Nigerian president meets Koizumi at start of tour
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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo held talks in Tokyo on the start of a trans-Pacific trip which could be the last summit for Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday proposed to give a greater role to African Union (AU) troops in restoring peace to Sudan&#39;s Darfur region on the eve of talks between the Sudanese government and rebels.
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Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he would soon meet with South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun as he works to patch up strained ties with Seoul and Beijing.
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Australia's John Howard arrives in Japan on a visit that will include signing a bilateral security pact.
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Nigeria&#39;s president, Olusegun Obasanjo, said Thursday that the African Union, of which he is the chairman, had decided to send thousands of troops and monitors to help
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said on Wednesday that he and U.S. President George W. Bush "see eye to eye" on the need for a quick resumption of their bilateral beef trade, but Japan wants more mad cow safety studies.
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President George W. Bush arrived in Benin on Saturday to start a five-nation tour of Africa aimed at highlighting U.S. support for health, education and democracy in the world's poorest continent.
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Britain's Prince Charles arrived in the Nigerian capital Abuja on the second leg of a trip that also took him to Sierra Leone for the first time.
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West African leaders meet in Nigeria on Sunday to discuss a deepening crisis in Ivory Coast, one of the region&#39;s former economic powerhouses where a
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African Union chief John Kufuor met Kenyan leaders on Wednesday to try to break a political deadlock following disputed presidential polls that sparked widespread violence and left at least 600 dead.
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani arrived in Beijing Wednesday to begin the first visit to China by an Iraqi head of state since the two countries established diplomatic ties in 1958, state media said.
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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo spoke to his annointed successor live on television on Wednesday in an effort to dispel rumours that Umaru Yar'Adua had died.
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French President Jacques Chirac and his Nigerian counterpart Olusegun Obasanjo, the current head of the African Union, held talks here Thursday centring on mediation efforts in the troubled Ivory Coast.
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West African leaders meet in Nigeria to discuss the crisis in Ivory Coast, where elections have been postponed.
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The head of a separatist movement in Nigeria&#39;s southern oil-rich Niger Delta has announced that he intends to meet President Olusegun Obasanjo.
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President of the Republic Tarja Halonen and Dr Pentti Arajarvi started their official four-day visit to Japan amidst the fury of typhoon Tokage on Wednesday.
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Congolese President Joseph Kabila meets run-off rival, Jean-Pierre Bemba, for the first time since clashes in the capital.