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Wed 02 Feb 2010Vice-president of Nigeria ratified as acting head of state
THE PARLIAMENT in Nigeria has voted to make vice-president Goodluck Jonathan acting head of state until President Umaru Yar’Adua returns to the country. Mr Yar’Adua has not been seen since November 23rd, when he flew to Saudi Arabia to receive treatment for a heart condition.
The move ends weeks of uncertainty in Africa’s most populous country, during which religious clashes in the north and a renewed outbreak of violence in the oil-rich Niger delta have raised concerns about the stability of the West African country.
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