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Politics
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 | Nigeria's 2nd chamber passes resolution urging VP to act as President | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Following closely on the heels of a similar decision by
the Senate, Nigeria's House of
Representatives Tuesday passed a resolution urging Vice President Goodluck Jonat
han to act as President, pending
the return of President Umaru Yar'Adua, who is spending his 78th day in Saudi Ar
abia where he is undergoing medical
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| France to support DRC in reaching completion point under HIPC initiative | | Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - French State Secretary for Foreign Trade, Ms. Anne-M
arie Idrac, has confirmed her country's commitment to support the Democratic Rep
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blic of Congo (DRC) to reach the completion point under the Initiative of Heavil
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Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), PANA r
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ported Tuesday.
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| SADC inspectors to meet in Arusha | | Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The defence chiefs of member states of the Southern Afri
ca Development Community (SADC), will meet in Arusha, Tanzania, from 10 to 13 Fe
bruary to finish drafting the inspection manual of the regional organisation,
PANA reported, quoting the Angolan news agency, ANGOP.
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| UNAMID chief heads to Doha for Darfur peace talks | | New York, US (PANA) - UN/AU Joint Special Representative in Darfur, Prof. Ibrahi
m Gambari, is heading for Doha, the Qatari capital, to support the latest round
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f peace talks between the government of Sudan and Darfur rebel groups, a UN stat
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ment said on Tuesday.
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| Damage control ahead of Zuma's State of the Nation speech | | Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - With just two days remaining before his first S
tate of the Nation speech, President Jacob Zuma and the ruling African National
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ongress (ANC) are undertaking a major damage-control exercise, following Zuma's
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dmission that he fathered an illegitimate child.
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| China 'concerned' about ICC accusations against Sudan's leader | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - China Tuesday joined African countries
and regional organisations, including the African Union
(AU) and the League of Arab States, in expressing its ''explicit and deep
concern'' about the indictment of Sudanese President Omar
Hassan Al Bashir by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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| Angola's Cabinet Council meets Friday | | Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Angolan Cabinet Council will meet Friday in Luanda t
o discuss, among other matters,
the organisation and functioning of the Government under the chairmanship of Pre
sident José Eduardo dos
Santos, Angolan press agency, ANGOP, reported
It said the meeting would debate the bill on the administrative probity and issu
es related to the 2010 Budget.
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| Ministers locked out of meeting in Nigeria for lateness | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ojo Maduekwe and h
is Power counterpart Lanre Babalola
were locked out of an important meeting in the capital city of Abuja Monday, aft
er they came late to the session, the local
press reported.
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| Gaddafi speaks to Al-Bashir, Deby on phone | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan leader, Mouamar Gaddafi, on Monday held talks
on telephone with the president of Sudan, Omar Hassan Al-Bashir and that of Cha
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, Idriss Deby, as the two presidents met in a historic summit in Khartoum to cem
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nt peace efforts.
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| Angola, Mozambique discuss co-operation issues | | Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Prime Minister of Mozambique, Aires Bonifácio Ali,
and the Angolan Ambassador to Mozambique, JoĂŁo Garcia Bires, Monday discussed i
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sues bothering on the new areas of co-operation between the two Portuguese-speak
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ng states, with highlight on scientific and business sectors.
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| Angola President swears in new cabinet | | Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angola President Jose Eduardo dos Santos Monday swore in
the new government officials who were
appointed Friday in Luanda, according to Angola's press agency, ANGOP.
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| UN chief sends top â~fix itâ? envoy to Sudan | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has
deployed an outstanding Eritrean diplomat, Haile Menkerios, as the new
Special Envoy to Sudan, replacing Pakistanâ?s Ashraf Qazi, who said on
Sunday he was leaving earlier for personal reasons.
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| Angolan President inaugurates new government | | Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Angolan Head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos, has
consitituted a new government following the proclamation of the country's new c
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nstitution on Friday, PANA reported quoting the Angolan News Agency (ANGOP).
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| Niger opposition drops demand for return to 5th Republic | | Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger's opposition Coordination of Forces for Democracy a
nd the
Republic (CFDR) has dropped its demand for a return to the Fifth Republic, but i
s asking
for a new constitution on a consensual basis, Boubacar Cissé, the head
of the opposition delegation at the Inter-Niger dialogue, said on Friday.
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| US gives US$20 million to CAR peace-building fund | | Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The United Nations on Thursday announced a further allocat
ion of US$20 million from its Peacebuilding Fund to the Central African Republic
(CAR) to support security sector reform, economic revitalization and the rule of
law in consolidating peace in the country.
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| Yamgnane's supporters to protest disqualification | | Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Supporters of Togolese opposition candidate Kofi Yamgnane a
re to demonstrate in the capital, Lomé, against the rejection of their leader's
candidature by the Constitutional court, sources close to the supporters told PA
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A on Friday.
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| UN envoy welcomes African push towards Somali stability | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN Special Envoy Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah has termed
this week's African Union (AU) Summit a "significant step" towards the recovery
of war-torn Somalia, noting the contributions made to stabilize the Horn of Afri
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a nation, PANA reported Friday.
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| 'Integration of NEPAD into AU aimed at strengthening it' | | Midrand, South Africa (PANA) - Contrary to the misconception in certain circles,
the decision to integrate the New Partnership for Africaâ?s Development
(NEPAD) into the structures and processes of the African Union (AU) is aimed at
strengthening the programme, rather than at dissolving it, NEPAD officials said
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ere Friday.
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| 'Search for justice in Sudan shouldnâ?t derail peace process' | | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Emphasizing its commitment to justice and total
rejection of impunity, the African Union (AU) has expressed disgust over the de
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ision by the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to recons
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der whether or not the indictment of President Omar Hassan Al Bashir of Sudan sh
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uld be extended to cover the charge of genocide.
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| Nigeria's political impasse may end soon | | Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's long-drawn political impasse, caused by the fa
ilure of President Umaru Yar'Adua to
transfer power to his deputy while on a prolonged medical treatment in Saudi Ara
bia, may soon be over, if assurances given Thursday by one of his aides are anyt
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ing to go by.
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| CEN-SAD celebrates 12th anniversary | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Member countries of the Community of Sahel-Saharan State
s (CEN-SAD) on Thursday celebrated the 12th anniversary of the regional grouping
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launched in 1998 at the initiative of the Libyan leader, Mouammar Kadhafi.
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| Belgian FM to discuss jailed compatriots in Cairo | | Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Belgian Foreign Minister Steven Vanackere is due in C
airo, the Egyptian capital, on Saturday to discuss with his counterpart, Abdoul
G
heit, issues of the four Belgians currently jailed in Cairo, among other diploma
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ic issues, PANA reported from here Thursday.
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| Documentary recounts dark side of Kenyan local politics | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A documentary on post-election violence in custody of th
e International Criminal Court (ICC) that exposes how difficult it is to get jus
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ice in Kenya is attracting attention in Europe and the US ahead of a human right
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film festival that kicks off this week, PANA reported Thursday.
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