Three Dead in Togo Clash, Niger Says Talks Hopeful
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Togo's army clashed with protesters in the  capital Lome on Saturday, killing at least three people, while  West African officials told a government delegation to restore  constitutional rule or face sanctions.
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President Thabo Mbeki met with Ivory Coast Prime Minister Seydou Diarra for three hours yesterday as part of talks aimed at bringing peace to the conflict-wracked Ivory Coast.
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Ice-breaking talks over the  disputed Western Sahara were set to end on Tuesday with U.N.  mediators expected to propose further rounds in what the world  body said were &quot;very difficult&quot; negotiations.
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Four people died and eight were injured in  a stadium crush after Togo's World Cup qualifier against Mali,  a government statement said Monday.
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The latest round of U.N.-led peace talks between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front ended in stalemate Wednesday, with the two sides agreeing to try again in March to resolve a 32-year dispute for control of Western Sahara.
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West African leaders including Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo met in Nigeria trying to re-start Ivory Coast's stalled peace process and prevent more unrest in the divided country.
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LOME, Togo -- The president of Togo, Africa's longest-ruling leader, died yesterday as he was being brought to Europe to be treated for a heart attack, officials said. His son was named the new leader.
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N'DJAMENA  - African leaders held talks in Chad on  Wednesday, hoping to revive a faltering peace process for  Sudan's Darfur region and find ways of enforcing a truce in a  civil war that has already killed tens of thousands of people.
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War may break out again in Western Sahara after an uneasy 16-year peace if U.N.-sponsored talks between Morocco and the Polisario Front independence movement fail, Polisario said on Friday.
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Police say up to 30 armed militants have been killed as a result of clashes in Nigeria&#39;s mountainous border region with Cameroon.
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Congolese government forces clashed  with rebels at a town near the border with Rwanda for a third  day Wednesday as the two countries traded heated accusations  over who was involved in the fighting.
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ABIDJAN  - Top Ivory Coast and French officials appealed for calm, pledging to cooperate to put down a wave of unrest that left at least 13 dead and hundreds injured in the divided west African state.
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At least 13 people died and others were injured in a crush at a demonstration in Togo Saturday to welcome an improvement in relations with the European Union, the West African country's government said.
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Militants in Afghanistan holding three  U.N. workers hostage said on Saturday they were hopeful their  demands would be met in negotiations but there were conflicting  reports on whether the talks had started.
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Talks between bitter political rivals restart amid opposition calls for peacekeeping troops to be sent to tackle violence
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18 August 2004 -- Georgia says three of its soldiers were killed in the latest fighting with forces from the country&#39;s South Ossetia separatist region.
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Nigeria&#39;s crippling general strike entered a third day Friday with labour leaders and government officials deadlocked after all-night talks ended in failure.