"Nigerians queued up last Saturday to vote and followed was oppression of the people's will. This has to be rejected."Â Umar Aliyu said to the congregation of hundreds of Muslims, including the aggrieved presidential candidate retired Gen. Muhammadu Buhari of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP).
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The trial of seven suspected members of the banned Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) opened in Tajikistan's Soghd Province today.
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The U.S. State Department's top diplomat for Africa says el-Qaida figures are now running the Islamic Courts movement which controls most of Somalia. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer says U.S. diplomats are working to try to prevent the conflict in Somalia from becoming a broader war in the Horn of Africa. VOA's David Gollust reports from the State Department.
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