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Elections in November

[Chad] A maze of pipes moves crude oil around at Kome oilfield, southern Chad. The project is being touted as a test case to prove that petro-dollars can benefit the poor. Esso Photo
Un labyrinthe de tuyaux sert à acheminer le pétrole depuis le sud du Tchad vers le site d'exportation au Cameroun
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    Presidential and legislative elections will be held in Guinea Bissau on 28 November, according to a presidential decree read out on Monday on national radio, news agencies reported.

    Lusa reported that the date was set after consultations between the country's political parties, elections commission and government.

    A peace pact signed last November, five months after fighting erupted between forces loyal to President Nino Vieira and Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Ansumane Mane, had provided for polls by March 1999, but sporadic clashes broke out early this year.

    This led caretaker Prime Minister Francisco Fadul to advocate a
    postponement of the elections to November, among other things, to allow time for the reintegration of military and police forces and the return of people displaced by the war, according to Lusa.

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