Niger MPs dispatch government
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Niger's government is dissolved after a majority in parliament backed a no confidence vote.
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Democratic Republic of Congo's first  freely elected parliament in more than 40 years convened on  Friday, with President Joseph Kabila's coalition poised to  appoint a prime minister.
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MPs will on Tuesday grill energy bosses over rising gas and electricity prices.
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Key ministers and aides in South African  President Thabo Mbeki's government were heckled by delegates on  Sunday as the ruling African National Congress prepared to open  a leadership congress that could see Mbeki lose control over  the party.
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Five senior officials are summoned before Ivory Coast's parliament over the toxic waste scandal.
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To cries of &quot;Death to America&quot; and &quot;God is Greatest&quot;, Iran&#39;s hardliner dominated parliament passed a bill on Sunday obliging the government to press ahead with efforts to develop a nuclear energy programme.
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The dispute over President Mwai Kibaki's re-election in Kenya moved to parliament on Tuesday as the government and opposition prepared to wrestle for control of the east African nation's legislature.
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Lawmakers angered by the Palestinian leadership's failure to make reforms plan to force a parliamentary no-confidence vote that could bring down the government appointed by Yasser Arafat.
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Ministers meeting ahead of an African Union summit this weekend are working on a charter on democracy and good governance that would seek to limit the scourge of coups and power-grabs.
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Kenya's political turmoil moved to parliament on Tuesday with the government and opposition wrestling for control of the nation's legislature after the disputed re-election of President Mwai Kibaki.
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Niger&#39;s prime minister and military  chiefs met neighboring Algeria&#39;s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika  on Sunday to discuss cross-border cooperation against  Tuareg-led rebels in Niger&#39;s desert north, officials said.
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 13 -- The Iraqi parliament on Wednesday passed three key measures that for months had been the subject of bickering that threatened to undermine the country's political process.
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Justice Minister Jack Straw is to update MPs on government plans for constitutional reform.
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A coalition of parties supporting Congolese President Joseph Kabila said Thursday that it has assembled a majority in parliament, meaning the group will select the prime minister to head the country's first democratically elected government in decades.
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Appointment of ministers enrages opposition and ends hopes of swift end to political and social crisis
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POLOKWANE, South Africa Â As leaders of the ruling African National Congress huddled behind closed doors Monday to resolve tensions at a crucial conference, a senior party spokesman voiced concern at the level of dissent from members.
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President Robert Mugabe's government, responding to opposition demands, has published amendments to tough security and media laws that critics say have helped him entrench his rule.