Controversy, questions surround Nigeria's intended solution, which critics say is too large, vulnerable and risky
Guinea's new mining code should go long way toward correcting imbalance of revenue distribution, accountability
Observation satellites are designed to assist farmers, help with disaster management, other tasks
Civil society leaders say nation lacks security apparatus to maintain public order during elections
Analysts see connections between West African nation's unrest, revolutions sweeping Arab world
Tiemoko Meyliet Kone was named to lead Central Bank for West African States
Officials say EU paying too little for right to fish in its waters
Number of short-term, tiny loans distributed to impoverished entrepreneurs growing in DRC
Hundreds of thousands of people are living in distant villages and squalid camps
Civil war, climate, Ghana's growing cocoa-growing industry are contributing factors
Some analysts expect Nigeria to top South Africa as most economically, politically powerful country in Africa by 2030
Southern neighbors appear ill-equipped to deal with wave of refugees, mercenaries, unemployed men
Committee to Protect Journalists says journalists from both sides of Ivory Coast's conflict have been at risk
Oxfam Policy Manager Ian Gary says Ghana may use oil revenue as collateral for government loans
Democratic Republic of Congo says there is nothing to support claims that assault on presidency was an attempted coup
UN says incumbent President Gbagbo may be recruiting Liberian mercenaries, and is said to have flown in assault helicopters
Foreign affairs minister says country's decision affect aid, but not trade
Jean-Baptiste Compaore reiterates BCAEO's engagement towards bringing about monetary integration in Africa
No one has publicly claimed responsibility for the abductions of 11 members of the government in the oil-rich Bakassi region
Government spokesperson says attack is likely work of Bakassi Movement for Self-Determination
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