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"Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, weekend, urged workers and other Nigerians to participate in the ongoing voter's registration exercise. The union also announced that it had mobilized over 2,000 individuals to observe and monitor the exercise and general elections across the country...

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"The Southern Sudan Referendum Commission says it is '100 percent ready' for the voting process to begin on Jan. 9. Chan Reec Madut, deputy chairman of the SSRC and head of its Juba bureau, announced on Monday that a total of 3.9 million southerners have registered for the self-determination vote...

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"After decades of civil war, and several years of tenuous peace, southern Sudan is preparing to decide whether to split from the north to form a separate nation...

"For separation to pass, it must win 60% of votes cast. A study of southerners by the U.S.-based National Democratic Institute found that 'the vast majority of participants indicate they will be voting for separation.'"

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Appearing on the PBS NewsHour, Chris Fomunyoh, NDI’s senior associate and regional director for Central and West Africa, emphasized the importance of a quick resolution to the stalemate in Cote d'Ivoire, or the Ivory Coast.