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Nigeria VP in charge but power struggle looms Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Image Caption: Ambulance conveying Nigeria president Umaru Yar'Adua drives through the Nnamdi Azikiwe international airport in Abuja (reuters_tickers)
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First lady has growing role in power play Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
(AP) — LAGOS, Nigeria - While Nigeria's ailing president remains unseen after being brought back into the country under the cover of darkness, his assertive wife Turai Yar'Adua has stepped int...
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First lady has growing role in power play Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Analysts warn a new political struggle could envelop Africa's most populous country that for weeks had no clear leader but now has a stricken president, an acting president who was formally named in a...
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Excuses but no Sarkozy apology for Rwanda genocide Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Rwandan President Paul Kagame , who has repeatedly accused Paris of aiding the genocide. The French president, who did not occupy a key post at the time, admitted that his country had "grossly...
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Nigeria Senate Sets Time Limit for President's Absence Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Nigerian President Returns Home The Nigeria senate has adopted a amendment to the constitution setting a time limit for presidents to formally notify the parliament of their inability to perform their...
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Rwanda, France Try to Mend Ties Haunted By Painful Past Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
"My president when he came into power was very clear about the past. He will not be apologizing, whatever the past is." French Ambassador to Rwanda, Laurent Contini French President Nicolas Sarkozy ...
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Obama Administration Called on to Expand Treatment for Neglected Diseases Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
"They’re diseases that are debilitating or killing. They are diseases that have been historically kind of ignored.” The Obama Administration is being asked to expand the Global Health Initiative...
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Paris Club Agrees to Billion-Dollar Debt Relief for DRC Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
UN says LRA Still Killing Civilians in DRC The Paris Club of creditor nations has agreed to restructure the external debt of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It said Thursday almost half of the nearl...
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Rwandan Officer Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Genocide Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Lt. Col. Ephrem Setako, a former senior Rwandan army officer, appears before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania (2004 file photo)
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S.Africa seeks Chinese help to build processing hub Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
South Africa wants to become a mineral processing hub for the continent, which would strengthen both the country's economy and position as a middleman between China and Africa, its foreign ministe...
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Sarkozy confesses France's errors of Rwanda jugdement Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
France made serious errors of judgment over the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and wants to ensure all those responsible for the slaughter are caught and punished, President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday....
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Nigeria VP in charge but power struggle looms Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan remains in charge after the return of the country's ailing leader, a cabinet minister said on Thursday, but a power struggle loom...
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Challenges faced by Botswanas indigenous require Government action - UN expert Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Botswana?s Government must step up efforts to tackle the challenges faced by many indigenous communities, such as land rights, according to a new report by a United Nations independent expert.
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Some women can now own property Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
The High Court of Swaziland ruled on 23 February 2010 that some married women will be allowed to register property in their own name. It has been five years since the new Constitution granted women eq...
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Hoddle and Eriksson on Nigeria shortlist Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Former England managers Sven-Goran Eriksson and Glenn Hoddle are on a five-man short list to be the new coach of Nigeria, a spokesman for the national federation has confirmed. Hoddle managed England...
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Oil Bill Unveiled as Ghana Preps Jubilee for Production Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Ghanaian President John Atta Mills said Thursday his government will soon submit to parliament an oil and gas revenue management bill ahead of planned oil production in the last quarter of this year. ...
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Ethiopia-Lebanon row over crash Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Ethiopia has accused Lebanon of misleading and hampering the investigation of last month’s plane crash in the Mediterranean Sea that killed 90 people. The cause of the Ethiopian airline Boeing 737 a...
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First lady has growing role in power play Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Nigeria's ailing president returned home Wednesday after a long stay in a Saudi hospital, an adviser said, though the leader apparently was whisked away by an ambulance in the night and left his vice ...
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Maize Loss In Zimbabwe; Preterm, Stillbirth Research; Public Health Insurance In Kenya Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
According to a crop assessment report released Wednesday, "Zimbabwe's government has declared 11 percent of its 2009/10 planted maize crop a write-off after it was badly damaged by a
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Sidibe, Goosby Meet With Leaders In Nigeria To Promote Country's Fight Against HIV/AIDS Print E-mail
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Pana/Afrique en ligne reports. At a Monday gathering with Acting Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, Sidibe appealed for Nigeria to "use its position to influence African Union's Declaration on prev...
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