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Ethiopia set to remove 3 armed groups from terror list
Date: 2018-06-30 18:04:28 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:53 - ID:7467445
ADDIS ABABA, June 30 (MENA) – Ethiopia's cabinet has passed a resolution to remove three armed groups from a terror list as part of sweeping reforms under a new prime minister, ABC News reported on Saturday. The groups, operating mainly from ....
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Bashir to head for Mauritania Saturday to attend AU summit
Date: 2018-06-29 13:39:38 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:44 - ID:7465775
KHARTOUM, June 29 (MENA) – Sudanese President Omar al Bashir will head for Mauritania on Saturday to participate in the 31st session of the African Union (AU) summit, which will kick off in Nouakchott on Sunday and Monday. Al Bashir is ....
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Arab League welcomes South Sudan ceasefire deal
Date: 2018-06-28 11:43:07 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:39 - ID:7463972
CAIRO, June 28 (MENA) – Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Abul Gheit welcomed on Thursday a ceasefire deal signed by the government of South Sudan and the opposition at the conclusion of talks hosted by Khartoum a day earlier. “We hope ....
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Fire sweeps through market in Nairobi, killing 15
Date: 2018-06-28 08:33:47 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:16 - ID:7463614
NAIROBI, June 28 (MENA) - Kenyan media said that a fire has swept through a marketplace in Nairobi, killing 15 and sending 70 injured to hospitals, ABC News reported. Rescue teams are searching for more bodies and survivors in the market in ....
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Peace agreement reached in South Sudan
Date: 2018-06-27 13:02:02 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:48 - ID:7462597
KHARTOUM, June 27 (MENA) - President of South Sudan Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar on Wednesday signed a peace agreement to end the civil war in South Sudan. Attending the Khartoum-hosted signing ceremony was President Omar al ....
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Three Somali soldiers killed In blast in Lower Shabelle
Date: 2018-06-27 11:13:52 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:37 - ID:7462339
MOGADISHU, June 27 (MENA) - At least three Somali soldiers were reported to have been killed and several wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in the country’s southern Lower Shabelle region. Residents said a remote-controlled landmine struck an ....
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UN peacekeeper killed in South Sudan
Date: 2018-06-26 20:18:23 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:88 - ID:7461500
JUBA, June 26 (MENA) - A Bangladeshi peacekeeper in South Sudan was killed Tuesday when an aid convoy was ambushed in the west of the country, France 24 quoted the United Nations mission as saying Tuesday. "Lieutenant Commander Ashraf Siddiqui ....
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20 suspects appear in court over Ethiopia rally blast
Date: 2018-06-25 19:00:44 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:84 - ID:7459696
ADDIS ABABA, June 25 (MENA) - Twenty suspects, including the deputy head of Addis Ababa’s police commission, appeared on Monday in a court in the Ethiopian capital in connection with a grenade attack at a rally attended by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, ....
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Museveni, Salva Kiir arrive in Khartoum for S.Sudan's peace talks
Date: 2018-06-25 11:37:57 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:37 - ID:7458786
KHARTOUM, June 25 (MENA) - Ugandan and South Sudanese Presidents Yoweri Museveni and Salva Kiir Mayardit, respectively, arrived on Monday in Khartoum to partake in the main session of talks with South Sudan's opposition leader Riek Machar. The ....
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Eritrean delegation expected in Addis Ababa this week for peace talks
Date: 2018-06-25 10:21:50 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:25 - ID:7458631
ADDIS ABABA, June 25 (MENA) - The Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson announced Monday that an Eritrean delegation that will discuss a peace deal with Ethiopia will arrive in Addis Ababa this week, Ethiopian The Reporter newspaper ....
