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Jacob Zuma resigns as South Africa's President
Date: 2018-02-14 21:53:24 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:92 - ID:7246353
PRETORIA, Feb 14 (MENA) - South Africa's embattled President Jacob Zuma has resigned from his office with immediate effect, the BBC reported. He made the announcement in a televised address to the nation on Wednesday evening. "No life should ....
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Zimbabwe's Morgan Tsvangirai, longtime Mugabe foe, dies aged 65
Date: 2018-02-14 21:39:11 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:90 - ID:7246307
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 14 (MENA) - Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe's longtime opposition leader and former Prime Minister, has died in a South African hospital at the age of 65, according to MDC party spokesman Nelson Chamisa, the CNN reported on ....
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ASRT hosts meeting on development of African electronic STI platform
Date: 2018-02-13 14:13:29 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:59 - ID:7243540
CAIRO, Feb 13 (MENA) - President of the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) Mahmoud Sakr stressed the pressing need for having indicators measuring the inputs and outputs of science, technology and innovation (STI) in Africa to ....
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Sudan resumes cross-border trade with South Sudan
Date: 2018-02-12 19:56:46 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:98 - ID:7242494
KHARTOUM, Feb 12 (MENA) - Sudanese Minister for Trade Hatim al-Sir said on Monday that his country has resumed cross-border trade with South Sudan. The step will help combat smuggling of commodities and control the movement of trade, al-Sir was ....
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Egypt grabs 2 golds in Africa Wrestling Championship in Nigeria
Date: 2018-02-12 09:18:17 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:20 - ID:7240992
LAGOS, Feb 12 (MENA) - Egypt's Romanian wrestling team won two gold medals in Africa Wrestling Championships in Nigeria. Egyptian wrestler Mohamed Ibrahim Kishu grabbed the gold in the men's 67 kg competition after defeating his Moroccan ....
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4 killed in central Mali after vehicle hit land mine
Date: 2018-02-10 19:39:09 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:65 - ID:7238626
BAMAKO, Feb 10 (MENA) - At least four people have been killed and several others wounded after their vehicle hit an explosive device in the central Mopti region of Mali, ABC News reported on Saturday. The country's army said the civilians were ....
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Egyptian transport min. meets with Sudanese vice president in Khartoum
Date: 2018-02-08 15:51:03 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:83 - ID:7235018
KHARTOUM, Feb 8 (MENA) - Egyptian Transport Minister Hisham Arafat met on Thursday with Sudanese Vice President Bakri Hassan Saleh. Sundanese Transport Minister Makkawi Mohamed Awad attended the meeting. In statements to MENA, Arafat said that ....
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Egyptian, Sudanese ministers of transport attend meeting of NVARN in Khartoum
Date: 2018-02-08 14:57:43 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:72 - ID:7234735
KHARTOUM, Feb 8 (MENA) - Egyptian Minister of Transport Hisham Arafat and his Sudanese counterpart Makkawi Mohamed Awad witnessed on Thursday the final session of the meeting of the Nile Valley Authority for River Navigation (NVARN). Both ....
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1st passenger train launched between Ethiopia, Djibouti
Date: 2018-02-07 11:35:48 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:35 - ID:7232218
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 7 (MENA) - The first Ethiopia-Djibouti fully electrified cross-border passenger train was launched, Radio France International reported on Wednesday. It links Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, to the Red Sea port of Djibouti - a ....
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Kenya allows 2 TV stations to resume broadcasting
Date: 2018-02-05 18:56:46 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:88 - ID:7229653
NAIROBI, Feb 5 (MENA) - Kenya's government restored transmission to two major TV stations of the four it shut down seven days ago, ABC news reported Monday Also the police fired tear gas at a peaceful demonstration of about 100 protesters ....
