Following a three-nation, five-day visit to west Africa, U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield spoke with AllAfrica's Tami Hultman. From her office at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York, Thomas-Greenfield talked about the ongoing crisis in Sudan, UN engagement with smaller, peaceful countries like Namibia and Africa's role on the Security Council. READ the interview.
She cites her stops
Go to resource »The pacey forward picked up the ball 80-yards from goal, showed great control to lob the ball over the first defender, then strength to hold off the next, before rounding a third and firing the ball into the top corner. A superb solo effort! Piqueti plays in the second tier in Portugal with Sporting Braga II, but this goal might well have caught the eye of a number of clubs across the continent, showcasing all his skill, pace and power.
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+++A suicide bomb explosion injures many outside a church in North-Eastern Nigeria
+++ Four Gambian suspected coup plotters flee to Guinea Bissau
+++ Liberia welcomes EU Ebola aid ship
Go to resource »The Ebola epidemic has seen Senegal and Guinea Bissau close its borders with Guinea and the economic consequences have started to be felt, especially in Fouta Djallon, where the renowned potato industry has been hit hard.
Go to resource »Guinea-Bissau's presidential frontrunner sought to dispel fears of potential meddling by the chronically unstable nation's army as voters cast their ballots on Sunday in a high-stakes run-off election meant to draw a line under a 2012 military coup. Former finance minister Jose Mario Vaz, the candidate of the dominant African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde, secured more than 40 percent of the vote in the first round and is considered the strong favorite for victory. He
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+++Nigeria's president convenes his Security Council to discuss rising insecurity
+++Guinea-Bissau set for presidential election run-off on May 18
+++Prosecution discredits expert witness for Pistorius defense team
Go to resource »Guinea-Bissau's former finance minister, Jose Mario Vaz, will face Nuno Gomes Nabiam in a second round of the country's presidential election after no candidate secured a majority in the April 13 vote, the election commission said. Vaz secured 40.99 percent of the votes in the first round and Nabiam came second with 25.14 percent, according to election commission figures released on Wednesday. The second round is due on May 18.
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+++Blast kills dozens in Nigeria's capital Abuja as escalation fears grow
+++Ghana's opposition NPP hope to return to power after electing new chairman
+++Vote counting underway in Guinea Bissau's crucial election
Go to resource »Guinea-Bissau held watershed elections on Sunday for a president and parliament expected to usher in a new dawn of stability in a country plagued by drugs and upended by a military coup.
Go to resource »Guinea-Bissau holds legislative and presidential elections on Sunday which are hoped will bring stability to the country two years after a coup.
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