Somalia Upper House Elects New Speaker
23/01/2017Somalia’s upper house of parliament has elected Senator Abdi Hashi Abdullahi as its speaker.The vote Sunday was the last major step toward holding the presidential election that has already been.
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Ghana’s New Government Plans to Review $918 Million IMF Deal
20/01/2017Ghana’s new government plans to review its $918 million programme with the International Monetary Fund because it may need more money for its spending plans, a minister-designate said on Friday..
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Jammeh’s Presidency “Officially Over”: Gambia’s President-Elect Says
19/01/2017Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow said Thursday his inauguration would take place at the Gambian Embassy in neighboring Senegal, as longtime leader Yahya Jammeh refused to give up power. He made.
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DRC Political Talks on Transfer of Power Enter Second Phase
12/01/2017The second phase of political talks about how to implement a New Year’s Eve deal on the transfer of power has begun in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. If.
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Gambia’s Top Court Adjourns Jammeh’s Poll Challenge
11/01/2017African judges due to help Gambia’s Supreme Court hear a challenge by President Yahya Jammeh’s electoral defeat last December failed to show up on Tuesday, forcing the chief justice to.
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Ivory Coast’s Ouattara Names Ex-PM as Vice-President
11/01/2017Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara named former Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan as vice-president, a new post created under a constitution approved by referendum late last year. Duncan, 73, an.
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Ivory Coast PM resigns, dissolves gov’t after poll
09/01/2017Ivory Coast Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan resigned and dissolved the government on Monday in a move that had been expected following the approval of a new constitution and parliamentary.
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Ghana’s New President Akufo-Addo Says Will Cut Taxes
09/01/2017ACCRA (Reuters) – Ghana’s new President Nana Akufo-Addo pledged to cut taxes to boost the economy at his swearing in ceremony on Saturday, whilst also promising to protect the public.
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Gambia Army Chief Stands by Embattled President Jammeh
04/01/2017Gambia’s army chief reaffirmed his loyalty to embattled President Yahya Jammeh on Wednesday in the face of a possible regional military intervention to enforce the result of an election that.
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DRC’s Kabila Still in Power after Mandate Expires
20/12/2016Gunfire could be heard in Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, early Tuesday after the mandate for President Joseph Kabila passed without the president stepping down and with no elections in sight. Kabila’s.
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