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Italy to send 470 troops to Niger to stem migrant flow: PM
Date: 2017-12-28 16:11:02 GMT - Italy - Africa - SN:67 - ID:7163876
ROME, Dec 28 (MENA) – Italy will be sending 470 soldiers to Niger to help the west African nation stem the flow of Europe-bound migrants, The Local quoted Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni as saying on Thursday. Agadez, the main city in central ....
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ECFA recommends creation of supreme council or ministry of African affairs
Date: 2017-12-25 12:34:29 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:30 - ID:7158291
CAIRO, Dec 25 (MENA) - The Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs (ECFA) recommended the establishment of a supreme council or a ministry of African affairs to coordinate and unify Egypt's policies towards Africa. These remarks were made at the ....
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S. Sudan government denies violating cease-fire
Date: 2017-12-24 21:34:57 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:94 - ID:7157450
JUBA, Dec 24 (MENA) - South Sudan government spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny on Sunday denied reports that government troops had violated a cease-fire just hours after it came into effect, the Voice of America reported. A statement by opposition ....
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Mali's ex-president aircraft arrives in Bamako
Date: 2017-12-24 14:31:45 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:66 - ID:7156945
BAMAKO, Dec 24 (MENA) - The aircraft of Mali former president Amadou Toumani Touré arrived at Bamako airport on Sunday, Radio France Internationale reported without giving further details. In March 2012, Touré was toppled and forced to resign in ....
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Cease-fire signed in Republic of Congo
Date: 2017-12-23 18:39:52 GMT - Republic of the Congo - Africa - SN:63 - ID:7155798
BRAZZAVILLE, Dec 23 (MENA) - A militia said it has signed a cease-fire with the Republic of Congo government, agreeing to stop hostilities and help collect weapons held by fighters, ABC News reported Saturday. Jean Gustave N'Tondo said the Ninjas ....
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Zimbabwe takeover leader Chiwenga named Mnangagwa's deputy
Date: 2017-12-23 16:08:39 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:53 - ID:7155600
HARARE, Dec 23 (MENA) - Zimbabwe's new President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed the leader of the military takeover that led to ex-president Robert Mugabe's overthrow Constantino Chiwenga as one of his deputies in the ruling party, BBC news ....
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Macron: Sahel terrorist fight to continue in 2018
Date: 2017-12-23 06:35:05 GMT - France - Africa - SN:7 - ID:7154560
PARIS/NIAMEY, Dec 23 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Niger late Friday for a morale-boosting visit to France’s Barkhane anti-terrorist force and told troops the fight against extremists in the region would continue in ....
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UN closes first of several South Sudan protection camps
Date: 2017-12-20 14:36:35 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:44 - ID:7150837
JUBA, Dec 20 (MENA) - The United Nations (UN) said it has closed the first of seven protection camps that have sheltered more than 200,000 civilians during South Sudan's civil war. More than 560 people are being voluntarily relocated from the ....
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Nigeria military rescues 4 Chinese nationals from pirates
Date: 2017-12-16 14:35:03 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:49 - ID:7143471
ABUJA, Dec 16 (MENA) - Four abducted Chinese nationals have been rescued by the army in Nigeria after a gun battle with sea pirates, ABC News reported on Saturday. Army spokesman Maj. Ojo Adelegan said the four expatriates were kidnapped while ....
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Mauritania president leaves for Nigeria
Date: 2017-12-16 10:35:10 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:24 - ID:7142942
NOUAKCHOTT, Dec 16 (MENA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz left for Abuja, Nigeria on Saturday. During the visit, he will attend the 52nd regular conference of heads of state and government of the Economic Community of West African ....
