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Images: Mutineers seize power in Mali
In Mali, the National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and State Rebirth claims to have seized power in an apparent military mutiny. The mutineers have suspended the Constitution, dissolved the government and imposed a curfew.
Last night a group of soldiers captured the presidential palace in Bamako and arrested several ministers, including...
In Pictures: Abdoulaye Wade reaches out to Supporters
Senegal’s aging leader will face his former protege Macky Sall in a runoff election on Sunday, March 25. Opposition leaders have united behind Sall in an effort to put an end to Wade’s bid for a controversial third term as president.
German carmaker Porsche opens dealership in Lagos
Porsche officially opened a new car dealership on March 16 in the heart of Lagos’ wealthiest district, Victoria Island, a place with one of the world’s highest concentrations of millionaires. High-end goods producers are increasingly targeting sub-Saharan Africa, as its economic growth starts to dwarf other continents. As rich Western countries...
In Pictures: Guinea-Bissau after Election
Residents go about their daly life on the streets in Guinea-Bissau. Guinea-Bissau tallied votes cast in a presidential poll as the assassination of an ex-military intelligence official highlighted the chronic instability plaguing the west African nation. As early results trickled in, concerns were rife the process could be derailed in the former Portuguese...
In Pictures: Colonel Samba Dialloon Buried
Guinea-Bissau’s opposition demanded Tuesday the cancellation of a presidential poll they charge was a sham, further stoking fears of trouble in the coup-prone state after a high-level assassination. Diallo was shot dead just hours after polling closed. Five leading Guinea-Bissau presidential candidates have called for the cancellation of an election...
Pictorial – Inside Mauritania
Women walk for miles to fetch water from nearby towns and reservoirs. They store the resource in large jugs.
Life in Mauritania is hard for both slaves and some slave masters. Forty-four percent of people live on less than $2 per day.
The country sits on the western edge of the Sahara, where few plants grow and where people live in extreme isolation.
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In Pictures: Voters head to polls in Guinea-Bissau
For the second time in two years, voters in Guinea-Bissau are heading to the polls to choose a president for their small, coup-prone nation.
In 2009, the country held an emergency election following the assassination of longtime President Joao Bernardo Vieira. Newly elected leader Malam Bacai spent the better part of his term shuttling between hospitals...
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