NIGERIA : Un homme avoue avoir assassiné le ministre de la justice

La police du Nigeria a affirmé détenir un homme de 27 ans qui a avoué être l'un des huit membres de la bande qui a tiré, dans la nuit du 23 décembre, sur le ministre de la Justice et procureur général, Bola Ige, dans sa résidence de la ville d'Ibadan au sud-est.

Le chef de la police de l'état d'Oyo

UNICEF provided financial support to child protection partners for the annual street children's party, which was held at the Victoria Park in Freetown. Over 1,000 children from 10 organizations attended the party. Approximately 100 disabled children from the Blind School, Deaf School and the Polio Association were among the participants. The party was organized by the Western Area Street Children's Task Force headed by Don Bosco (a local Catholic Non-Governmental Organization).

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UNICEF supported the Directorate of Planning

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INTRODUCTION
This is the third and final issue in 2001 of this quarterly report prepared by the FAO Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) on the food supply situation, cereal import and food aid requirements for all countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The report is designed to provide the latest analysis and information on the food situation in these countries to governments, international organizations and other institutions engaged in humanitarian operations.

"We have been informed by our citizens that where there is no presence of dissidents in these areas, security officers have advised them to leave their towns and villages indicating these areas are not safe," said James Lomei, the district spokesman for Porkpa and Gola Konneh.

"Security officers subsequently

NIGERIA: Man confesses to killing justice minister

Nigeria's police said they were holding a 27-year-old who confessed to being a member of an eight-man gang that shot dead Minister of Justice and Attorney General Bola Ige at his home in the southwestern city of Ibadan on the night of 23 December.

The head of police in southwest Oyo State,

As you will recall, in a letter dated 12 July 2001 to the President of the Security Council, I informed members of the Council of the state of the appeal for voluntary contributions to the Special Court for Sierra Leone, in particular the revised budget estimates reflecting a scaled-down operation of the Court. On the basis of indications received of contributions in funds for the first year of operation of the

Microcredit - A Tool for Families to Rebuild their Lives

With Sierra Leone's economy in shatters, many displaced persons and refugees from Guinea and Liberia returned to