Call for Biafra to leave Nigeria
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Nigeria's Igbo people are still marginalised and should again seek independence, the Biafran leader says.
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LAGOS, Nigeria: A union leader who called a nationwide strike to protest rising fuel prices in Nigeria warned that the strike could be extended if serious violence breaks out or the government refuses to consider its demands.
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OIL giant Royal Dutch/Shell has evacuated two platforms in Nigeriaâs southern region, following clashes between troops and militia fighters.
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An exodus of foreigners from Ivory  Coast showed no signs of easing on Saturday as West African  leaders prepared to meet in Nigeria for emergency talks about a  crisis which threatens the entire region.
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The African Union can quickly mobilise up to 5,000 troops to help end the looting and killing in western Sudan, but it needs hundreds of millions of dollars to deploy the force, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has said.
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Sudan has asked African Union forces   monitoring a shaky truce in its violent Darfur region to leave   the country when their mandate ends on September 30, a   spokesman said on Sunday.
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Forces loyal to a DR Congo presidential candidate start to leave Kinshasa, following an ultimatum.
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UK forces are to undertake an evacuation of British nationals from the west African state of Ivory Coast. Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon said a company of the Royal Gurkha Regiment is &quot;pre-positioning&quot; in the
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Tuareg-led rebels in northern Niger called on all foreign mining companies to withdraw their expatriate staff from the West African state for their own safety after they kidnapped a Chinese executive on Friday.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan, Sept. 3 -- Sudan on Sunday asked African Union forces monitoring a shaky truce in its Darfur region to leave the country by Sept. 30, as the government launched a new offensive threatening a return to full-blown war.
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President Olusegun Obasanjo on 17 August asked the Senate for permission to deploy Nigerian troops to the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur.
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The planned handover by Nigeria to Cameroon of the disputed region of Bakassi looks certain to be delayed.
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KHARTOUM -- Sudan yesterday asked African Union forces monitoring a shaky truce in its violent Darfur region to leave the country by Sept. 30, as Khartoum launched a new offensive threatening a return to full-blown war.
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Nigeria's newly sworn-in president says the troubled Niger Delta will receive his "urgent attention".
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One of Nigeria's main opposition leaders criticises his party's decision to join the government.
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Trade unions have joined a government team to find ways of easing the impact of a 25% rise, but refused to end the protest. Nigeria is Africa&#39;s biggest oil producer and is seeking to cut heavily subsidised fuel prices.
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A nation-wide strike is under way in Nigeria to protest fuel price increases in the oil-rich west African nation. Reports from Abuja, the Nigerian capital, and Lagos, the country&#39;s commercial cenbter, say