Bissau shells Senegal rebels, UN urges ceasefire

Bissau shells Senegal rebels, UN urges ceasefire
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... Casamance. The region is split from the rest of Senegal, a former French colony, by tiny, wedge-shaped Gambia, once a British colony. ...

Guinea's Conte, better, flies home to protest call
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... Conte seized power in the former French colony in a military coup in 1984 after independence leader Sekou Toure died suddenly, leaving no obvious successor. ...
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Benin president-elect promises breath of fresh air
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... But many in Benin, a former French colony which has tasted a mix of political systems ranging from army rule and Marxism-Leninism to multi-party politics ...
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