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Fire guts parts of market |
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Nigerian charged over plane bomb plot |
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Togo football team bus attacked 
Map of Cabinda Angola A bus carrying Togo's national soccer team to a tournament in Angola came under fire, and Togo is weighing whether to pull out of Cup of Nations
| 9 people were wounded -- 8 Togolese and one Angolan. The bus driver was killed in the attack and three others were injured. The assistant coach of Togo's national soccer team is among the victims of Friday's machine-gun attack
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Togo withdraws from African Cup
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Togo 'will play in Africa Cup of Nations' |
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Togo fly home as Africa Cup begins Togo's withdrawal from the Africa Cup of Nations was confirmed as the tournament got under way in Angola
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Mali in stunning comeback |
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| Jan.11 |
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Ailing President Yar'Adua breaks silence |
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| Jan.23 |
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150 reported killed in violence
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| Jan.24 |
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Algeria beat much-fancied Ivory Coast 3-2 |
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| Jan.28 |
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Football: Egypt and Ghana reach final |
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| Jan.29 |
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Nigeria militants end truce in Niger Delta |
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| Jan.30 |
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Togo banned for leaving Africa Cup |
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| Jan.31 |
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Egypt secure a record seventh Africa Cup Egypt win their third Africa Cup of Nations title in a row, after beating Ghana, 1-0
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Jonathan becomes acting president
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| Feb.18 |
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Military halts nation's constitution
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Military coup ousts president Map of Niamey Niger| The president has been captured after a gun battle. The country was now being led by a the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy | |
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ICC: killings 'crime against humanity' |
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| Feb.23 |
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President Umaru Yar'Adua 'returns home'
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Coup leaders name transit. government |
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Togo president 'wins re-election' The current president Faure Gnassingbe, son of a late dictator, has won re-election in a disputed vote, electoral authorities say
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| Mar.7 |
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Attack on town kills more than 100 The attacks in the town of Dogo Nahauwa, just south of Jos, resembled earlier outbreaks of ethno-religious violence
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President puts forces on alert |
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Attack on Nigerian town kills hundreds Map of Jos Nigeria| The death toll violence in central Nigeria climbed to more than 200 after members of a machete-wielding Muslim group attacked a mostly Christian town. Troops have now been deployed in the area and... | |
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| Mar.9 |
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Security chief replaced after massacre |
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| Mar.10 |
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Violence fed by ethnic, economic issues |
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| Mar.17 |
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Acting president dissolves cabinet Goodluck Jonathan became acting president in February amid the continuing illness of President Umaru Yar'Adua
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| Mar.19 |
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Rio Tinto signs mining deal with Chinalco
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| Apr.1 |
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Army seizes prime minister |
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| Apr.2 |
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Senegal to unveil disputed statue |
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| Apr.3 |
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Senegal unveils colossal statue A lavish ceremony was criticised over the 164-foot monument's construction at a time when the nation is struggling financially
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| Apr.14 |
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Acting leader unsure of president's illness |
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President Yar'Adua has died Map of Niger Delta Nigeria Nigeria's ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua, who gave amnesty to armed militants in the troubled oil-rich Niger Delta region, died. He was 58
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Drogba to miss World Cup |
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| Jun.13 |
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Ghana take first African win |
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| Jun.15 |
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Netherlands, Portugal played out 0-0 |
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| Jun.20 |
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Kaka sees red in win over Ivory Coast |
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| Jun.26 |
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Ghana seal win over US, 2-1 |
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| Jun.27 |
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Guinea holds first free election since 1958
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| Jun.30 |
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Nigeria suspends soccer team |
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| Jul.5 |
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Nigeria 'drops team ban threat' |
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Ghana welcomes football heroes |
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| Jul.23 |
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Firm guilty of 'exporting toxic waste'
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| Aug.5 |
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Model tells court of 'dirty stones' gift Naomi Campbell has testified that she was given some 'dirty-looking stones' after a 1997 dinner attended by ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor
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| Aug.9 |
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Taylor 'gave diamonds to model' Ex-Liberian President gave Naomi Campbell diamonds after a 1997 dinner in South Africa, the supermodel's former agent has told war-crimes tr...
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| Aug.23 |
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Al-Qaeda frees Spanish hostages |
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| Aug.27 |
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Cholera epidemic threatens all Nigeria |
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| Aug.29 |
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Niger flooding displaces nearly 200,000 The United Nations is calling on donors and aid agencies to send shelter material, blankets. The flooding has displaced at least 198,740 people
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| Sep.12 |
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Clashes in Guinea ahead of poll |
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| Sep.24 |
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Flooding displaces more than 2 million Map of Kano Nigeria In northern Nigeria flood gates on Challawa and Tiga dams were opened to release rising waters along the Niger River
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| Sep.29 |
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Sanctions against Sierra Leone lifted |
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| Oct.2 |
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Blasts death toll now stands at 12
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Ex-Mend chief arrested for Nigerian blasts |
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Presidential runoff may be delayed again |
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| Oct.4 |
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Nigeria suspended by FIFA |
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| Oct.5 |
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Lead poisoning has killed 400 kids |
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| Oct.24 |
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UN to start Benin floods airlift |
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| Oct.27 |
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New date for Guinea run-off poll |
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| Nov.6 |
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Ivory Coast poll declared valid |
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| Nov.14 |
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Cotton subsidies 'should be cut' |
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| Nov.15 |
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Conde declared Guinea poll winner
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| Nov.17 |
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Miilitary rescue 19 hostages in Niger Delta
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| Nov.18 |
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FIFA suspends pair amid corruption claim |
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Calm returns to after days of unrest |
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| Nov.19 |
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Nigeria seizes heroin from Iran
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| Nov.27 |
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Political parties allege election fraud |
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| Dec.1 |
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U.N., EU to Ivory Coast: Release results
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| Dec.2 |
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Ivory Coast army 'seals borders' |
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| Dec.3 |
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World backs Ivory Coast 'winner'
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| Dec.4 |
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Ivorian crisis as rivals sworn in| The incumbent Laurent Gbagbo took the oath to serve a new term, but within hours Alassane Ouattara also laid claim to the presidency | |
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Mbeki to mediate in Ivory Coast The African Union says it is sending former South African President Thabo Mbeki to Ivory Coast to help mediate the current political crisis
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| Dec.5 |
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Troubleshooter Mbeki arrives in Ivory C-st |
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| Dec.7 |
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Russia 'blocks UN on Ivory Coast' |
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| Dec.8 |
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UN backs Ivory Coast's Ouattara
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| Dec.9 |
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African Union suspends Ivory Coast |
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| Dec.11 |
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West African states back Ouattara |
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| Dec.13 |
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Ex-rebels, Ivory Coast troops face off |
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| Dec.16 |
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Deadline for disputed Ivory Coast leader |
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Fears of fresh Ivory Coast unrest |
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| Dec.18 |
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Peacekeepers ordered out of Ivory Coast Incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo has demanded that all foreign peacekeepers leave the country immediately
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UN chief rejects Ivorian pullout
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| Dec.20 |
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U.N. peacekeepers to stay in Ivory Coast
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| Dec.21 |
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UN chief warns of Ivory Coast war
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Halliburton settles Nigeria bribery claims
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| Dec.22 |
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French urged to leave Ivory Coast |
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| Dec.23 |
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Post-election violence claimed 173 lives| International pressure mounts for Laurent Gbagbo to quit the presidency. The US is exploring ways to strengthen the UN presence. The US is exploring ways to strengthen the UN presence in Ivory Coast, where ... | |
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Gbagbo denied Ivory Coast funds
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| Dec.24 |
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W. African leaders meet on Ivory Coast |
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Ivorian television goes off air |
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Deadly blast in central Nigeria |
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W African bloc threatens Gbagbo
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Deadly Christmas Eve bombings
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| Dec.25 |
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Ivorians make the trek to Liberia About 14,000 Ivory Coast residents escaping the political instability and violence have fled to eastern Liberia in what has been an arduous ...
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Nigeria pledges to hunt bombers |
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| Dec.26 |
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Ivory Coast in civil war warning |
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Jos sees renewed clashes after bombings |
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Ivory Coast general strike called
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| Dec.27 |
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Arrests follow blasts
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Odinga to mediate Ivorian crisis |
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| Dec.28 |
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Leaders leave Ivory Coast talks West African leaders have ended their mission to Ivory Coast, with incumbent Laurent Gbagbo refusing to stand down
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Politicians 'fuel Nigeria unrest' |
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Gbagbo unmoved by Ivorian mission West African leaders have ended their mission to Ivory Coast, having failed to persuade incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo to stand down
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| Dec.29 |
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Ivory Coast TV 'inciting UN hate' |
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Ivory Coast 'on edge of genocide'
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| Dec.30 |
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I Coast attack 'may restart war' UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned supporters of incumbent Laurent Gbagbo not to attack his rival Alassane Ouattara's HQ
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| Dec.31 |
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Military threat against Ivory Coast West African heads of state will again ask self-declared President Gbagbo to relinquish power in Ivory Coast and will consider a military option
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11 killed in Nigeria bomb blast
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Ouattara: Gbagbo deadline to step down
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| 2010 |
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| Jan.8 |
Togo football team bus attacked Map of Cabinda Angola A bus carrying Togo's national soccer team to a tournament in Angola came under fire, and Togo is weighing whether to pull out of Cup of Nations
| 9 people were wounded -- 8 Togolese and one Angolan. The bus driver was killed in the attack and three others were injured. The assistant coach of Togo's national soccer team is among the victims of Friday's machine-gun attack
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| Jan.29 |
Nigeria militants end truce in Niger Delta |
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| Feb.18 |
Military halts nation's constitution
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| Feb.18 |
Military coup ousts president Map of Niamey Niger| The president has been captured after a gun battle. The country was now being led by a the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy | |
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| Mar.1 |
Coup leaders name transit. government |
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| Apr.1 |
Army seizes prime minister |
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| Aug.9 |
Taylor 'gave diamonds to model' Ex-Liberian President gave Naomi Campbell diamonds after a 1997 dinner in South Africa, the supermodel's former agent has told war-crimes tr...
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| Nov.17 |
Miilitary rescue 19 hostages in Niger Delta
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| Dec.2 |
Ivory Coast army 'seals borders' |
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| Dec.13 |
Ex-rebels, Ivory Coast troops face off |
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| Dec.18 |
Peacekeepers ordered out of Ivory Coast Incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo has demanded that all foreign peacekeepers leave the country immediately
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| Dec.18 |
UN chief rejects Ivorian pullout
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| Dec.20 |
U.N. peacekeepers to stay in Ivory Coast
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| Dec.26 |
Ivory Coast in civil war warning |
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| Dec.26 |
Jos sees renewed clashes after bombings |
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| Dec.30 |
I Coast attack 'may restart war' UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned supporters of incumbent Laurent Gbagbo not to attack his rival Alassane Ouattara's HQ
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| Dec.31 |
Military threat against Ivory Coast West African heads of state will again ask self-declared President Gbagbo to relinquish power in Ivory Coast and will consider a military option
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| 2010 |
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| Jan.2 |
Fire guts parts of market |
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| Jul.23 |
Firm guilty of 'exporting toxic waste'
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| Aug.27 |
Cholera epidemic threatens all Nigeria |
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| Aug.29 |
Niger flooding displaces nearly 200,000 The United Nations is calling on donors and aid agencies to send shelter material, blankets. The flooding has displaced at least 198,740 people
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| Sep.24 |
Flooding displaces more than 2 million Map of Kano Nigeria In northern Nigeria flood gates on Challawa and Tiga dams were opened to release rising waters along the Niger River
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| Oct.5 |
Lead poisoning has killed 400 kids |
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| Oct.24 |
UN to start Benin floods airlift |
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| 2010 |
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| Mar.10 |
Violence fed by ethnic, economic issues |
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| Mar.19 |
Rio Tinto signs mining deal with Chinalco
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| Jul.23 |
Firm guilty of 'exporting toxic waste'
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| Aug.5 |
Model tells court of 'dirty stones' gift Naomi Campbell has testified that she was given some 'dirty-looking stones' after a 1997 dinner attended by ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor
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| Nov.14 |
Cotton subsidies 'should be cut' |
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| Dec.21 |
Halliburton settles Nigeria bribery claims
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| Dec.23 |
Gbagbo denied Ivory Coast funds
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| 2010 |
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| Jan.8 |
Togo football team bus attacked Map of Cabinda Angola A bus carrying Togo's national soccer team to a tournament in Angola came under fire, and Togo is weighing whether to pull out of Cup of Nations
| 9 people were wounded -- 8 Togolese and one Angolan. The bus driver was killed in the attack and three others were injured. The assistant coach of Togo's national soccer team is among the victims of Friday's machine-gun attack
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| Jan.9 |
Togo withdraws from African Cup
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| Jan.9 |
Togo 'will play in Africa Cup of Nations' |
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| Jan.10 |
Togo fly home as Africa Cup begins Togo's withdrawal from the Africa Cup of Nations was confirmed as the tournament got under way in Angola
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| Jan.10 |
Mali in stunning comeback |
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| Jan.24 |
Algeria beat much-fancied Ivory Coast 3-2 |
|
| Jan.28 |
Football: Egypt and Ghana reach final |
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| Jan.30 |
Togo banned for leaving Africa Cup |
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| Jan.31 |
Egypt secure a record seventh Africa Cup Egypt win their third Africa Cup of Nations title in a row, after beating Ghana, 1-0
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| Jun.4 |
Drogba to miss World Cup |
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| Jun.13 |
Ghana take first African win |
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| Jun.15 |
Netherlands, Portugal played out 0-0 |
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| Jun.20 |
Kaka sees red in win over Ivory Coast |
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| Jun.26 |
Ghana seal win over US, 2-1 |
|
| Jun.30 |
Nigeria suspends soccer team |
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| Jul.5 |
Nigeria 'drops team ban threat' |
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| Jul.5 |
Ghana welcomes football heroes |
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| Oct.4 |
Nigeria suspended by FIFA |
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| Nov.18 |
FIFA suspends pair amid corruption claim |
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| 2010 |
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| Jan.6 |
Nigerian charged over plane bomb plot |
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| Jan.8 |
Togo football team bus attacked Map of Cabinda Angola A bus carrying Togo's national soccer team to a tournament in Angola came under fire, and Togo is weighing whether to pull out of Cup of Nations
| 9 people were wounded -- 8 Togolese and one Angolan. The bus driver was killed in the attack and three others were injured. The assistant coach of Togo's national soccer team is among the victims of Friday's machine-gun attack
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| Jan.23 |
150 reported killed in violence
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| Mar.7 |
Attack on town kills more than 100 The attacks in the town of Dogo Nahauwa, just south of Jos, resembled earlier outbreaks of ethno-religious violence
|
| Mar.8 |
Attack on Nigerian town kills hundreds Map of Jos Nigeria| The death toll violence in central Nigeria climbed to more than 200 after members of a machete-wielding Muslim group attacked a mostly Christian town. Troops have now been deployed in the area and... | |
|
| Mar.10 |
Violence fed by ethnic, economic issues |
|
| Aug.5 |
Model tells court of 'dirty stones' gift Naomi Campbell has testified that she was given some 'dirty-looking stones' after a 1997 dinner attended by ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor
|
| Aug.9 |
Taylor 'gave diamonds to model' Ex-Liberian President gave Naomi Campbell diamonds after a 1997 dinner in South Africa, the supermodel's former agent has told war-crimes tr...
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| Aug.23 |
Al-Qaeda frees Spanish hostages |
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| Oct.2 |
Blasts death toll now stands at 12
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| Oct.2 |
Ex-Mend chief arrested for Nigerian blasts |
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| Nov.17 |
Miilitary rescue 19 hostages in Niger Delta
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| Nov.18 |
FIFA suspends pair amid corruption claim |
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| Nov.18 |
Calm returns to after days of unrest |
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| Nov.19 |
Nigeria seizes heroin from Iran
|
| Dec.21 |
Halliburton settles Nigeria bribery claims
|
| Dec.23 |
Post-election violence claimed 173 lives| International pressure mounts for Laurent Gbagbo to quit the presidency. The US is exploring ways to strengthen the UN presence. The US is exploring ways to strengthen the UN presence in Ivory Coast, where ... | |
|
| Dec.24 |
Deadly blast in central Nigeria |
|
| Dec.24 |
Deadly Christmas Eve bombings
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| Dec.25 |
Nigeria pledges to hunt bombers |
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| Dec.27 |
Arrests follow blasts
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| Dec.28 |
Politicians 'fuel Nigeria unrest' |
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| Dec.31 |
11 killed in Nigeria bomb blast
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|
| 2010 |
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| Jan.11 |
Ailing President Yar'Adua breaks silence |
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| Feb.9 |
Jonathan becomes acting president
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| Feb.18 |
Military halts nation's constitution
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| Feb.19 |
ICC: killings 'crime against humanity' |
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| Feb.23 |
President Umaru Yar'Adua 'returns home'
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| Mar.1 |
Coup leaders name transit. government |
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| Mar.6 |
Togo president 'wins re-election' The current president Faure Gnassingbe, son of a late dictator, has won re-election in a disputed vote, electoral authorities say
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| Mar.7 |
President puts forces on alert |
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| Mar.9 |
Security chief replaced after massacre |
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| Mar.17 |
Acting president dissolves cabinet Goodluck Jonathan became acting president in February amid the continuing illness of President Umaru Yar'Adua
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| Apr.1 |
Army seizes prime minister |
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| Apr.2 |
Senegal to unveil disputed statue |
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| Apr.3 |
Senegal unveils colossal statue A lavish ceremony was criticised over the 164-foot monument's construction at a time when the nation is struggling financially
|
| Apr.14 |
Acting leader unsure of president's illness |
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| May.5 |
President Yar'Adua has died Map of Niger Delta Nigeria Nigeria's ailing President Umaru Yar'Adua, who gave amnesty to armed militants in the troubled oil-rich Niger Delta region, died. He was 58
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| Jun.27 |
Guinea holds first free election since 1958
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| Sep.12 |
Clashes in Guinea ahead of poll |
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| Sep.29 |
Sanctions against Sierra Leone lifted |
|
| Oct.2 |
Presidential runoff may be delayed again |
|
| Oct.27 |
New date for Guinea run-off poll |
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| Nov.6 |
Ivory Coast poll declared valid |
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| Nov.15 |
Conde declared Guinea poll winner
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| Nov.27 |
Political parties allege election fraud |
|
| Dec.1 |
U.N., EU to Ivory Coast: Release results
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| Dec.2 |
Ivory Coast army 'seals borders' |
|
| Dec.3 |
World backs Ivory Coast 'winner'
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| Dec.4 |
Ivorian crisis as rivals sworn in| The incumbent Laurent Gbagbo took the oath to serve a new term, but within hours Alassane Ouattara also laid claim to the presidency | |
|
| Dec.4 |
Mbeki to mediate in Ivory Coast The African Union says it is sending former South African President Thabo Mbeki to Ivory Coast to help mediate the current political crisis
|
| Dec.5 |
Troubleshooter Mbeki arrives in Ivory C-st |
|
| Dec.7 |
Russia 'blocks UN on Ivory Coast' |
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| Dec.8 |
UN backs Ivory Coast's Ouattara
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| Dec.9 |
African Union suspends Ivory Coast |
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| Dec.11 |
West African states back Ouattara |
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| Dec.16 |
Deadline for disputed Ivory Coast leader |
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| Dec.16 |
Fears of fresh Ivory Coast unrest |
|
| Dec.18 |
Peacekeepers ordered out of Ivory Coast Incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo has demanded that all foreign peacekeepers leave the country immediately
|
| Dec.18 |
UN chief rejects Ivorian pullout
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| Dec.21 |
UN chief warns of Ivory Coast war
|
| Dec.22 |
French urged to leave Ivory Coast |
|
| Dec.23 |
Post-election violence claimed 173 lives| International pressure mounts for Laurent Gbagbo to quit the presidency. The US is exploring ways to strengthen the UN presence. The US is exploring ways to strengthen the UN presence in Ivory Coast, where ... | |
|
| Dec.23 |
Gbagbo denied Ivory Coast funds
|
| Dec.24 |
W. African leaders meet on Ivory Coast |
|
| Dec.24 |
Ivorian television goes off air |
|
| Dec.24 |
W African bloc threatens Gbagbo
|
| Dec.25 |
Ivorians make the trek to Liberia About 14,000 Ivory Coast residents escaping the political instability and violence have fled to eastern Liberia in what has been an arduous ...
|
| Dec.26 |
Ivory Coast in civil war warning |
|
| Dec.26 |
Ivory Coast general strike called
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| Dec.27 |
Odinga to mediate Ivorian crisis |
|
| Dec.28 |
Leaders leave Ivory Coast talks West African leaders have ended their mission to Ivory Coast, with incumbent Laurent Gbagbo refusing to stand down
|
| Dec.28 |
Politicians 'fuel Nigeria unrest' |
|
| Dec.28 |
Gbagbo unmoved by Ivorian mission West African leaders have ended their mission to Ivory Coast, having failed to persuade incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo to stand down
|
| Dec.29 |
Ivory Coast TV 'inciting UN hate' |
|
| Dec.29 |
Ivory Coast 'on edge of genocide'
|
| Dec.30 |
I Coast attack 'may restart war' UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned supporters of incumbent Laurent Gbagbo not to attack his rival Alassane Ouattara's HQ
|
| Dec.31 |
Military threat against Ivory Coast West African heads of state will again ask self-declared President Gbagbo to relinquish power in Ivory Coast and will consider a military option
|
| Dec.31 |
Ouattara: Gbagbo deadline to step down
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