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Nicaraguan gov’t meets with business leaders in bid to end crisis

MANAGUA,  (Reuters) – The Nicaraguan government said it has initiated talks with the country’s private sector in what observers see as a bid to repair the relationship between embattled President Daniel Ortega and business leaders and ease a political crisis that has engulfed the country since last spring.

President Muhammadu Buhari

Nigerian presidential poll postponed hours before start

DAURA/YOLA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigerian authorities postponed today’s national election by a week, just hours before polls had been due to open, prompting the opposition candidate to accuse President Muhammadu Buhari of seeking to “disenfranchise” voters.

An opposition supporter holds a sign that reads “Out” as she gathers to rally against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government at the Colombian-Venezuelan border over the Simon Bolivar international bridge, on the outskirts of Cucuta, Colombia February 15, 2019. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

U.S. raises pressure on Maduro via sanctions, aid airlift

WASHINGTON/MUNICH,  (Reuters) – The United States ratcheted up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro yesterday by sanctioning some of his top security officials and the head of the state oil company, and unveiling plans to airlift over 200 tons of aid to the Colombian border.

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