http://www.mail.com/people/15566-olusegun-obasanjo.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/15566-olusegun-obasanjo.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2087714-nigeria-deploys-army-to-northeast-to-fight-rebels.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria rumbled to a war footing Wednesday as soldiers and equipment moved into its northeastern states as part of an emergency military campaign against Islamic extremists waging a bloody insurgency. In the last two days, Associated Press journalists and witnesses have seen armored tanks and soldiers moving through major roads and c... Wed, 15 May 2013 18:07:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2087714-nigeria-deploys-army-to-northeast-to-fight-rebels.html 2013-05-15T18:07:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1998392-abandoned-nigeria-national-theater-eyed-renewal.html LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's iconic National Theatre rises out of the brackish swamps of Lagos near its islands, a massive concrete and marble structure resembling a military officer's cap and a reminder of when the West African nation had seemingly endless oil dollars to spend. Today, the theater and its surrounding marshlands have become known more a... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:24:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1998392-abandoned-nigeria-national-theater-eyed-renewal.html 2013-04-04T17:24:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1916262-clinton-nigerian-poverty-fuels-religious-violence.html ABEOKUTA, Nigeria (AP) — Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Tuesday that Nigeria must do more to alleviate the extreme poverty across the nation's predominantly Muslim north in order to halt the wave of bombings, shootings and kidnappings by Islamic extremists there. Clinton's comment comes as Islamic terror groups have claimed the kidnappings of for... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:00:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1916262-clinton-nigerian-poverty-fuels-religious-violence.html 2013-02-26T17:00:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859662-kofi-annan-tackles-drug-trafficking-west-africa.html ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan launched a commission Thursday to tackle drug trafficking in West Africa as the region increasingly becomes a stopover point for cocaine and marijuana shipments from the Americas to Europe. "The massive surge in drug trafficking over the last decade presents a serious and growing threa... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859662-kofi-annan-tackles-drug-trafficking-west-africa.html 2013-01-31T17:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757904-ghana-opposition-to-contest-poll.html ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghana's opposition party said Tuesday that they plan to contest the results of the recent presidential election, ignoring the appeals of the international community, which fears that a protracted political fight could destabilize one of the only established democracies in the region. Jake Obetsebi Lamptey, the chairman of the New Patri... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:39:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1757904-ghana-opposition-to-contest-poll.html 2012-12-11T16:39:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1754064-ghanas-president-declared-election-winner.html ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — President John Dramani Mahama on Sunday was declared the winner of Ghana's presidential election, despite widespread technical glitches with the machines used to identify voters and protests by the country's opposition which claims the vote was rigged. Armored tanks surrounded Ghana's electoral commission and police barricaded the road... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1754064-ghanas-president-declared-election-winner.html 2012-12-09T23:03:00Z