Olusegun Obasanjo

Olusegun Obasanjo

• Nigeria deploys army to northeast to fight rebels

  Nigeria rumbled to a war footing Wednesday as soldiers and equipment moved into its northeastern states as part of an emergency military campaign ... 

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  Abandoned Nigeria national theater eyed in renewal

  Nigeria's iconic National Theatre rises out of the brackish swamps of Lagos near its islands, a massive concrete and marble structure resembling a ... 

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  Clinton: Nigerian poverty fuels religious violence

  Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Tuesday that Nigeria must do more to alleviate the extreme poverty across the nation's predominantly Muslim ... 

• Kofi Annan tackles drug trafficking in West Africa

  Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan launched a commission Thursday to tackle drug trafficking in West Africa as the region increasingly ... 

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  Ghana's president declared election winner

  President John Dramani Mahama on Sunday was declared the winner of Ghana's presidential election, despite widespread technical glitches with the ...