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Vanguard

FORMER Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Michael Kaase Aondoakaa, is to wait till 2012 to append the SAN title after his name, as the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee ,LPPC, yesterday, shortened his indefinite suspension from the Nigerian Inner Bar to just two years.

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UN News

Burkina Faso today became the first country to begin a nationwide campaign to introduce a new vaccine that promises to rid the entire region of the primary cause of epidemic meningitis, the United Nations health agency announced.

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africanews

The New Age newspaper finally hit the streets on Monday, with editor Henry Jeffreys launching into whether it was an ANC mouthpiece.

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Sudan Tribune

Sudanese presidency will meet on Monday to discuss the future of the central Sudan disputed region of Abyei as the referendum on southern Sudan independence will take place within a month.

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africanews

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's party won 419 of 508 seats in parliamentary polls, the electoral commission said Monday after most of the opposition boycotted the polls. Monitors had previously charged that the polling, which ended with a second round on Sunday, was marked by widespread fraud

20101206
This Day

President Goodluck Jonathan has directed the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta to ensure the protection of the civilian populace in their areas of operation.

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allAfrica.com

The American embassy in Paris reported to Washington three months after Malagasy president Marc Ravalomanana was deposed in 2009 that he was recruiting mercenaries in France, according to a diplomatic cable published by WikiLeaks.

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allAfrica.com

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told top visiting American officials before elections in May this year that he would “crush… with our full force” opposition leaders who “violated the laws of Ethiopia,” according to a diplomatic cable published by WikiLeaks.

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africanews

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has said that freed Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi would sue the British government for "false imprisonment", the Daily Mirror said on Monday. Gaddafi said the case against Megrahi had "been created by" former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and ex-US President Ronald Reagan.

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africanews

It was in the afternoon hours on Sunday and the scene was the Pademba road maximum prison situated in the heart of Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. A black jeep with unidentified registration number with two ladies onboard arrived at the prison on the pretext of visiting prisoners. Few minutes after they left, there was reportedly gun shot, and dozens of hard core criminals overpowered the prison officers and made their way out.

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africanews

The political impasse in the Ivory Coast exacerbated on Sunday after incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo and elected President Alassane Ouattara both named their PMs and cabinet ministers, spurning the mediation of former South Africa President Thambo Mbeki, who arrived in the West African country Sunday morning as special envoy of the African Union.

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africanews

Kenya national football coach Jacob 'Ghost' Mulee has resigned after his side lost 2-0 to Uganda in a Cecafa Cup match in Dar es Salaam, according to the BBC. It was the third loss in a row for the Harambee Stars who now go home without a point.

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africanews

Former president of South Africa, Thambo Mbeki, travelled to Ivory Coast to help mediate the nation's growing political crisis. Two contending presidential candidates had taken oath of office after disputed elections to become president.

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africanews

President Ernest Koroma of Sierra Leone reshuffled his cabinet at the weekend that saw the dismissal of justice and trade ministers. Koroma replaced his minister of foreign affairs, a statement read on state television said.

20101205
africanews

Guinea is to form a truth and reconciliation commission to heal the wounds of ethnic and political violence that have affected the West African country for decades.

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reuters

CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea will form a truth and reconciliation commission aimed at healing the wounds of ethnic and political violence that has plagued the West African country for decades, President-elect Alpha Conde said on Saturday.

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Monitor

President Museveni has directed that all stakeholders, including a Lebanese investor involved in questionable sale of Makerere University land in Kololo, be investigated.

20101205
Monitor

Police have arrested a woman who had allegedly attempted to sneak a knife into Luzira Prison to one of the suspects remanded in connection with the July 11 bombings in Kampala.

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Nation

Powerful people suspected to be on International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo's list of the six most wanted over the 2008 post-election violence have launched last-ditch efforts to block the impending prosecutions.

20101205
This Day

Compelling evidence published by a UK-based newspaper, The Independent on Sunday, has shed light on how the late playwright and Ogoni activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, was framed up