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Breaking News Sat, 28 Jan 2012
Protesters opposed to President Abdoulaye Wade running for third term in next month's elections shout slogans as they rally ahead of a decision from the country's highest court on the validity of Wade's candidature, in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
Abdoulaye Wade   Photos   Protests   Senegal   Wikipedia: Abdoulaye Wade  
Protests sweep through Senegal after poll ruling
| DAKAR (Reuters) - Street protests spread through towns across Senegal overnight on Saturday after a top legal body said President Abdoulaye Wade had the right to run for a third term in elections ne... (photo: AP)
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Youssou N'Dour & Campino performing at the "Deine Stimme Gegen Armut" (Your Voice Against Poverty) concert in Rostock, Germany on June 7th, 2007.
Photos   Politics   Protesters   Senegal   Wikipedia: Senegalese presidential election, 2012  
Senegal court says Wade can run for third presidential term
Protesters in Senegal clashed with police late Friday after a court approved President Abdoulaye Wade to seek a highly disputed third term, but barred music icon Youssou Ndour from running. | Anti-Wad... (photo: Creative Commons)
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Somali refugee children share a meal inside a tent in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia.  Fleeing drought and famine in their home country, thousands of Somalis have taken up residence across the border in Dollo Ado One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns
| GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 1 million children in the Sahel are at risk of severe malnutrition and urgent action is needed to avert starvation akin to that in Somalia, the United Nations Children's... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) The Star
Africa   Aid   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Sahel  
 Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade, waves at his supporters during a rally in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Feb. 23, 2007. Wade, who spent three decades in the country´s opposition and ran four times for president before winning in a landslide in 2000, say Senegal's president cleared to run for 3rd term
| DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal's highest court ruled Friday that the country's increasingly frail, 85-year-old president could run for a third term in next month's election, a deep blow to the count... (photo: AP/Schalk van Zuydam) Dayton Daily News
Elections   Photos   Politics   Senegal   Wikipedia: Senegalese presidential election, 2012  
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In this Dec. 14, 2011 file photo, veteran leader Sir Michael Somare, second right, attends a press conference after claiming to have been reinstated as Papua New Guinea's prime minister in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea rebel soldiers demand return of former PM
| (Reuters) - The leader of a small band of soldiers who mutinied in Papua New Guinea on Thursday demanded the governor-general reinstate former Prime Minister Michael So... (photo: AP / Post-Courier) The Star
Defence   Papua New Guinea   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: 2012 Papua New Guinea Defence Force mutiny  
 Louis Michel, Member of the EC in charge of Development and Humanitarian Aid, receives Youssou N´Dour, Senegalese singer and Goodwill Ambassador for the UN and the Unicef . ula1 Youssou Ndour applies for 2012 election
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Pop star Youssou Ndour, one of Africa's most famous musicians, submitted his application late Wednesday to be a candidate in the Feb. 26 presidentia... (photo: European Community) Breitbart
Election   Photos   Senegal   Singer   Wikipedia: Youssou N'Dour  
Ivory Coast President, Alassane Ouattara, reviews the honor guard upon his arrival at Orly airport, south of Paris, for his first state visit in France, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. President Ouattara to Sign Military Accord On Paris Visit
RFI (Paris)-Côte d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara starts a three-day visit to France on Wednesday. The trip, during which he will sign a security accord with Paris... (photo: AP / Bertramd Langlois) All Africa
France   Ivory Coast   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Alassane Ouattara  
Lake Volta, Ghana. Tourism Authority to market Ghana through music
| The Western Regional Office of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) is promoting itself through the use of music to market the nation to the International Community. | Mr ... (photo: Creative Commons / Jurgen) Ghana Business News
Economy   Ghana   Market   Photos   Tourism   Wikipedia: Ghana  
A victim of Friday's bomb blast and gun attacks lies in Murtala Muhammad specialist hospital in Kano, Nigeria Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. Nigeria stunned by Kano attacks that killed more than 150
Reporting from Kano, Nigeria, and Johannesburg,— | A militant Islamic group whose almost daily attacks have put Nigerians on edge left the country stunned Saturday ... (photo: AP / Salisu Rabiu) The Los Angeles Times
Bombings   Nigeria   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: January 2012 Nigeria attacks  
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US citizen kidnapped in Nigeria freed
Protests sweep through Senegal after poll ruling
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Protesters opposed to President Abdoulaye Wade running for third term in next month's elections shout slogans as they rally ahead of a decision from the country's highest court on the validity of Wade's candidature, in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
Protests sweep through Senegal after poll ruling
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Senegal Court Says President Can Run Again
Protests sweep through Senegal after poll ruling
Senegal: Riots After President Wins Ruling
Senegal: Riots After President Wins Ruling
Protesters opposed to President Abdoulaye Wade running for third term in next month's elections shout slogans as they rally ahead of a decision from the country's highest court on the validity of Wade's candidature, in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
Protests sweep through Senegal after poll ruling
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Nigeria faces an existential threat
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We Need to Find a Way Past Malian Defence - Coach Appiah
Children gather around a burntout police truck following an overnight attack at Sheka Police station in Kano, Nigeria, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012.
Nigeria faces an existential threat
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Locanda del Lago features monthly "Bite of the Beast&qu
Senegal's president cleared to run for 3rd term
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Protesters opposed to President Abdoulaye Wade running for third term in next month's elections shout slogans as they rally ahead of a decision from the country's highest court on the validity of Wade's candidature, in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
Protests sweep through Senegal after poll ruling
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