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MOZAMBIQUE-POLITICS: RE-BIRTH OF AN ARMY
FROM THE REMNANTS OF TWO FORMER OPPOSING ARMIES, ONE UNIFIED FORCE HAS BEEN BORN IN MOZAMBIQUE. BUT THE PROCESS OF INTEGRATION AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF WAR IS PROVING DIFFICULT.NIGERIA: Soyinka’s Supporters Abroad Welcome His Temporary Flight
The dramatic exit from Nigeria of Nobel Prize laureate Wole Soyinka this week, despite the seizure of his passport by the Lagos authorities, will serve to focus attention on the country's deepening political crisis, say campaigners here.An Inter Press Service Feature
Senior Algerian opposition forces Tuesday demanded that the outlawed Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), be readmitted to the democratic process in strife-torn Algeria.MOZAMBIQUE-POLITICS: RE-BIRTH OF AN ARMY
FROM THE REMNANTS OF TWO FORMER OPPOSING ARMIES, ONE UNIFIED FORCE HAS BEEN BORN IN MOZAMBIQUE. BUT THE PROCESS OF INTEGRATION AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF WAR IS PROVING DIFFICULT.MOZAMBIQUE-POLITICS: RE-BIRTH OF AN ARMY//REPEAT//
FROM THE REMNANTS OF TWO FORMER OPPOSING ARMIES, ONE UNIFIED FORCE HAS BEEN BORN IN MOZAMBIQUE. BUT THE PROCESS OF INTEGRATION AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF WAR IS PROVING DIFFICULT.ITALY-POLITICS: Berlusconi Faces Milan Corruption Investigation
The Office of the Public Prosecutor of Milan Tuesday notified Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi that he is under judicial investigation for the alleged offence of complicity in corruption.YUGOSLAVIA: Serbia’s Main Independent Newspaper Threatened with Ban
Serbia's main independent daily newspaper the 'Borba' is in danger of being banned after a legal challenge by the government against its holding company saying the paper had never been properly registered.RUSSIA: ‘Brain Drain’ Threatens Nations’ Scientific Heritage
According to Moscow newspaper reports some 70-90,000 Russian scientists and academics left the country in 1993 to emigrate or simply to take up highly paid contractual positions overseas.NIGERIA-POLITICS: MILITARY DENIES ACCESS TO ABIOLA
NIGERIA'S MILITARY GOVERNMENT HAS DENIED A US CONGRESSIONAL TEAM PERMISSION TO SEE DETAINED OPPOSITION LEADER, MOSHOOD ABIOLA.LEBANON-POLITICS: Trial of Christian Will Test Muslim Leadership
The former head of the christian Lebanese Forces is due go on trial in Beirut Saturday for the bombing of a church north of the capital earlier this year and the killing in 1990 of a another prominent Christian leader Danny Chamoun.ANGOLA-PEACE: TALKS IN LIMBO
FINGERS ARE CROSSED THAT THE SIGNING OF AN ANGOLAN PEACE TREATY WILL GO AHEAD ON SUNDAY AS PLANNED, BUT WITHOUT A CEASE-FIRE IN PLACE, IT WILL DO LITTLE TO SILENCE THE GUNS.MOZAMBIQUE-POLITICS: NEW ARMY, OLD GUNS
THE TRANSFER OF WEAPONS TO A NEW UNIFIED NATIONAL ARMY FROM MOZAMBIQUE'S FORMER BELLIGERENTS KICKED OFF FRIDAY, AMID CONCERN OVER REPORTS OF ROVING BANDS OF GUNMEN IN THE COUNTRYSIDE.NIGERIA-CRIME: STAND AND DELIVER
ORDINARILY, JEREMIAH ISAH IS A NEIGBOURHOOD MOTOR MECHANIC WHO ALSO HAD A JOB IN A LOCAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.SUDAN-POLITICS: COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING FOR STUDENTS
COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL PUPILS WAS ANNOUNCED THURSDAY BY SUDAN'S ISLAMIC REGIME, FIGHTING A BITTER CIVIL WAR WITH SOUTHERN REBELS.SOUTH AFRICA-POLITICS: DELEGATING MORE POWER TO THE PEOPLE
THE FIRST CONCRETE STEPS TO DEMOCRATISE SOUTH AFRICA'S SYSTEM OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT WILL START JAN. 1 WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF LOCAL TRANSITIONAL COUNCILS.RWANDA-POLITICS: NEW GOVERNMENT IN EXILE FORMED
OUSTED RWANDAN HUTU POLITICIANS IN EASTERN ZAIRE SAY THEY HAVE RESTRUCTURED WHAT THEY TERM THEIR GOVERNMENT IN EXILE, CUTTING THE NUMBER OF MINISTERIAL POSTS.BURUNDI-POLITICS: ETHNIC VIOLENCE MOUNTS/CORRECTED REPEAT/
SOLDIERS IN SOUTHERN BURUNDI KILLED 16 GUNMEN WHO TOOK TWO CHILDREN HOSTAGE AND ATTACKED AN ARMY POSITION, THE NATIONAL NEWS AGENCY ABP REPORTED WEDNESDAY.SOMALIA-UN: INDIAN TROOPS PREPARE PULL OUT
INDIAN UN PEACE-KEEPING TROOPS WILL LEAVE TWO MAJOR SOMALI CITIES BY THE END OF THE MONTH IN A PRELUDE TO A FULL UN MILITARY WITHDRAWAL FROM THE COUNTRY BY THE END OF MARCH.BURUNDI-POLITICS: ETHNIC VIOLENCE MOUNTS
SOLDIERS IN SOUTHERN BURUNDI KILLED 16 GUNMEN WHO TOOK TWO CHILDREN HOSTAGE AND ATTACKED AN ARMY POSITION, THE NATIONAL NEWS AGENCY ABP REPORTED THURSDAY.IRELAND: Parliamentary Debate Begins on Future of Irish Government
Irish parliamentarians began Wednesday to debate the future of the country's coalition government -- and indirectly, the future of the peace process in the disputed province of Northern Ireland.ANGOLA-POLITICS: CAN A PEACE DEAL HOLD?
IF OBSERVERS OF THE ANGOLAN CRISIS TAKE RECENT PEACE OVERTURES BY THE GOVERNMENT AND UNION FOR THE TOTAL INDEPENDENCE OF ANGOLA (UNITA) WITH A PINCH OF SALT, THEY CAN HARDLY BE ACCUSED OF CYNICISM.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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