Topic: Richard Moncrieff
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Will Africa miss Qaddafi?
Even with Muammar Qaddafi's deep financial ties across Africa, many of the continent's leaders are ambivalent about his departure.
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Alassane Ouattara begins difficult task of reuniting, rebuilding Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara, Ivory Coast's new president, must tread carefully as he works to disarm militias, defuse long-simmering hatreds.
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Ivory Coast's Gbagbo arrested, ending months-long standoff
Forces loyal to president-elect Ouattara stormed former president Gbagbo's bunker Monday and arrested him, ending the political standoff but not necessarily the violence between their supporters.
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Nigerian president puts rumors of his death to rest
Nigerian president Umaru Musa Yar'Adua put to rest rumors that he was dead in a telephone interview with the BBC Tuesday. It's been six weeks since he left his post for treatment in Saudi Arabia.
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Is Nigerian president Yar'Adua dead? His absence may spark political crisis
Rumors that Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, hospitalized for six weeks in Saudi Arabia, has gone into a coma have put the West African nation on edge.
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Q & A: How did Guinea erupt into violence?
Troops loyal to military junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara fired live rounds into a crowd of protesters Monday in clashes that killed more than 150. Why?
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Guinea-Bissau assassinations: Is Colombia's drug trade behind them?
The murder of the president and the Army chief on Monday raises questions about the nature of the instability in this African nation.
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