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President of Niger Phones Leader of the Revolution, Chairman of African Union

Tripoli-7.11.2009(JANA) President Mamadou Tandja of the Republic of Niger, Member of Community of CEN-SAD, Friday phoned the Leader of the Revolution, Chairman of the African Union, as part of the constant consultations between...

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AU keeps Madagascar suspension despite new deal

By Alain Iloniaina ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The African Union (AU) said on Saturday it would not re-admit Madagascar until a newly agreed power-sharing government was in place and fresh elections in the pipeline. Earlier, the...

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African Union imposes sanctions on Guinea junta!

Updated on Saturday, November 07, 2009, 14:20 IST Tags:Guinea junta, African Union Addis Ababa: The African Union has implemented sanctions on Guinea's military rulers, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra said...

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China plays key role in developing African infrastructure

by Xie Meihua NAIROBI, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- As senior officials from China and African countries are gathering in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to prepare for the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on...

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Madagascar Power Sharing Talks Resume After Brief Walkout

Madagascar's leader has returned for a fourth day of internationally mediated power-sharing talks in Addis Ababa, after storming out and threatening to derail efforts to form a national unity government. Our correspondent has...

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Security Council authorisation for Darfur peacekeeping force

Described by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon as an 'historic and unprecedented resolution', the Security Council yesterday authorized a hybrid peacekeeping mission for the Darfur region of Sudan that will combine United...

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Juba in a jam

Salva Kiir's controversial remark regarding the possibility of secession just shows that the southern Sudanese will not opt for unity at any cost, surmises Gamal Nkrumah The political future of southern Sudan remains...

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Seneca Village--NYC African-American History

19th Century Community of Free Blacks in New York's Central Park Settled in the 1820s by free blacks seeking to own property, the racially integrated village was razed in 1856 to make way for the creation of Manhattan's Central...

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'Release Human Rights Activists,' AU Body Tells Morocco

A majority of sixty-eight members of the Pan- African Parliament (PAP) have adopted the motion to exert pressure on the government of the Kingdom of Morocco to release the seven human rights activists that were "abducted upon...

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Diplomat Presents Credence to Nigerian President

Liberia Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Professor Al-Hassan Conteh presented his Letter of Credence to the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency President...

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