MONROVIA, 20 May 2013 (IRIN) - The Liberia Land Commission, which was set up in 2009 to help settle land disputes between returning refugees and their neighbours, is making significant headway, say land experts, but non-conflict related land disputes are increasing, most of them as a result of weak land laws.

May 17, 2013

The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum today presents the report of the International Conference on Transitional Justice in Zimbabwe which took place from the 4th to the 6th of October 2012. The conference was organised to bring together various stakeholders to deliberate on the way forward for transitional justice in Zimbabwe.

For more than nine years since the inception of UNMIL, Pakistani military doctors have rendered invaluable service to the host population, including some life-saving interventions. Prof. Lucky Ehigiator, Dean of the College of Health and Sciences at the William Tubman University in Harper, was among one of the beneficiaries.

La recherche sur les politiques alimentaires au service de la réduction de la pauvreté et de la faim

N°: 129/2013

13 mai 2013 [Nzerekore - Guinea]

Une équipe multidisciplinaire de la Commission de la CEDEAO vient d’effectuer dans la région administrative de Nzérékoré, en Guinée, une mission destinée à évaluer les résultats du Projet d'appui à la CEDEAO pour le Développement et la Paix (PADEP) dont l’objectif sectoriel est de contribuer à la promotion de la paix et du développement dans les Etats membres.

DAKAR, 13 mai 2013 (IRIN) - Des universitaires et des représentants des gouvernements, des armées et de la société civile se sont réunis la semaine dernière à Dakar, la capitale sénégalaise pour évaluer les liens entre le développement et l'extrémisme violent en Afrique de l'Ouest. Certains participants à la conférence ont suggéré que le sous-développement, la marginalisation et la faible gouvernance créaient un terreau fertile pour le militantisme.

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today has supported journalists in Liberia who have issued a media blackout, by printing black front pages after a government official was accused of threatening them. Radio and TV stations are also protesting against the government by suspending broadcasts for two hours daily beginning today Friday, 10 May, 2013.

Highlights

• International rice prices remain stable due to large exportable supply and competition among major exporters;
• Prices of imported rice on the Liberian markets are stable in line with global market trends;
• Land preparation activities for the next rice and vegetables season has started in most parts of the country;
• Gasoline prices remains steady due to reduction in the pump price of gasoline by the government
• Palm oil producers and casual labourers are experiencing favorable terms to trade

• Two new wild poliovirus (WPV) cases are officially reported this week, both from Nigeria, bringing the total number of WPV cases in 2013 to 26 (compared to 53 at this time last year). Additionally, a new circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) case is reported in Pakistan. Please see country-specific sections below, for more information.