U N I T E D N A T I O N S Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network WEST AFRICA: IRIN WA Weekly Round-up 344 for 19-25 August IRIN Weekly Round-up 344 for 19-25 August CONTENTS: COTE D IVOIRE: UN says elections likely to be postponed LIBERIA: Pay rise for civil servants too little to lift them out of poverty GUINEA: Rights group says security forces torture with impunity SENEGAL: Residents flee gunfire in Casamance SENEGAL: Spain offers helicopter, two patrol boats to curb illegal migration TOGO: Resumption of EU cooperation with Togo COTE D IVOIRE: UN says elections likely to be postponed Presidential elections that have already been delayed for one year will likely be postponed again in Cote d'Ivoire and political leaders in the conflict appear to lack the will to resolve it, according to the head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the war-divided country. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=55262&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=COTE_D_IVOIRE LIBERIA: Pay rise for civil servants too little to lift them out of poverty A new budget approved by the Liberian Senate provided for a pay rise for civil servants, but this only brought them to the threshold of the World Bank's poverty indictor of US $1 per day. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=55231&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=LIBERIA GUINEA: Rights group says security forces torture with impunity Security Forces in Guinea routinely torture, assault and sometimes murder people as part of a culture of impunity that lingers from the era of dictator Ahmed Sekou Toure who died more than 20 years ago, New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday. In its report, "The Perverse Side of Things: Torture, Inadequate Detention Conditions and Excessive Use of Force by Guinean Security Forces," HRW said it interviewed 35 people who provided detailed and consistent accounts of mistreatment by police. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=55229&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=GUINEA SENEGAL: Residents flee gunfire in Casamance Insecurity in Senegal's southern Casamance region in recent days has forced some 300 people from their homes into neighbouring villages and an undetermined number of others across the border into The Gambia, aid workers said on Friday. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=55193&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=SENEGAL SENEGAL: Spain offers helicopter, two patrol boats to curb illegal migration Spain on Monday said it would provide a helicopter and two patrol boats to Senegal to help the country patrol its coastline to curb illegal migration to the Spanish Canary Islands. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=55215&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=SENEGAL TOGO: Resumption of EU cooperation with Togo The European Union (EU) and the government of Togo have signed an agreement on the release of 15.8 million Euros (US $20.2 million) to support rural development. The agreement marks the resumption of the EU's cooperation with Togo after it had suspended it in 1993 over Lome's failure to implement political reforms. http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=55269&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=TOGO [ENDS] This is non-reply e-mail. Please do not hesitate to contact us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRIN-WA Tel:+221 867.27.30 Fax: +221 867.25.85 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Principal donors: IRIN is generously supported by Australia, Canada, Denmark, ECHO, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. For more information, go to: http://www.IRINnews.org/donors [This item comes to you via IRIN, a UN humanitarian news and information service, but may not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. All IRIN material may be reposted or reprinted free-of-charge; refer to the copyright page (Http://www.irinnews.org/copyright ) for conditions of use. IRIN is a project of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.] To make changes to or cancel your subscription visit: http://www.irinnews.org/subscriptions/subslogin.asp Subscriber: [email protected] Keyword: West Africa _______________________________________________ M-net mailing list [email protected] http://mauritanie-net.com/mailman/listinfo/m-net_mauritanie-net.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mauritanie-Net" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Mauritanie-Net -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
