Monthly archive: February, 2012
Senegal’s Sall vows to reduce term if he wins vote
The man who may become Senegal’s next president vowed Wednesday to revise the constitution to reduce the length of the presidential term from seven to five years, if he wins next month’s runoff.
Opposition leader Macky Sall also made clear he would apply the shorter term to himself, as well as the two-term limit that is already present in...
1,500 Malians flee Tuareg conflict to Burkina Faso
OUAGADOUGOU — More than 1,500 Malians fleeing a Tuareg rebellion in the north and reprisal attacks in Bamako have found refuge in neighbouring Burkina Faso, a security official said Monday.
“We have more than 1,500 Malians who have found refuge inside our borders,” the official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
“There are those...
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