New Nigerian leader faces catalogue of crises
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Umaru Yar'Adua takes office as president of Nigeria on Tuesday, inheriting a catalogue of crises compounded by doubts over his own legitimacy after a flawed election.
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Indonesia&#39;s new president has sworn in his cabinet, a day after his inauguration. But some of the names in the new administration have raised concerns among observers that politics might have won out over practicalities.
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Nigeria's main opposition party says it will join newly elected President Umaru Yar'Adua's government.
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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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Nigeria looks to cheap satellites and strategic investment in space technology to help fix some of its biggest earthly problems.
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West African leaders held a crisis summit  on Sunday over unrest in Ivory Coast as the country's president  took a tough stance, sacking his army chief and installing a  more hardline officer in his place.
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Sierra Leone's new president assures the outgoing government of their safety, after days of violence.
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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was declared Indonesia's next president Monday and now faces the tough task of rebuilding a country plagued by attacks from al-Qaida-linked terrorists, separatist conflicts and an economy still reeling from the 1998 Asian financial crisis.
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AGAIN, Nigeria walks the path of conflict that is not only unnecessary and avoidable, it is potentially harmful and disruptive to the nationâs social, economic and political stability.
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Umaru Yar&#39;Adua takes office as president  of Nigeria on Tuesday, inheriting a catalogue of crises  compounded by doubts over his own legitimacy after a flawed  election.
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Some misunderstanding led to the brief detention of the leader of the Nigerian umbrella workers&#39; union, the country&#39;s security agency insisted on Saturday, as union officials vowed
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More than 25 heads of state meet in Nigeria to try to resolve some of the Africa's most pressing problems.
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Head of the African Union Olusegun Obasanjo holds crisis talks following a second day of fighting in Ivory Coast.
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Tony Blair's EU track record and Iraq seen as obstacles to getting new post of president
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Saying two terms is enough, Nigeria&#039;s president said Saturday that trying to uproot the corruption entangling Africa&#039;s biggest oil-exporting nation and making strides to transform the economy were the main challenges during his seven years in power.
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One of Nigeria's main opposition leaders criticises his party's decision to join the government.
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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo implored dozens of fellow African leaders Sunday to work together to overcome the poverty, disease and conflict afflicting the world's poorest continent.