Tag Archives: IndepthWorld
October 24, 2011 by benim
Johannesburg – The fate of 19 South Africans stranded in Libya is uncertain after some were apparently killed and injured in the chaos surrounding the death of Muammar Gaddafi. Desperate attempts were made over the weekend to find a pilot … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Beeld, Cape Town, Gaddafi, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, Niger, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, Sunday, West Africa
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October 24, 2011 by benim
Washington – President Barack Obama hailed the declaration of freedom in Libya on Sunday, saying “a new era of promise” is underway in the African nation. He also urged its new leaders to turn their attention to the political transition … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Libya, Libyan, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NBC, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, United States, West Africa, White House
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October 24, 2011 by benim
Mogadishu – Kenya on Sunday said that France’s navy bombed a town in Somalia near a stronghold of al-Shabaab, the first confirmation that a Western military force is involved in the latest push against the Islamist militia. Thousands of people, … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali
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Tagged Afmadow, African Union, Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Kenya, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Somalia, Southern Africa, United States, West Africa
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October 23, 2011 by benim
Yaounde – Cameroon’s main opposition party charged Sunday that “dead people” voted in October 9 elections that returned long serving president Paul Biya to office for a sixth time. “The Supreme Court has ratified dead people’s votes,” the Social Democratic … read more »
Posted in Cameroon, Central Africa, Election, News
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Tagged Cameroon, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, John Fru Ndi, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Opposition (parliamentary), Pan African News, Paul Biya, Social Democratic Front, Southern Africa, Sunday, Supreme Court, United States, West Africa
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October 23, 2011 by benim
Tunis – Voter turnout in Tunisia’s first-ever democratic election was nearing 70%, elections chief Kamel Jendoubi said Sunday, with just over two hours of polling to go. “The national average is approaching 70%,” he told journalists in Tunis, adding that … read more »
Posted in Election, News, North Africa, Tunisia
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Tagged Arab people, Arab Spring, Election, Greenwich Mean Time, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, Sunday, Tunis, Tunisia, West Africa, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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October 23, 2011 by benim
A DEFIANT Julius Malema yesterday warned party bosses that his expulsion would not end the poor’s anger over government’s failure to deliver on promises made since 1994. Speaking at a packed community hall in Diepsloot – near Fourways in Johannesburg … read more »
Posted in News, Politics, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged African National Congress, African National Congress Youth League, ANC, Blade Nzimande, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Jacob Zuma, Julius Malema, Malema, Nathi Mthethwa, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, West Africa
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October 23, 2011 by benim
Auckland – Hosts New Zealand beat France 8-7 to win the rugby World Cup at Eden Park on Sunday and claim the Webb Ellis trophy for the first time since 1987. Prop Tony Woodcock scored a 14th minute try to … read more »
Posted in Australia, Global Issues
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Tagged Eden Park, France, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, New Zealand, New Zealand national rugby union team, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Rugby World Cup, Southern Africa, Stephen Donald, Thierry Dusautoir, West Africa, World cup
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October 23, 2011 by benim
Nineteen South Africans were contracted to help former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi escape to Niger and two of them died in the process, the Rapport newspaper reported on Sunday. However, the department of international relations and co-operation has distanced itself … read more »
Posted in News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Gaddafi, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, International Criminal Court, Jacob Zuma, Libya, Libyan, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, Niger, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, West Africa
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October 23, 2011 by benim
Tunisian military carry voting boxes to a polling station in Mnihla near Tunis, Saturday Oct. 22, 2011 Tunisians began voting Sunday to select a so-called Constituent Assembly, tasked to draw up a new constitution and chart a political roadmap for … read more »
Posted in Election, News, North Africa, Tunisia
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Tagged Constituent Assembly, Demographics of Tunisia, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Middle East, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, Tunis, Tunisia, voting, West Africa, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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October 23, 2011 by benim
Nouakchott – A senior military official in Mauritania’s army says soldiers killed a leader of al-Qaeda’s North Africa affiliate during an air raid this week. The colonel who spoke on the condition of anonymity following military protocol said late on … read more »
Posted in Mauritania, News, North Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, Algeria, AlQaeda, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Mali, Mauritania, Military courtesy, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, West Africa
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October 23, 2011 by benim
Misrata – Libyan forensic doctors carried out an autopsy overnight on the body of Muammar Gaddafi, the former Libyan leader killed last week, one of the people involved in the autopsy told Reuters on Sunday. “We worked all through the … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Gaddafi, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Libya, Libyan, Misrata, Misurata, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Reuters, Southern Africa, Tripoli, West Africa
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October 22, 2011 by benim
Johannesburg – ANC Youth League president Julius Malema left many residents of Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg, with good hopes for the future on Saturday. “I hope Malema’s visit will soon lead to job creation and end of poverty in this … read more »
Posted in News, Politics, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged African National Congress Youth League, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Johannesburg, Julius Malema, Lenasia, Malema, Nelson Mandela, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Pretoria, Southern Africa, Union Buildings, West Africa
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October 22, 2011 by benim
Tripoli – Libya’s new leaders will declare liberation on Sunday, officials said, a move that will start the clock for elections after months of bloodshed that culminated in the death of long-time dictator Muammar Gaddafi. But the victory has been … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Bani Walid District, Benghazi, Gaddafi, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, Sunday, Tripoli, West Africa
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October 22, 2011 by benim
Misrata – Libya’s interim prime minister said he was resigning on Saturday and urged new leaders to seize a “very limited opportunity” and resolve rivalries now surfacing after Muammar Gaddafi’s death. With regional differences emerging about what to do with … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Jordan, Libya, Libyan, Misurata, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Muammar Gaddafi, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Reuters, Saturday, Southern Africa, West Africa
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October 22, 2011 by benim
Adversaries in South Africa on Friday united in their condemnation of the killing of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi this week. Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, President Jacob Zuma and the ANC Youth League all spoke out against his brutal end. The … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Gaddafi, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Jon Marks, Libya, Misurata, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, NTC, Pan African News, Southern Africa, West Africa
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October 22, 2011 by benim
The U.N. Security Council opened discussions on Friday on lifting the no-fly-zone it imposed over Libya in March and envoys said they expected it would do so after consulting the new Libyan authorities. The action at the United Nations came … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Gaddafi, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Jon Marks, Libya, Misurata, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, NTC, Pan African News, Southern Africa, West Africa
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October 22, 2011 by benim
Libyans should be allowed to vote within eight months to elect a national council that would draft a new constitution and form an interim government, Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril said on Saturday. After the death of Muammar Gaddafi this week, … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Gaddafi, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Jon Marks, Libya, Misurata, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, NTC, Pan African News, Southern Africa, West Africa
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October 22, 2011 by benim
NATO called an end to its air war in Libya, and the clan of Muammar Gaddafi demanded a chance to bury the body that lay on display in a meat locker after a death as brutal and chaotic as his … read more »
Posted in Article, Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Gaddafi, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Jon Marks, Libya, Misurata, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, NTC, Pan African News, Southern Africa, West Africa
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October 22, 2011 by benim
Cameroon’s Supreme Court has declared incumbent President Paul Biya the winner of this month’s election despite opposition calls to throw out the vote because of fraud allegations. Mr. Biya was reelected to a sixth term with 78 percent of the … read more »
Posted in Cameroon, Central Africa, Election, News
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Tagged Biya, Cameroon, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, John Fru Ndi, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Paul Biya, Southern Africa, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States, voting, West Africa
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October 22, 2011 by benim
Brussels – Nato plans to end its seven-month air and sea mission in Libya on October 31, Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Friday. “Our operations are close to completion,” Rasmussen said after lengthy talks with ambassadors from the … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Anders Fogh Rasmussen, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, NATO, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, North Atlantic Council, October 31, Pan African News, Rasmussen, Southern Africa, United Nations, West Africa
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October 21, 2011 by benim
Harare – The Zimbabwean government condemned on Friday the killing of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi by transitional forces the previous day. “Zimbabwe just cannot accept what has happened in that African country as a legitimate way of correcting systems on … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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October 21, 2011 by benim
Being too thin is worse than being too fat when trying for a baby, women have been warned. A study found that skinny women are less likely to become pregnant than those who are overweight – including those classed as … read more »
Posted in Lifestyle, Women
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Tagged American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Broadcast Music Incorporated, In vitro fertilisation, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Infertility, Liverpool Women's Hospital, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Obesity, Pan African News, Sherbahn, Southern Africa, Weight Management, West Africa
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October 21, 2011 by benim
Nairobi – A top official from Rwanda’s main opposition party has vanished after being attacked by security forces, the party said on Friday in a statement. “Sylvain Sibomana, acting secretary general of the FDU [United Democratic Forces], has disappeared,” the … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Rwanda
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Tagged Hutu, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Paul Kagame, President of the United States, Rwanda, Rwandan Genocide, Southern Africa, Thursday, Tutsi, West Africa
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October 21, 2011 by benim
Lagos – A Nigerian ex-militant leader who claims to have lived in Libya and to have had links with Muammar Gaddafi called him a “martyr” on Friday and vowed that his killing would be avenged. “Gaddafi spilled his blood as … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, Nigeria, North Africa, West Africa
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Tagged Gaddafi, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, Niger Delta, Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, West Africa
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October 21, 2011 by benim
Pretoria – Slain former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi should not have been killed, but captured and tried at the International Criminal Court, President Jacob Zuma said on Friday. Zuma was addressing a joint media briefing with Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged African Union, Equatorial Guinea, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, International Criminal Court, Jacob Zuma, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, South Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, Zuma
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October 21, 2011 by benim
Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi is just the latest name to be struck from the list of Africa’s so-called “Big Men”, the dwindling band of strongarm rulers who are finding it ever harder to keep their grip on power. But while the … read more »
Posted in Indepth Africa Magazine, Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Darfur, Gaddafi, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, United Nations, United States, West Africa
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October 21, 2011 by benim
Graphic images of Muammar Gaddafi after he was shot dead have been seen around the world – but who pulled the trigger remains unclear. Libya’s interim prime minister Mahmud Jibril said he had been shot in the head “in crossfire” … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Benghazi, Col Gaddafi, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Jibril, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, NTC, Pan African News, Reuters, Southern Africa, Tripoli, West Africa
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October 21, 2011 by benim
London – European leaders hailed it as a victory, Libyan exiles celebrated in the streets and the mother of one of Muammar Gaddafi’s many victims said she was treating herself to an expensive bottle of champagne. But jubilation over the … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Darfur, Gaddafi, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, United Nations, United States, West Africa
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October 21, 2011 by benim
Sirte – Dragged from hiding in a drainage pipe, a wounded Muammar Gaddafi raised his hands and begged revolutionary fighters: “Don’t kill me, my sons.” Within an hour, he was dead, but not before jubilant Libyans had vented decades of … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Darfur, Gaddafi, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, United Nations, United States, West Africa
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October 21, 2011 by benim
Tunis – Tunisian Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi on Thursday urged citizens to vote “without fear” in the country’s first elections since the January ousting of president Zine el Abidine Ben Ali. “I assure citizens that the election will go … read more »
Posted in Election, News, North Africa, Tunisia
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Tagged Election, Essebsi, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Prime minister, Salafi, Southern Africa, Sunday, Tunisia, voting, West Africa, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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