Ghana’s New President Promises Action to Fix “Bad” Economy
22/02/2017Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said in his first state of the nation address the economy was in a “bad way” but he would press ahead with a plan to.
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Gambia’s New President Pledges Fresh Start, Economic Reform
20/02/2017Gambia’s President Adama Barrow vowed on Saturday to revive the country’s faltering economy with sweeping reforms as he sought to draw a line under the erratic 22-year rule of his.
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Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Says He Is People’s Choice for 2018 Election
20/02/2017Zimbabwe’s people and the ruling ZANU-PF party see no viable alternative candidate to President Robert Mugabe for general elections in 2018, state media quoted him as saying on Sunday. “They.
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Kenya’s Opposition Warns of Protests If Elections “Rigged”
16/02/2017By Katharine Houreld Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga said on Wednesday mass protests were possible if August elections were rigged, comments likely to scare Kenyans fearful of a repeat.
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UK’s Johnson Says Gambia to Re-join Commonwealth ‘As Soon As Possible’
15/02/2017British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Tuesday that Gambia, which is seeking to emerge from more than two decades of authoritarian rule, would be readmitted “as fast as possible”.
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Gambia Announces Plans to Stay in International Criminal Court
14/02/2017Gambia’s new government has told the United Nations it will remain in the International Criminal Court (ICC), state media reported on Monday, reversing the previous administration’s plan to withdraw from.
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Trump Makes First Calls to African Leaders
14/02/2017U.S. President Donald Trump made his first phone calls to African heads of state Monday, speaking with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and South African President Jacob Zuma. Nigeria and South.
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New Somali President Wants His Country off Immigration Ban
13/02/2017Somalia’s new president says he will work to have his country removed from the list of nations whose citizens were — and may yet be — barred from entering the.
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Somalis Celebrate Election of Former U.S. State Worker as President
10/02/2017Thousands of Somalis fired guns in the air, cheered atop military vehicles and slaughtered camels on Thursday to celebrate the election of anti-corruption campaigner Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed as president. Protected.
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Somali Lawmakers Vote for President
08/02/2017Somali lawmakers gathered behind the blast walls of the capital’s airport on Wednesday to elect their president, after months of delays and threats from Islamist insurgents bent on derailing the.
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