Daniel Flynn
Daniel Flynn works from Sao Paulo, Brazil. Latin America Editor for Thomson Reuters. Former bureau chief in Brazil and West Africa and correspondent in France, Spain, Italy, Greece and Venezuela. Daniel Flynn has over 1419 followers on Twitter.
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/ 20 April 2007

Nigerian opposition sees dirty tricks before poll

Nigeria’s opposition accused the government of detaining its activists and stuffing ballot boxes in the north on Friday, a day before a presidential election in Africa’s most populous country. The Action Congress and All Nigeria Peoples Party said the tactics were a repeat of widespread abuses that marred a state election last weekend.

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/ 18 April 2007

Nigerian army battles Islamic militants

Nigerian troops killed many Islamic militants in a three-hour battle in the northern city of Kano on Wednesday, an army commander said. Troops surrounded the militants in the Panshekara district of the city early on Wednesday after they had burned a police station and killed 13 officers.

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/ 11 September 2006

Mbeki leads push for peaceful DRC vote

South African President Thabo Mbeki held talks with Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) leader Joseph Kabila and rival Jean-Pierre Bemba on Monday as the international community steps up pressure for a peaceful presidential run-off next month. Fighting in Kinshasa between troops loyal to Kabila and Vice-President Bemba killed at least 30 people last month.

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/ 8 September 2006

Kabila wins DRC Parliament vote, lacks majority

A coalition backing President Joseph Kabila won the largest number of seats in the Republic of Congo’s (DRC) July 30 parliamentary elections, but fell short of an overall majority, according to results from electoral authorities on Friday. Kabila’s Alliance for the Presidential Majority won about 200 of the 500 parliamentary seats, or roughly 40%.