Somali president resigns after failing to bring peace
Mogadishu - Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed resigned Monday after failing to bring peace to the Horn of Africa nation, which has been wracked by conflict for the past 17 years. Today I resign the post that you elected me to on October 14, 200...
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Guinea military junta fires old generals
Conakry, Guinea - Guinea's new military junta has fired 22 senior military officials as it moves to strengthen its position, reports said Monday. The BBC reported that the coup leaders on Sunday issued a statement saying the generals had reached reti...
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Opposition candidate takes early lead in Ghana elections
Nairobi/Accra - Ghana's opposition candidate has taken an slight early lead in the run-off presidential election, Ghanaian media said Monday. John Atta Mills of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has 50.89 per cent of the vote, compared to 49.11 ...
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Dhaka concerned over Israel's Gaza airstrikes
Dhaka - The government of Muslim-dominated Bangladesh Sunday expressed deep concern over the deteriorating situation in the Gaza Strip following Israeli air raids over the weekend that reportedly killed more than 283 people. The issue was deeply tro...
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Guinea coup leaders postpone meeting with foreign envoys
Conakry, Guinea - Guinea's new military junta has postponed a meeting aimed at wooing foreign diplomats until Tuesday. Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, who seized power on Tuesday hours after the death of President Lansana Conte, was due to meet represen...
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Polls open in Ghana presidential run-off
Nairobi/Accra - Polling stations opened in Ghana Sunday morning in a run-off presidential election that will decide who leads the West African nation into an era of oil production. Neither Nana Akufo-Addo of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) nor J...
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