The US President Barack Obama will attend a UN summit on Sudan this month, U.S. officials said as they stepped up a bid to head off conflict there before a referendum that could split the African nation. U.S. Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice said Obama had accepted an invitation from Ban Ki-moon to a September 24 meeting on Sudan on the margins of the annual General Assembly gathering of world leaders.Read more…
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has replaced the leaders of the country's military, intelligence service and police. The appointments, which come four months ahead of planned presidential elections, are subject to approval by parliament, a presidential spokesman said.Read more…
Former Senegalese international El Hadji Diouf has stated his intension to stage a comeback to the national team. The Blackburn Rovers strker told Ivorian tabloid Spoire Ivoire he just went on an international football sabbatical and feels the time is ripe for him to be with the Teranga Lions.Read more…
Egypt and Vietnam are looking at ways to increase the two countries' information technology cooperation, Vietnam's visiting deputy minister of information and communications said. Nguyen Minh Hong said his country was looking into how Egypt has centralised IT centres across the country in an effort to build the IT sector for the future.Read more…
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