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Clinton says Nigeria must bring killers of Christians to justice.
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(AFP) Washington DC— US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on Nigeria to find and punish those responsible for the killings of more than 500 Christians in a wave of sectarian slaughter.“We continue to urge all parties to exercise restraint,” Clinton told reporters, [...]
“The Acting President has placed all the security forces in Plateau and neighbouring states on red alert so as to stem any cross-border dimensions to this latest conflict,” Jonathan’s office said in a statement on Sunday March 7, 2010
Togo presidential rival Fabre claims victory ahead of results….
Lome, March 5 (Reuters) – The main opposition candidate in Togo’s presidential election said on Friday he believes he won by a broad margin — a claim that sets the stage for protests if the official results disagree.
The vote held on Thursday in the small West African [...]
VOTERS in the small west African country of Togo went to the polls March 4, 2010 to pick a new president in a poll seen as a test of democratic progress in a nation notorious for electoral violence.
More than three million voters (have voted) to choose a new leader among seven candidates including incumbent Faure [...]
Presidential voting postponed; Togo’s main opposition quits elections commission, calls it “electoral masquerade”
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Togo’s main opposition party said Saturday it had quit the commission organising presidential elections next month (March 2010).
The Union of Forces for Change said in a statement that it did not want to be associated with an “electoral masquerade,” charging that [...]
Deadlock hampers governance in Zimbabwe, PM beckons on South Africa to intervene
HARARE, Zimbabwe — The Zimbabwe prime minister’s party says South Africa should intervene in a deadlock that has hampered governance in this south African country.
Nelson Chamisa, spokesman for Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s party, said Friday that President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party was blocking [...]
The third annual report published by the Kennedy School of Governance which is part of Harvard’s school of political sciences, focuses this year on “Strengthening Governance in Africa”. The rankings were established on the basis of 57 indexes of good governance centred on such determinants as security, transparency, rule of law, participation and human rights, economic stability and human development.
Pope launches synod on Africa’s woes until October 25
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Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday celebrated a special mass to open a month-long synod of African bishops to discuss their continent’s conflicts, social injustice and grinding poverty. Saint Peter’s Basilica swelled to the strains of a hymn in the Congolese language Lingala, while prayers were [...]
