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Mali proposes five-year election delay to West African bloc
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's interim authorities proposed to its West African neighbours that a transition back to democracy following a...
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Guinea junta allows ex-president Conde to leave country for medical check
CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea's junta has allowed former president Alpha Conde to leave the country for a medical check-up, according...
Read moreMali conference recommends election delay of up to five years
(Adds dropped word "be" in first paragraph) BAMAKO (Reuters) - A conference in Mali charged with recommending a timetable for...
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Pope shakes up Vatican development office, accepts African cardinal’s resignation
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a prominent African cardinal who was...
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Top African cardinal in Vatican abruptly offers resignation – sources
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Cardinal Peter Turkson, seen by some as a candidate to become the first...
Read moreGuinea junta names AngloGold Ashanti executive as mines minister
CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea's junta has appointed Moussa Magassouba, the director general of AngloGold Ashanti subsidiary in the country as...
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Guinea junta names general, others from ousted administration as ministers
By Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) - Coup leaders in Guinea have named their first line-up of government ministers, including a...
Read moreGuinea junta names former civil servant Beavogui as prime minister
CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea's military junta on Wednesday named Mohamed Beavogui, a former civil servant and expert in agricultural finance,...
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Guinea swears in coup leader as interim president
By Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea junta leader Mamadi Doumbouya was inaugurated as interim president on Friday to oversee...
Read moreGuinea junta bars its members from running in next elections
By Saliou Samb KINSHASA (Reuters) - Guinea's junta said on Monday its members are barred from standing in the next...
Read moreBauxite trains operated by Russia’s Rusal collide in Guinea, killing one
By Saliou Samb and Polina Devitt CONAKRY (Reuters) -Two trains operated by Russian aluminium giant Rusal collided in Guinea's capital...
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Guinea junta brushes off impact of ECOWAS sanctions
CONAKRY (Reuters) - The leader of Guinea's recent coup told a delegation of West African leaders he was not concerned...
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Defiant junta rejects pressure to let Conde leave Guinea
By Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) -Guinea's military junta said on Friday it would not bow to regional pressure and allow...
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Guinea junta says it will not bow to pressure to let president leave
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Guinea's military junta said on Friday it would not bow to pressure from regional leaders to allow...
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West African bloc resorts to sanctions over Guinea and Mali coups
By Christian Akorlie ACCRA (Reuters) -West Africa's main regional bloc on Thursday imposed sanctions against the junta in Guinea and...
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West African bloc imposes sanctions on Guinea junta
ACCRA (Reuters) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) imposed sanctions against the junta in Guinea on Thursday...
Read more‘Serious decisions’: West African leaders to hold summit on Guinea coup
By Cooper Inveen DAKAR (Reuters) - West African leaders will meet on Thursday to decide how to respond to the...
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Guinea junta starts transitional government talks following coup
CONAKRY (Reuters) -Guinea's new military rulers began consultations with political, religious and business leaders on Tuesday which they say will...
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Regional envoys meet Guinea junta, ousted president after coup
By Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) -A delegation from West Africa's main political and economic bloc on Friday met Guinea's ousted...
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Guinea junta tells central bank to freeze government accounts
By Saliou Samb CONAKRY (Reuters) -Guinea's military junta, which seized power over the weekend, said on Thursday that it has...
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