed from his post.

Nigeria bans sat phones in northeast after attacks

June 19, 2013 Military denies report of killing civilians in northeast Nigeria

 Nigeria's military on Wednesday banned the use of satellite phones in much of the restive northeast after cutting mobile phone service, further isolating the area after a series of fresh attacks

Mandela's 95th birthday plans to go ahead

June 19, 2013

Nelson Mandela's foundation has vowed to press ahead with upcoming 95th birthday celebrations, as the global peace icon underwent a 12th day in hospital Wednesday for a recurring lung infection

Mali signs ceasefire accord with Tuareg rebels

June 19, 2013

Mali's government signed a ceasefire accord with Tuareg rebels, paving the way for presidential elections in the troubled west African state next month.

LIBERIA: 300 Sierra Leonean Refugees to be ‘naturalized’

June 18, 2013 Refugees at the Liberia border

The Liberia Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission (LRRRC) says all is now set to confer Liberian citizenship on some 300 Sierra Leonean refugees living in Liberia in Liberia on World Refugee Day, June 20.

Liberia: Committee wants Lawmaker Expelled

June 18, 2013 President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia

A committee set up by the main opposition party in Liberia, the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) to probe alleged involvement of Representative Edward Forh of Montserrado County in corruption has recommended his expulsion from the party.

Ghana: Media divided by anti-gay moral crusade

June 15, 2013

Ghana's media is divided by calls on them to take an anti-gay stance against gays and lesbians in their reportage. The call was made by Affail Monney, president of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA).

Ghana: Electricity rationing underway

June 13, 2013

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has begun intensive electricity rationing across the country.

Sierra Leone: Gov’t releases 2013 citizen’s budget

June 13, 2013

The Sierra Leonean government has released the second citizen’s budget, after the successful release of the first budget last year.  The citizen's budget is a simplified version of the national budget.