Africa
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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 ....
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Salva Kiir and Machar in peace talks in Khartoum Monday
Date: 2018-06-24 17:16:52 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:78 - ID:7457852
KHARTOUM, June 24 (MENA) – A summit between South Sudan President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar will be launched in Khartoum on Monday to seek solution to the outstanding issues between the disputed parties, especially regarding ....
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Zimbabwe rules out delaying election after blast at rally
Date: 2018-06-24 12:05:31 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:39 - ID:7457195
HARARE, June 24 (MENA) - Zimbabwe's presidential spokesman has ruled out an election delay or announcing a state of emergency after an explosion at the president's campaign rally on Saturday that state media called an assassination attempt, ABC news ....
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Mauritania hosts upcoming African summit in July
Date: 2018-06-24 11:05:06 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:31 - ID:7457032
NOUAKCHOTT, June 24 (MENA) - The 31st summit of the African Union will take place in July in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott for the first time, reported Mauritania Radio. The summit will adopt an African media strategy to face terrorism and ....
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2nd person dies after blast at Ethiopia rally, minister says
Date: 2018-06-24 09:00:59 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:14 - ID:7456881
ADDIS ABABA, June 24 (MENA) - Ethiopia's health minister said a second person has died after Saturday's explosion at a massive rally in the capital for the new prime minister, ABC news reported. Health Minister Amir Aman said on Twitter that the ....
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African parl't calls for forming joint African military force
Date: 2018-06-23 21:04:00 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:66 - ID:7456568
CAIRO, June 23 (MENA) - Chairman of the North African Parliamentary Committee MP Mostafa El Gendy strongly condemned Saturday the explosion that rocked a stadium where Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa was addressing a campaign rally. Gendy, ....
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Six detained in Ethiopia after PM rally blast
Date: 2018-06-23 19:35:22 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:60 - ID:7456530
ADDIS ABABA, June 23 (MENA) - The Ethiopian police said six people have been arrested and are under investigation after a deadly explosion at a huge rally for the new prime minister, ABC News reported on Saturday. At least one person died after ....
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Pan-African Parliament condemns assassination attempt on Ethiopia's PM
Date: 2018-06-23 18:25:46 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:53 - ID:7456395
CAIRO, June 23 (MENA) - Head of Parliamentary Assembly of North African States and Political Adviser to President of Pan-African Parliament Mustapha El Gendy condemned the assassination attempt on Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on ....