Nigerian Takes Helm With Call for Unity
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JOHANNESBURG, May 29 -- Nigeria's new president, Umaru Yar'Adua, pledged in his inaugural address Tuesday to work urgently to quell rising violence in the volatile Niger Delta, a major source of oil exports to the United States.
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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo intervened personally on Monday to prevent the collapse of peace talks aimed at ending the conflict in Sudan&#39;s Darfur province as Khartoum and the two rebel movements stuck doggedly to conflicting positions.
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There are some signs of progress in resolving the Nigerian conflict that is riling global oil markets. The leader of militia fighters threatening to widen a battle for control of Nigeria&#39;s oil-rich south has
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ABUJA, Nigeria  - The chief of Nigeria's main labour organization vowed that a four-day countrywide strike to protest fuel price hikes will go ahead Monday as planned, and accused President Olusegun Obasanjo of shunning dialogue to resolve union grievances.
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Indonesia&#39;s prospective leader Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who has secured an unassailable lead from the Sept. 20 election, reiterated Friday his call for national unity in his first public speech after the election.
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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo promised to deal &quot;firmly&quot; with kidnappers of foreign oil workers in the Niger Delta after a string of hostage takings and releases in recent days.
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The Nigerian president leads new efforts  to stamp out polio as part of a big campaign planned for the region.
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ABUJA, Nigeria -- The leader of militia fighters threatening to widen a battle for control of Nigeria's oil-rich south said yesterday he agreed to a tentative deal with President Olusegun Obasanjo to end fighting in Africa's leading petroleum exporter that has riled global oil markets.
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Threats against foreign oil workers have brought the Nigerian government to the negotiating table with the self-styled Nigerian warlord Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, whose band of 2,000 poorly
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Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki says he is ready to form a government of national unity, an official statement said.
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LAGOS : The head of a separatist movement in Nigeria&#39;s southern oil-rich Niger Delta, Mujahid Dokubo Asari, announced on Tuesday evening that he would meet President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abuja on Wednesday.
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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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The largest militant group in Nigeria's volatile oil-rich region called for a truce this week after the country's new president promised improvements for the people.
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Iraqi PM Iyad Allawi urges Iraqis to work together for a common future after Sunday's historic election.
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Iraq's new prime minister, in  his debut appearance before the U.N. General Assembly, appealed  to world governments on Friday to put aside their differences  over the war and help Baghdad rebuild.
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The leader of a militia based in Nigeria's main oil region says he is to meet the president following his threat to attack foreign oil workers.
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Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki said that his country was in a Âpolitical crisisÂ and called for unity among the countryÂs politicians to help curb the violence.