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Independent (Lagos)

President of the ECOWAS Commission, Victor Gheho, has condemned the confusion trailing the outcome of the presidential elections in Côte d'Ivoire.

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RSF

Reporters Without Borders deplores the fact that a climate of hostility towards the French news media is being encouraged by Côte d'Ivoire's state-owned radio and TV stations and certain privately-owned newspapers in Abidjan that support President Laurent Gbagbo, such as Le Temps and Notre Voie.

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Monitor

The government has drafted new rules of political engagement ahead of the 2011 general elections, making it mandatory for opposition and independent candidates to recognise the current Electoral Commission.

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Britain feared that the election of Mr Barack Obama as US president could hurt London's relations with America because of the way Mr Obama's grandfather was treated by the British, according to leaked secret diplomatic documents.

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Vanguard

SURVIVORS of the December 1 invasion of Ayakoromor community in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State by the Joint Task Force, JTF, on the Niger-Delta, code-named Operation Restore Hope, yesterday, gave chilling details of how they escaped death, their kinsmen killed and homes razed.

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Sudan Tribune

Southern Sudan's ruling party, the Sudan's Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLM), will not accept any proposal aimed at delaying the timely conduct of the regions self-determination referendum, a senior party official said Saturday.

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RFI

Egyptians are voting in second-round parliamentary election run-offs on Sunday. President Hosni Mubarak's party is almost unopposed after the two main opposition parties decided to boycott the polls, claiming widespread fraud.

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Zimbabwe Standard

RESIDENT Robert Mugabe's plan to have elections next year suffered a major setback after a report from the negotiators to South African President Jacob Zuma all but said it was impossible to hold the polls, as the electoral roadmap would not be ready.

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This Day

Former president of South Africa, Mr. Thabo Mbeki, tried to intervene yesterday in Cote d'Ivoire's growing political crisis after both candidates in the disputed election said they were now president, raising fears the country could again be divided in two.

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africanews

Alassane Ouattara had sworn himself in as Cote d'Ivoire new president on Saturday following Laurent Gbagbo's official swearing-in ceremony, according to RFI English version. Ouattara's camp called Gbagbo's swearing-in ceremony "illegal" and said they would not recognise him as head of state.

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Vanguard

The National Agency for Food And Drug Administration And Control (NAFDAC), Seme Border Command has impounded 360 cartons of fake drugs concealed as baby milk at Ashipa quarters.

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Sudan Tribune

Last year Sudan's northern neighbor, Egypt, lobbied to the United States to postpone southern Sudan's self determination referendum by four to six years as it feared that the new nation could put its share of the Nile's water in jeopardy according to a leaked US diplomatic cable.

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africanews

There was gunfire in Abidjan on Saturday as tension escalated following the standoff between Alassane Ouattara and Laurent Gbagbo, the contenders in Cote d'Ivoire's presidential election second round run-off. Residents reported gunfire in several parts of the city and Ouattara supporters began to burn tyres and build barricades.

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IPS

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is moving to support its member countries to tap into benefits from the reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) framework.

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This Day

Seven people have again been killed in a fresh attack on Nwachukwu village in Kwal, Miango, Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State, the Commander of the Special Task Force (STF) on Jos crisis, Brig. Gen Hassan Umoru, has confirmed.

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Monitor

Electoral Commission Chairman, Eng. Dr Badru M. Kiggundu has issued a stern warning to election observers to desist from making statements which undermine the credibility of the commission and also likely to cause chaos.

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africanews

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is facing a fresh challenge in its preparation for next year's elections after a Federal High Court, Abuja, yesterday restrained it from awarding contract for the importation of the Direct Data Capturing (DDC) machines or any other equipment ancillary to, or associated with the process and application of the machines for the registration of voters.

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africanews

Incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo was invested by midday on Saturday as the fifth president of the Ivory Coast amid calls on him from the international community to accept defeat from the November 28 run-off, which gave victory to his rival ex-PM Alassane Ouattara with 54.10%, as announced by the election commission (CEI).

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africanews

President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria says Nigeria is opening to the world with the increase in direct flights between the populous West African country and the United States.

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africanews

Ivorians woke up Saturday morning with two presidents: one is incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo, supposedly beaten in the November 28 run-off but confirmed as winner by the Constitutional Council on Friday. The other is ex-PM Alassane Ouattara, who was declared winner on Thursday by the chairman of the election commission (CEI) with a 54.09% score, which was annulled hours later by the Constitutional Council, but was confirmed some hours later by the special representative of UNs Secretary General.