Saturday 06 September 2008
Angola extends polls after opposition cries foul
Angola’s first election in 16 years has been extended for a second day following widespread delays at polling stations. The poll was heralded as a turning point for the oil-rich nation, but opposition parties say it was flawed.
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- ANGOLA - ELECTIONS
- Angola extends polls after opposition cries foul
- Saturday 06 September 2008
- Angola’s first election in 16 years has been extended for a second day following widespread delays at polling stations. The poll was heralded as a turning point for the oil-rich nation, but opposition parties say it was flawed.
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- USA - LIBYA
- US-Libya ties ‘off to a good start’
- Saturday 06 September 2008
- Following a historic meeting between US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in Tripoli, Rice welcomed a new chapter in US-Libyan relations. But, she added, there was still “a long way to go".
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- SOMALIA - PIRATES
- Pirates demand a million dollars for French hostages
- Friday 05 September 2008
- Somali pirates holding 2 French nationals hostage aboard a yacht have requested more than one million dollars in "ransom", a maritime official said Thursday. Reports suggest an Egyptian boat has also been seized in nearby waters.
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- ZIMBABWE - POLITICS
- Mugabe wants to form govt regardless of deal
- Thursday 04 September 2008
- Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe will form a new government regardless of whether the opposition MDC party signs a power-sharing deal on Thursday, state media reported. An MDC spokesman accused Mugabe of "bullying" tactics.
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- CHAD
- Investigation says Chadian opponent Saleh probably dead
- Thursday 04 September 2008
- A commission investigating the events surrounding the rebel attack on the Chadian capital N'Djamena last February concluded that opponent Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh, who has been missing ever since, is probably dead.
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- SOMALIA - FRANCE
- Somali pirates seize French yacht; 2 aboard
- Wednesday 03 September 2008
- Somali pirates have seized a yacht with two French nationals aboard off the coast of the Horn of Africa, according to the French foreign ministry. Somali gunmen have seized 30 vessels so far this year.
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- ANGOLA - OIL
- Angola’s economic boom doesn’t benefit everyone
- Wednesday 03 September 2008
- Angola became the top oil producer of Africa and is now among the fastest growing economies in the world. A miracle the government says it's responsible for. Meanwhile, the population remains in poverty.
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- MAURITANIA
- Mauritania's junta forms 'new government'
- Monday 01 September 2008
- A month after a military junta overthrew Mauritania's first democratically-elected government, a new government headed by Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf has been formed.
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