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Guinea-Bissau Candidate to Boycott Runoff
The second-place finisher in Guinea-Bissau’s presidential poll says he will not take part in a run-off vote, because he says the election process was fraudulent.
Opposition leader Kumba Yala made the statement to reporters Thursday.
Former prime minister Carlos Gomes Junior won last Sunday’s election with 49 percent of the vote, but electoral...
Mali’s Tuareg rebels to continue northern offensive amid coup
DAKAR – Mali’s Tuareg rebels will press on with their bid to take over the country’s north, which sparked a coup by soldiers angry at the government’s handling of the conflict, a statement on their website said.
They “will continue the offensive to dislodge the Malian army and its administration from all the towns of Azawad”...
Soldiers loot palace as democratic Mali falls in coup
Drunk soldiers looted Mali’s presidential palace hours after they declared a coup on Thursday, suspending the constitution and dissolving the institutions of one of the few established democracies in this troubled corner of Africa.
The whereabouts of the country’s 63-year-old president Amadou Toumani Toure, who was just one month away from stepping...
Soldiers loot Mali presidency after ousting leader
Soldiers looted the presidential palace Thursday of one of the few established democracies in this corner of Africa, hours after ousting Mali’s president just one month before he was due to step down at the end of his legal term.
Gunfire could be heard ringing throughout the capital and soldiers were seen carting televisions and other goods out...
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...
JUST IN: Mali soldiers claim they have overthrown the government
Mutinying soldiers in Mali took over the state television and announced that they had seized control of the government, saying the action was necessary because of the mishandling of an insurgency in the north.
The spokesman for the soldiers, Lt. Amadou Konare, said in a communique that they had taken the country’s security in their own hands “due...
Guinea-Bissau poll heads to run-off amid fraud claims
Guinea-Bissau’s ex-prime minister Carlos Gomes dismissed claims of election fraud on Wednesday as results showed he will face a run-off presidential vote in the coup-prone west African country.
Gomes, 62, narrowly missed a first round victory, scoring 48.97 per cent in Sunday’s election seen as a key test of the nation’s commitment to stability...
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