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African heads clamp down to get back to civilian rule
African   Dakar   EU   Leaders   Photos   Wikipedia: West Africa		  Independent online (SA) 
African heads clamp down to get back to civilian rule
Mon 7 May 2012
DAKAR: West African presidents have threatened tougher action against coup leaders in Mali and Guinea-Bissau who have resisted efforts to fully restore civilian rule. Guinea-Bissau’s ruling... (photo: EC / EC)
In this Tuesday, April 24, 2012 file photo, fighters from Islamist group Ansar Dine stand guard during a hostage handover, in the desert outside Timbuktu, Mali.
Africa   Mali   Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: 2012 Malian coup d'état		  Al Jazeera 
West African leaders set for Mali talks
Thu 3 May 2012
West African leaders are set to discuss the turmoil in crisis-hit Mali at a summit after soldiers who overthrew an elected government in March repelled a counter-coup earlier this week. Leaders of the... (photo: AP)
Soldiers line the route as the coffin of slain army chief Gen. Batista Tagme na Waie is transported to the cemetery in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau Sunday, March 8, 2009. Waie's death one week ago in a bomb blast sparked the assassination of President Joao Bernardo "Nino" Vieira by unidentified attackers hours later in an apparent revenge attack.  The Star  Mon 30 Apr 2012
West Africa bloc hits Bissau with sanctions, threatens force
BANJUL (Reuters) - West African regional bloc ECOWAS slapped sanctions on Guinea-Bissau's military rulers on Monday and threatened to use force to dislodge them, after talks to restore constitutional... (photo: AP / Mamadu Alfa Balde)
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FILE- In this March 21, 2012 file photo, ruling party presidential candidate and Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior gestures after the electoral commission announced provisional election results giving him the lead in the first round of presidential voting, in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau.  The New York Times  Sat 28 Apr 2012
Guinea-Bissau: Deposed Leaders Are Freed and Sent to Ivory Coast
Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors Soldiers on Friday released two leading politicians they arrested in... (photo: AP / Tanya Bindra, File)
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West Africa bloc to send troops to Mali, Guinea-Bissau The Star Fri 27 Apr 2012
West Africa bloc to send troops to Mali, Guinea-Bissau
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The West African regional bloc ECOWAS said on Thursday it would send troops to Mali and Guinea-Bissau to help swiftly reinstate civilian rule after... (photo: EC / EC)
Africa   EU   Guinea   Photos   Troops   Wikipedia: Bissau
Revolutionary fighters, beside an anti-aircraft machine gun, center, demonstrate in favor of the National Transitional Council, NTC, at Tripoli's main square, Libya, Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. Al Jazeera Wed 25 Apr 2012
Libya bans religious parties from politics
Libya's ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) has issued a new law that bans parties that are based on religious principles, the council spokesman said. The law,... (photo: AP / Alexandre Meneghini)
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Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke speaks to people at a fund raising campaign for American presidential candidate Barack Obama in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday Aug. 11 2008. The event, held by a group calling itself "Africans for Obama 08," drew hundreds of people from the Nigerian business elite. Each paid more than $2,000 to munch on grilled snails, sip from flutes of Veuve Cliquot and Moet & Chandon and join in a lively, if poorly executed, series of the "fist bumps" popularized by Obama and his wife, Michelle. Graphic Wed 25 Apr 2012
'Africa Needs Common Stock Exchange Platform'
The former Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Professor Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke, has urged African countries to establish a common stock exchange... (photo: AP / George Osodi)
Africa   Business   Nigeria   Photos   Wikipedia: Stock exchange
Ban welcomes European Union's energy access initiative for developing countries United Nations Mon 16 Apr 2012
Ban welcomes European Union's energy access initiative for developing countries
Photo: UNDP16 April 2012 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed a new European Union (EU) initiative designed to assist developing countries in providing access... (photo: EC / EC)
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Guinea-Bissau troops wait in queue to vote during elections in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, on Sunday, June 19, 2005. Guinea-Bissau voted Sunday in the West African country's first presidential election since a 2003 coup, with 13 contenders vying for the top post _ including the man the military ousted two years ago. Many hope a new leadership can shunt one of the world's poorest nations toward democracy and development after decades of internal conflict. Graphic Mon 16 Apr 2012
Guinea-Bissau Junta In Power Pact
Military forces that staged last week's coup in Guinea-Bissau are to set up a transitional body with some opposition parties to run the West African state. The move... (photo: AP / Schalk van Zuydam)
Africa   Military   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Guinea-Bissau
Syria: Ban voices concern over shelling of Homs, urges adherence to ceasefire United Nations Mon 16 Apr 2012
Syria: Ban voices concern over shelling of Homs, urges adherence to ceasefire
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. UN Photo/Mark Garten15 April 2012 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced serious concern over the shelling of the Syrian city of Homs... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, bottom second left, visits Iran's Fuel Manufacturing Plant (FMP), a new facility producing uranium fuel for a planned heavy-water nuclear reactor, just outside the city of Isfahan 255 mile (410 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Thursday, April 9, 2009. The West fears the reactor could eventually be used for producing a nuclear weapon. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has announced the plant's opening during a ceremony in the central city of Isfahan. The plant will produce pellets of uranium oxide to fuel the heavy-water research reactor, which is scheduled to be completed in 2009 or 2010. Iran and world powers set for nuclear talks Al Jazeera
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A journalist records the verdict of the judges in the trial against former Liberian President Charles Taylor, seen on the screen standing in the court room of the Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, near The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday April 26, 2012. Liberian warlord 'would not be safe' in UK prison The Independent
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In this photo taken Saturday, April 14, 2012, a Tuareg separatist rebel from the NMLA (National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad) gestures from his vehicle, in a market in Timbuktu, Mali. West Africa's regional bloc is recommending the deployment of a regional force to Mali after Tuareg rebels declared an independent state, dubbed Azawad, following a military coup last month. Regional bloc ECOWAS said Friday, April 13 that the force would help Mali secure its territory and serve as peacekeepers. Azawad: The latest African border dilemma Al Jazeera
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