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Ghana
The announcement by Ghanaian president John Atta Mills that the government is now seeking alternatives to the US$10bn STX housing project would appear to be the final nail in the coffin...
2012-01-27Cameroon
Cameroon's Minister of Labour and Social Security, Grégoire Owona, successfully negotiated a resolution between workers' unions and the management of the rubber production company,...
2012-01-27Nigeria
President Goodluck Jonathan has made a preliminary attempt at negotiating with the terrorist organisation Boko Haram, which has killed hundreds of police officers, community leaders,...
2012-01-27Cote d'Ivoire
The Front Populaire Ivoirien (FPI) announced one of its supporters died when stone-throwing youths attacked a party rally on January 21. The FPI went on to claim that the assailants...
2012-01-25Congo, Dem. Rep.
The UN has claimed that former rebels were promoted to senior positions in the Congolese army in return for supporting President Joseph Kabila's re-election effort in November 2011....
2012-01-25Gabon
The new executive secretary of the Union du Peuple Gabonais, Mathieu Mboumba Nziengui, announced that he plans to appeal to the Supreme Court in order to overturn the December 17 parliamentary...
2011-12-29Niger
At least two people were killed in protests sparked by the detention of an activist protesting against high fuel prices during the opening of Niger's new oil refinery. Protesters were...
2011-12-29Cote d'Ivoire
Soldiers from the Ivoirien army, Forces Republicaines de Côte d'Ivoire (FRCI), killed six people on December 17-18. The incident began when soldiers beat to death a young man who tried...
2011-12-29
