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| Latest News | Nigeria: INEC: We’ve No Request for Iyabo Obasanjo’s Recall
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that there has not been any report or request for the recall of Dr. Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello as a senator representing Ogun Central Senatorial District.The commission said it is only her constituency that could make such a request.Making the clarification yesterday in an ...
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Somalia: Gunmen kidnap Kenyan in Mogadishu
Somali gunmen abducted a Kenyan teacher at Mogadishu University on Tuesday, the latest foreigner to be seized in a country which is facing a fierce Islamist insurgency, witnesses said. Moses Nyandusi Matundura, a government affairs lecturer, was seized in southern Mogadishu's K4 district as he was driving from the ...
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Nigeria: Gunmen hijack US vessel in Nigeria
Port Harcourt, Nigeria - Gunmen in Nigeria's Niger Delta have hijacked a supply ship working for US oil major Chevron and are demanding a ransom for the release of the vessel and its crew, a military spokesperson said on Wednesday. Lt Col Sagir Musa said the 11-person crew held ...
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Kenya: Online Edition
| Speaker backs calls for Opposition The Speaker of the National Assembly Mr Kenneth Marende joined the debate on the formation of Grand Opposition, saying MPs were free to do so without having to seek a fresh mandate. full story Refugees demand Sh500,000 ... |
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Kenya: Online Edition | Business |
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Mozambique: Banks urged to save Africa from poverty
Miranda Strydom, Maputo Financial institutions have the obligation to promote food security and prevent Africa from plunging deeper into poverty. This was the word from the African Development Bank’s annual meeting, which opened in Maputo today. ADB President Donald Kaberuka says: “If we support our farmers … we ...
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Botswana: Water "Undervalued and Not Treated With Respect"
A two-day conference on water issues in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), which opened Wednesday in Maseru, Lesotho, has seen representatives of government, civil society, the private sector, donors and other groups discuss the likely effects of climate change on development in the region. Keynote speaker Torkil Jønch-Clausen emphasised ...
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Egypt: Egypt expels Darfur rebels
Egyptian authorities have expelled several Cairo-based leaders of a Darfur rebel group that carried out an unprecedented attack on the Sudanese capital, a security official said on Wednesday. "The men were detained on Tuesday and then expelled from the country," the official said on condition of anonymity. "Sudanese ...
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TChad: Chad closes border with Sudan
Chad closed its border with Sudan overnight and cut off all economic ties with its neighbouring country amid accusations of aggression from Khartoum, news reports said on Tuesday. A Chadian diplomat accused Sudan of looking for excuses to launch an attack on Chadian territory in a report carried by ...
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Kenya: Online Edition |
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Kenya: Online Edition | Sports |
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Kenya: Online Edition | Columnists |
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Zimbabwe: Chinese arms ship might be headed for home
The Chinese arms ship carrying arms for Zimbabwe is currently south of Port Elizabeth, outside South African territorial waters, said the International Transport Workers Federation today. The federation's spokesperson, Sam Dawson, said the An Yue Jiang was heading to China via the Indian Ocean. "It looks like it's heading ...
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Sudan: Clashes break out in Sudan's oil-rich Abyei region
Sudanese former southern rebels fought northern government forces today in Sudan's disputed oil-rich Abyei region, killing three and sending hundreds fleeing, south Sudanese and UN officials said. Fighting began near the town of Abyei last night, killing two, and resumed today, said Moussa Malei, deputy administrator of Abyei. Witnesses ...
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Kenya: Online Edition | Motion to limit size of Cabinet passed
Motion to limit size of Cabinet passed Published on May 15, 2008, 12:00 am Motion to limit size of Cabinet passed By Ben Agina Parliament has passed a Motion that seeks to reduce the number of ministerial positions. Through a private member’s Motion, Parliament allowed Turkana Central ...
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