New Nigeria head to take office
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Umaru Yar'Adua will be sworn in as Nigeria's new president, after the outgoing head made a final speech to the nation.
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Somalia&#39;s new prime minister is Ali Mohamed Ghedi, a Member of Parliament from the capital, Mogadishu. Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed announced the appointment at a news conference in Nairobi.
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Outgoing Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo was set Tuesday to hand over power to the man he handpicked to succeed him, Umaru Yar&#39;Adua, who was a little-known governor of an obscure northern state.
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Nigeria's oil militants say they are ready for dialogue with the new president, if certain conditions are met.
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Nigeria's ex-military ruler Gen Babangida, a leading candidate in next year's polls, says he is proud of his time in office.
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The head of Nigeria's anti-corruption unit is reportedly ordered to go on year-long leave.
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A former soldier, rebel and warlord was sworn in Thursday as the new president of Somalia in the latest attempt to unite the nation under a central government for the first time since 1991.
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Alu Alkhanov has been officially named the new president of Chechnya, and is due to take office in a month.
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Adams Oshiomhole, the head of Nigeria's main union body, is said to have been freed after his arrest on Saturday.
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ABUJA, Nigeria -- President Olusegun Obasanjo is clear about his plans after finishing his second term and overseeing the national election in April: He will retire to the pastoral life of a gentleman chicken farmer.
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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has appointed a special adviser on the volatile oil-rich Niger delta, amid a spate of kidnappings of foreign oil workers in the region.
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JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 3 -- The government of Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua has pressured its most prominent anti-corruption official to step down, weeks after the arrest of a powerful former governor from the ruling party on corruption charges.
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The chairman of Nigeria's ruling party resigns following a bitter row with President Olusegun Obasanjo.
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The new head of the World Bank is likely to be named later this week, a White House spokesman says.
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Brian Barwick takes over as the FA's new chief executive, with the task of restoring its credibility.
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Ernest Bai Koroma was sworn in hours after election officials declared him the winner of a tense run-off vote.
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