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Buhari & Other West African Leaders Cannot Intimidate Me, Says Jammeh

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The Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh, has hit out at regional mediators urging him to step down, saying he will not be intimidated. Check also: Gambian President Jammeh Refuses To Step Down President Jammeh had earlier conceded defeat in the election, after a 22-year-rule, but recanted a week later, asking for fresh polls to be conducted by a “god-fearing and independent electoral ...

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Uganda Mourns Democratic Party Leader Mathias Nsubuga

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Kampala — Opposition politicians on Wednesday hit at President Yoweri Museveni as they bid farewell to Democratic Party (DP) Secretary General, Mathias Nsubuga who died on Sunday. Check also: Museveni Blames Shifts In UK, US Politics On Foreign Aggression In his statement, President Museven described the late Nsubuga as “an open, tolerant politician who believed in dialogue. The country will miss ...

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Gambian President Jammeh Refuses To Step Down

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BANJUL — Gambian President Yahya Jammeh said he would not step down and condemned mediation by West African regional bloc ECOWAS that aims to get him to leave power after he lost a Dec. 1 election to challenger Adama Barrow. Check also: Gambia Also Decided To Withdrawal From ICC The comments on state television late Tuesday were a hardening of the veteran ...

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Makerere University Lecturers Suspend Strike

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Makerere University lecturers have suspended their sit down strike to pave way for the visiting committee appointed by president Museveni to perform its work. Check also: Teachers put dowm tools over salary increament in Uganda In a meeting held today (Monday) at Makerere University, 81 lecturers under their umbrella body, Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA)voted for the suspension of the ...

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Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed Becomes UN Deputy Secretary-General

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New UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday announced Nigeria’s Environment minister, Amina Mohammed as his Deputy Secretary-General. Check also: Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari Is Selling 2 Presidential Jets in Cost-Cutting Innitiative Guterres made the announcement through the spokesman of the Secretary-General, Mr Stephane Dujarric. The Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York, reports that Guterres also announced ...

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