en-gh-hotdailynews: 2015-08-22 Ghana Africa

EC asks parties to submit report on voters register
Ghana Business News
The Electoral Commission (EC) has asked political parties to submit a detailed report by September 22 on their positions on the current voters' register after the New Patriotic Party lodged a complaint about its credibility. The Commission also called ...
We'll not bow to pressure from any political party - EC   GhanaWeb
Submit proposals to justify call for new voters register - EC   Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
Ghana: Inter party committee meets electoral boss over bloated register   StarAfrica.com
Citifmonline
Pulse.com.gh
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No word from Phiyega's office on inquiry
News24
Johannesburg - National police commissioner Riah Phiyega's spokeperson Lieutenant General Solomon Makgale could not be immediately reached on Friday night to comment on the institution of an inquiry into her fitness to hold office by President Jacob ...

Phiyega may be suspended   Independent Online
President institutes inquiry into General Phiyega's fitness for office   eNCA
Zuma institutes inquiry into Phiyega's ability to hold office   Eyewitness News
Jacaranda FM
The Citizen (press release) (blog)
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Boko Haram: Troops rout insurgents, recapture Borno town
The Nation Newspaper
In continuation of the counter-attacks against Boko Haram, troops have recaptured Gudumbali in Borno State and cleared the town of insurgents. The troops also survived land mines along Dikwa route, although they lost two soldiers while two others were ...

Buratai Seeks Citizens' Support To End Insurgency By December   The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
Attack by Islamist militant group Boko Haram forces 40000 people to flee their ...   Mirror.co.uk
UN Chief Travels to Nigeria   Voice of America
Economic Times
Pulse Nigeria
Reuters Africa
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Burundi: Nkurunziza sworn in for disputed third term
TV Newsroom
Noting the inauguration today of Pierre Nkurunziza for his third term as President of Burundi, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged him to “pursue a path of inclusivity and reconciliation”, and reiterated his call on all Burundian ...
Burundian Opposition Alliance Sets President Ultimatum to Resign   AllAfrica.com
Surprise Inauguration in Burundi, 6 Days Early   Ledger Gazette
Burundi president sworn in for third term   Junior College
StarAfrica.com
China Post
Celebrity Cafe - Entertainment News (blog)
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How Parradang Landed In Trouble
Leadership Newspapers
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday announced the immediate suspension of the comptroller-general of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr David Shikfu Parradang, from office. The suspension was contained in an earlier statement dated August 21 ...

Nigeria Suspends Immigration Boss After Wanted Imam Gets Visa   NDTV
President orders investigation into ISIS chief's Nigerian visa   Press Examiner
FG suspends Immigration boss for recruiting 1000 workers 'illegally'   The Nation Newspaper
The Daily Star
DailyPost Nigeria
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Are judges in SA under threat or do they complain too much?
Mail & Guardian Online
Tensions are probably inevitable in any constitutional democracy that empowers the courts to overrule the executive and legislature. South African President Jacob Zuma, right, listens to Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng ahead of Zuma's second inauguration ...

Are SA judges really under threat?   Independent Online
Why South Africa's economy is likely to grow more slowly than its potential   BusinessDay
ANC's Head of Research Misleads By Claiming China Has 'Opposition Parties'   AllAfrica.com
The Australian
Rand Daily Mail
Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal
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Don't pay for application, El-Rufai tells Kaduna job seekers
The Nation Newspaper
Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has told applicants for the recently advertised jobs in the state's teaching service and traffic enforcement agency not to pay any fee or buy any forms. The Governor said the applicants are simply ...
Demolition: Court stops Kaduna Govt., KASUPDA   Naija247news
Court Stops El-Rufai from demolishing buildings   The News
I stepped down for El-Rufai because I was told Buhari endorsed him – Shehu Sani   DailyPost Nigeria
Premium Times
NAIJ.COM
Information Nigeria
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Buhari names Obasanjo special envoy to Guinea Bissau crisis
The Nation Newspaper
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is to mediate in the unfolding political situation in Guinea Bissau on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari yesterday named Obasanjo as special envoy on the crisis following the dismissal of Prime Minister ...

Buhari Wades Into G'Bissau Crisis, Sends Obasanjo As Special Envoy   The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
Buhari appoints Obasanjo as Special Envoy to Guinea Bissau   BusinessDay
Guinea-Bissau president names new PM in bid to end crisis   Reuters Africa
StarAfrica.com
CHANNELS TELEVISION
SaharaReporters.com
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Grace: Mnangagwa Is My Tight Friend
ZimEye - Zimbabwe News
President Robert Mugabe's second wife, Grace, hints that Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa is a “tight, close” colleague people can never separate from her. Addressing the inaugural Women's League National Assembly at the party headquarters in ...

Grace backtracks   NewsDay
GRACE : I'M BEING SET UP AGAINST MNANGAGWA   NewsdzeZimbabwe
I've no tiff with VPs: First Lady   The Zimbabwe Daily
VOA Zimbabwe
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UN rights expert urges 'full implementation' of Mauritania anti-slavery law
JURIST
[JURIST] An independent UN human rights expert on Friday commended [press release] Mauritania for adopting a new law that establishes harsher sentences for slavery crimes, urging full implementation. The law adopted last week by the Mauritanian ...

Mauritanian anti-slavery activist loses appeal against jail   Reuters Africa
Court upholds imprisonment of antislavery activists in Mauritania   Big News Network.com
Mauritania accused of 'parody of justice' as jailing of anti-slavery activists ...   The Guardian
UN News Centre
MWC News
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