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French PM Calls for Recount in Disputed Gabon Election

  French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has joined others in voicing concern over Gabon’s recent disputed presidential election. During an interview on French radio Tuesday, Valls said the country should.

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Nigeria’s power finance and energy investors to meet with government in Abuja this October

Leading development finance institutions and heads of Nigeria’s most accomplished energy companies will meet with national government at EnergyNet’s Powering Africa: Nigeria Investment Summit, taking place in Abuja from 12-14.

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African Union Says to Mediate in Gabon Election Crisis

The African Union has recently said it would send a delegation to help resolve a standoff over presidential election results in Gabon that triggered days of deadly riots. Official results.

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Ukraine’s Poroshenko Says Tougher To Secure Western Support against Russia

By Natalia Zinets and Alessandra Prentice It has become increasingly difficult for Ukraine to secure Western support in its fight against “Russian aggression” and a full-scale invasion from Russia cannot.

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East Africa Nations Race to Become Region’s First Oil Exporter

    Significant onshore oil discoveries in Uganda and Kenya and offshore gas discoveries in Tanzania and Mozambique have made East Africa a subject of intense interest among the global.

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How Donors Will Help Accelerate Universal Health Coverage across Africa

    By Samuel Nabwiiso The World Bank and the Global Fund will invest $24 billion in Africa over the next three to five years to accelerate universal health coverage.

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Ivory Coast Evicts Thousands of Cocoa Farmers to Save Forests

  By Ange Aboa and Joe Bavier Before the morning mists had broken over Ivory Coast’s Mont Peko National Park, thousands of newly homeless cocoa farmers and their families began.

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Angolan President Fires Finance Minister Manuel

Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos fired Finance Minister Armando Manuel on Monday two months after the government of Africa’s biggest oil producer broke off talks with the IMF over.

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Security Beefed Up as Mogadishu Hosts IGAD Summit

Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, which only a few years back was categorized by many as the most dangerous capital on Earth, is preparing to host the 53rd summit of the Intergovernmental.

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North Korea Fires Three Ballistic Missiles As G20 Leaders Meet In China

By Ju-min Park North Korea fired three ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast on Monday, South Korea’s military said, as the leaders of the Group of 20.

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