Nigerian Leader, in NYC, Calls for Healing
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Nigeria's president paid tribute Wednesday to a colonial-era burial ground for blacks in lower Manhattan, a visit he said was intended to unite blacks from Africa and America who "have been separated in spirit for far too long."
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LAGOS : The head of a separatist movement in Nigeria&#39;s southern oil-rich Niger Delta, Mujahid Dokubo Asari, announced on Tuesday evening that he would meet President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abuja on Wednesday.
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg took his message that New York City is losing its edge as a global financial center to London.
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Nigeria's most prominent armed group Saturday urged George Clooney, the Hollywood actor named the latest UN Messenger of Peace, to work on solving the unrest in the Niger Delta.
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Africa is being damaged by greenhouse gas pollution from developed nations and must sell carbon credits to grow in a "green fashion," Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Bill Clinton's philanthropic summit on Thursday.
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Former finance minister Simba Makoni pledged to heal the wounds of Zimbabwe on Wednesday as he unveiled his manifesto for next month's election battle against veteran President Robert Mugabe.
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Nigeria's newly sworn-in president says the troubled Niger Delta will receive his "urgent attention".
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Grammy-winning singer-songwriter  Alicia Keys is calling on her peers in the music industry to  raise their voices to help millions suffering from AIDS in  Africa.
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ABUJA, Nigeria -- Nigeria's new president, Umaru Yar'Adua, was sworn in yesterday, pledging to be a humble "servant-leader" and to reform the electoral process to prevent future fraud, after the elections he won last month were widely condemned by international and local observers.
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has played an essential role in nudging New York City to gradually let go of its grief.
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President Olusegun Obasajo of Nigeria has challenged Anglican bishops meeting in Nigeria to provide courageous and godly leadership in matters of faith and moral conduct.
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The leader of a militia based in Nigeria&#39;s main oil region says he is to meet the president following his threat to attack foreign oil workers.
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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has met with British Prime Minister Tony Blair for private talks focused on bilateral and regional issues including the crisis in Sudan, Blair's office said.
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Nigeria's president vows tough action after a spate of kidnappings of foreign workers in the oil-rich Niger Delta.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa  - South African President Thabo Mbeki promised to step up the fight against crime, improve AIDS programs and ease poverty in his annual state of the nation speech on Friday.
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Bloomberg - Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama appealed to Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga to work toward resolving a crisis over the country's elections that has led to as many as 600 deaths.
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New Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua will urgently address the crisis in the oil-producing Niger Delta, he said in an inaugural address on Tuesday, appealing to armed groups in the region for an end to violence.