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Equatorial Guinean leader tops Africa's media predators

afrol News, 2 May - President Teodoro Obiang Nguema of the oil-rich "Kuwait of Africa" has topped the Paris-based Reporters sans frontières (RSF) list of press predators in Africa.

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Former Nigeria governor confronts graft charges

afrol News, 29 April - The former governor of Nigeria's Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has challenged the fraud and money-laundering charges brought against him by the anti-graft commission, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [EFCC].

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Sahel nations lose 1.7m ha land

afrol News, 28 April - On average each year, Sahelian countries lost 1.7 million hectares of arable land to desertification, environmental experts told journalists.

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SA attacks worry senators

afrol News, 25 April - Nigerian senators asked the federal government to issue a travel advice to all Nigerians traveling to South Africa to be wary of incessant attacks.

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Africa's largest dam project in the offing

afrol News, 22 April - The World Energy Council (WEC) has organised a two-day meeting in London to discuss plans for the establishment of Africa's largest and most powerful hydroelectric dam in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Food crisis alerted in West Africa

afrol News, 22 April - Despite the above-average cereal production across much of West Africa during the 2007/08 agricultural season, localized production deficits and above-normal price increases in some areas clearly signal early increases in food insecurity.

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Nigeria's anti-graft combat yields fruits

afrol News, 16 April - Kano State's Anti-Corruption Directorate recovery of more than N40 million from the public and private sectors within three years is a clear testimony that Nigeria is recording success in the fight against rampant corruption.

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Shariah investors record high returns

afrol News, 16 April - Equity markets in Morocco, Egypt and Nigeria delivered the highest returns for investors in companies deemed to comply with Islamic law during the first quarter of 2008.

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Corrupt officials in the dock

afrol News, 9 April - Nigerian government has filed charges against a dozen state officials, including the controversial daughter of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo and two ministers after they were accused of corruption.

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'The graves are not yet full'

afrol News, 7 April - One of Africa's most industrious sons and "father of the Internet" has made a recollection of the bloody Biafran war at the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's assassination in Atlanta, Georgia. Philip Emeagwali, a Nigerian born, also used the event to draw the attention of the world to the "committing suicide" in Africa.

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Cholera kills 50 Nigerians

afrol News, 31 March - Nigeria's eastern Benue State has been struck by the worst cholera epidemic, which claimed at least 50 lives.

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Disgraced ministers resign

afrol News, 26 March - President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, has accepted the resignations of disgraced Nigeria's Health Minister and her deputy.

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Nigerian cinema hits US

afrol News, 20 March - Nigerian cinema is expected to be showcased in a Nollywood Nights festival in the Atlanta, United States at the weekend.

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'Domesticate graft convention'

afrol News, 17 March - Nigerian parliament has been urged to publicly support and facilitate early domestication of the United Nations Convention against Corruption. The anti-graft convention was signed in December 2003 in Merida, Mexico.

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Nigerian plane not seen

afrol News, 17 March - A small private Nigerian plane carrying three people went missing at the weekend, Nigeria's aviation officials disclosed.

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» 06.03.2008 - Militant leader faces treason
» 27.02.2008 - Atiku rubbishes polls verdict
» 26.02.2008 - Nigeria leader's election valid
» 25.02.2008 - Former VP fears Kenya-style
» 25.02.2008 - Nigeria sets Okah's trial date
» 20.02.2008 - Nigerian oil manager abducted
» 19.02.2008 - Nigeria cancels privatisation
» 18.02.2008 - Militant group petitions Bush
» 13.02.2008 - 6 killed in Nigeria shootout
» 07.02.2008 - WA signals food insecurity
» 15.01.2008 - Nigerian traffickers nabbed
» 11.01.2008 - Ex-governor refused bail
» 18.12.2007 - Nigeria executions uncovered

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