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Atta-Mills sworn in
07/01/2009 18:14
John Atta-Mills has been sworn in as the new president of Ghana, replacing John Kufour who is bowing out after two four-year terms.
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    Seven members of Zimbabwe's main opposition party have been formally charged in a bombing plot but all say they are not guilty.
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    Atta-Mills 'desires to serve'
    07/01/2009 14:05
    Tenacity has paid off for John Atta-Mills, who takes over as Ghana's new leader, emerging victorious from his third attempt at the presidency.
  • Ghana election lauded
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    Pirates release Turkish ship
    07/01/2009 13:00
    A Turkish-owned ship seized by pirates off Somalia in late October has been released in return for ransom, a company lawyer says.


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    The ECOWAS has no option but to suspend Guinea when regional leaders meet to discuss last month's coup, Nigeria's foreign minister says.
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    Two more people have died of Ebola in the central DRC, bringing to 13 the number of deaths since the highly contagious virus was first detected in September.
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    UN peacekeepers in Sudan supporting a north-south peace deal must do more to protect vulnerable citizens as the risk of violence becomes 'acute', an aid agency says.


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    The Zimbabwe government has deferred the opening of schools for term one of 2009 by two weeks, state media has reported.



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