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Ghana: Who else is politicizing chieftaincy but the chiefs themselves? (Part I)

November 13, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor The West Africa Network for Peace (WANEP) has expressed grave concern that politicization of chieftaincy and ethnicity (especially in Northern Ghana) is “a potential source of destabilization.” In a statement at the opening of a … read more »

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Yemen car bomb kills 17, rattling fragile truce

November 24, 2010 by benim

A car bomb struck a religious procession in a Shiite rebel bastion of north Yemen on Wednesday, killing 17 people and rattling a fragile truce with the government, a rebel spokesman and a tribal chief said. “Seventeen people were killed … read more »

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