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Ethiopia gov't: Ethiopia army COS, regional official killed during coup attempt
Date: 2019-06-23 08:18:45 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:11 - ID:7992495
ADDIS ABABA, June 23 (MENA) - Ethiopia's army chief of staff General Seare Mekonnen and a regional official were killed during an attempted coup by an army general to seize power in Ethiopia’s northern state of Amhara, state television reported ....
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Ethiopia's Army Chief of Staff Shot: official
Date: 2019-06-23 07:02:13 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:8 - ID:7992429
ADDIS ABABA, June 23 (MENA) - Ethiopia’s army chief of staff has been shot, the prime minister’s press secretary said Sunday, hours after a failed coup attempt was reported in a federal state north of the capital. It was unclear whether General ....
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Candidate of UPR party leads initial results of Mauritaian presidential election
Date: 2019-06-23 06:18:34 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:4 - ID:7992369
NOUAKCHOTT, June 23 (MENA) - The initial results of the Mauritanian presidential election showed that former defense minister Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is leading. Ghazouani is supported by the current Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz ....
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Mozambique eyes comprehensive cooperation with Egypt: President
Date: 2019-06-22 18:41:24 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:47 - ID:7992042
CAIRO, June 22 (MENA) - Mozambique's president Filipe Nyusi stressed Saturday the robust ties between Egypt and his country, saying that both countries show congruence in their visions on several issues. The president made his remarks during his ....
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Mauritanian presidential elections kick off
Date: 2019-06-22 08:50:44 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:10 - ID:7991200
NOUAKCHOTT, June 22 (MENA) - Presidential elections in Mauritania kicked off on Saturday. Large numbers of voters flocked to polling stations to elect a president from six candidates, with voting process to run until 7 p.m., according to the ....
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African cities conference on sustainable development continues activities
Date: 2019-06-20 14:39:11 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:33 - ID:7988708
CAIRO, June 20 (MENA) - The African cities' conference on sustainable development continued its activities here on Thursday, holding two dialogue sessions on Egypt's success story in the field of planning. The first session started earlier today, ....
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African youth delegation hails Sisi's efforts to boost ties with Africa
Date: 2019-06-20 11:01:50 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:21 - ID:7988704
CAIRO, June 20 (MENA) - Head of the Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) Abdel Menem Al Terras has asserted the importance of implementing the directives of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to promote the role of African youths to enable them ....
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African delegates to refer their decisions to AU Executive Council session in Niamey next month - amb.
Date: 2019-06-19 23:13:41 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:91 - ID:7988348
ADDIS ABABA, June 19 (MENA) - Egypt's permanent envoy to the African Union (AU) Ambassador Osama Abdel-Khaleq said Wednesday that all decisions of the ongoing closed meetings of the Permanent Delegates' Committee of the AU will be referred to the ....
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Meetings of “African cities driving sustainable development” conf. continue in Cairo
Date: 2019-06-19 12:56:28 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:46 - ID:7987396
CAIRO, June 19 (MENA) - Activities and meetings of the “African Cities as Drivers of Sustainable Development” conference which is organized by the Ministry of Local Development in cooperation with the United Cities and Local Governments of Africa ....
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1st edition of int'l academic conference on Africa wraps up in Suez
Date: 2019-06-18 20:57:50 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:94 - ID:7986413
SUEZ, Egypt, June 18 (MENA) - The first edition of an international academic conference hosted by Suez University under the theme "Egypt and Africa .. opportunities and challenges" wrapped up on Tuesday. Participants discussed 28 research papers ....