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Corruption driving Nigeria’s state NNPC into bankruptcy
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Author: Newsdesk Staff
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Date Written: 22 July 2010
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Primary Category:
Western Region
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Document Origin: Platts
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Secondary Category:
Resource Extraction
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Source URL:
http://www.platts.com
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Key Words: Nigeria, oil, bankruptcy,
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Summary & Comment:
"NNPC had said then that the government owed it Naira 1.156 trillion ($8 billion) in promised subsidies on fuel imports. The corporation also manages Nigeria’s joint venture operations with foreign oil firms namely Shell, Exxon-Mobil, Chevron, Total and Eni. However, NNPC’s cash-strapped position has always been cited as reason for many of th . . .
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Gambia: Editor named IPI World Press Freedom Hero
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Author: IPI, Vienna
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Date Written: 8 July 2010
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Primary Category:
Western Region
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Document Origin: International Press Institute /IFEX
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Secondary Category:
Africas Image: Africa in the Media
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Source URL:
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Key Words: Gambia, Pap Saine, journalist, editor, hero,
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Summary & Comment:
The International Press Institute as part of its Campaigns and Advocacy program has given an International Award as WORLD PRESS FREEDOM HERO to Pap Saine of the Gambia. He co-founded the independent newspaper, The Point, in 1991; and, since the tragic murder of Deyda Hydara, Pap Saine has continued to lead The Point newspaper with courage and integ . . .
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Sénégal: Curieuse, la candidature de Wade
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Author: Madior FallL
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Date Written: 5 July 2010
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Primary Category:
Western Region
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Document Origin: Sud Online
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Secondary Category:
-none-
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Source URL:
http://www.sudonline.sn
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Key Words: Sénégal, candidature, Wade, 2012,
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Summary & Comment:
Jean Christophe Rufin, l’ ancien ambassadeur de France au Sénégal, l’invité de l’émission « Grand Jury » de la Radio Futurs médias a souligné que « c’est une curiosité de se présenter à une élection présidentielle en âge avancé ». Interrogé sur ses rapports avec les Wade père et fils, il assure que ceux qu’il a entretenus avec le père ont été bons . . .
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Défense et illustration de la Francophonie politique
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Author: Carole Vann, Hugo Sada, Geneve
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Date Written: 1 July 2010
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Primary Category:
Western Region
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Document Origin: IPS International News
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Secondary Category:
Central Region
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Source URL:
http://www.ipsinternational.org/fr
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Key Words: politique, Francophonie, défense, OIF, Bamako,
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Summary & Comment:
Hugo Sada, délégué de l’Organisation internationale de la francophonie à la paix, à la démocratie, et aux droits de l’Homme défend le travail accompli par la Francophonie depuis l’adoption de la Déclaration de Bamako. DN
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Western Sahara: Forgotten conflict
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Author: is edited by William Minter
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Date Written: 29 June 2010
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Primary Category:
Western Region
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Document Origin: AfricaFocus Bulletin
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Secondary Category:
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Source URL:
http://www.africafocus.org
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Key Words: western Sahara, conflict,
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Summary & Comment:
This AfricaFocus Bulletin contains excerpts from an article by analyst Yahia Zoubir, as well as a report by Stephen Zunes on a U.S. Senate resolution. WM
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Guinea: Poll went well despite hitches, observers say
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Author: Daniel Magnowski, Conakry
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Date Written: 28 June 2010
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Primary Category:
Western Region
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Document Origin: Daily Nation
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Secondary Category:
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Source URL:
http://www.nation.co.ke
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Key Words: Guinea, elections,
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Summary & Comment:
Guinea’s first free election since independence in 1958 had some technical problems but went smoothly according to observers from the European Union, the African Union, ECOWAS, and the US-based Carter Center. DN
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Equatorial Guinea: Turning the page & Global Witness response
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Author: various, Cape Town
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Date Written: 28 June 2010
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Primary Category:
Western Region
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Document Origin: PRNewswire, Global Witness Limited
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Secondary Category:
Resource Extraction
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Source URL:
http://www.reliefweb.int
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Key Words: Equatorial Guinea, oil, reform, Cape Town Global Forum,
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Summary & Comment:
Global Witness responds to the reforms in a specific five-point program for comprehensive reform and transparency announced by President Teodoro Obiang at the Cape Town Global Forum and concludes that transparency "doesn't take ten years." DN
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