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Politics - Nigeria's opposition party disowns presidential candidate after taking govt job - Nigeria's main opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) on Wednesday distanced itself from its presidential candidate in the 2011 elections, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, after he was named head of a government task force on oil revenue.

The Boko Haram group that has agreed to dialogue with the Nigerian government is the breakaway faction of the violent Islamic sect, the private Punch newspaper reported Wednesday. The paper reported that the breakaway faction of the sect, which had denounced the main group for the increasing deaths of Muslims in its attacks, is behind the dialogue move.

Politics - Gambian President Yahya Jammeh Tuesday received in his office in Banjul, the Gambian capital, Senegalese Foreign Minister Madicke Niang, PANA confirmed from official sources.

Stolen funds - Nigerian NGO 'gets court clearance' to pursue case on recovered stolen funds - A Nigerian non-governmental organisation, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), said on Wednesday it had received court approval to compel the federal government to disclose how it spent the stolen funds it had recovered since the return of civilian rule in 1999.

President al-Bashir appeals to Darfur rebels to join peace process - Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir on Wednesday appealed to the Darfur rebels who are yet to join the region's peace process to do so, and end the resort to arms to achieve political ends.

CAN 2012-Football - Senegal sacks coach, assistants after Nations Cup debacle - The Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) has sacked national team coach Amara Traore and his assistants, over the country's poor outing at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.

POLITICS - Senegal summons U.S. Ambassador over Wade candidacy comments - Senegalese Foreign Minister Madicke Niang has summoned the U.S. Ambassador in Dakar, Mr. Lewis Lukens, following the envoy's comments on the candidacy of President Abdoulaye Wade, ahead of the Senegal's presidential election on 26 February.

FOREX - Wednesday's forex rates for Mauritanian Ouguiya - Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya:

Following are Wednesday's exchange rates for the Mauritian rupee:

Water supply and sanitation - Nigeria has received 723b naira as grants from Japan since independence' - Japan has given grants worth 723 billion naira to Nigeria for developmental purposes since the African nation's independence in 1960, according to the Japanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Ryuichi Shoji (US$1=156 Naira).