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Ministerial meeting of eastern Nile Basin countries kicks off in Cairo
Date: 2017-11-11 09:47:06 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:17 - ID:7085241
CAIRO, Nov 11 (MENA) - A ministerial meeting of the three eastern Nile Basin countries, namely Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan, kicked off here on Saturday. Talks, to run till Sunday, come within the framework of an agreement reached during trilateral ....
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Press authority's Hassan urges reopening MENA in Africa
Date: 2017-11-08 19:45:54 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:81 - ID:7081648
CAIRO, Nov 8 (MENA) - A senior official of the National Journalism Authority has called at a meeting of a parliamentary panel on Wednesday for reopening Middle East News Agency offices in Africa. "Egypt needs an effective media message in the ....
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AU chairman due in Khartoum on Sunday
Date: 2017-11-04 16:56:22 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:56 - ID:7074460
KHARTOUM, Nov 4 (MENA) - African Union Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat will embark on Sunday on a three-day visit to Khartoum for talks Sudanese President Omar Bashir and a number of top officials. In statements to MENA, the Sudanese Foreign ....
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US targets Daesh in northern Somalia
Date: 2017-11-03 17:40:44 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:64 - ID:7073211
WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (MENA) - A US airstrike had targeted Daesh in northern Somalia, defense officials were quoted by The Voice of America (VOA) on Friday. The strike resulted in at least one casualty, a US defense official said, without elaborating ....
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Thousands of Ethiopia troops enter Somalia to hunt al-Shabab
Date: 2017-11-02 17:42:59 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:84 - ID:7071801
ADDIS ABABA, Nov 2 (MENA) - Thousands of Ethiopian troops have crossed into Somalia to join a large-scale offensive against al-Shabab extremists just weeks after Somalia's worst attack left more than 350 people dead, border residents said ....
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Ethiopian troops enter Somalia, back offensive against Shabab
Date: 2017-11-01 21:25:31 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:71 - ID:7070212
MOGADISHU, Nov 1 (MENA) - Hundreds of heavily-armed Ethiopian troops have crossed into Somalia, reportedly to assist a Somali government offensive against al-Shabab militants, said The Voice of America (VOA). Residents in the border town of ....
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Kiir arrives in Khartoum for talks with Bashir
Date: 2017-11-01 12:50:10 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:27 - ID:7069459
KHARTOUM, Nov 1 (MENA) - South Sudanese President Salva Kiir arrived here on Wednesday on an official visit to Sudan. Kiir will meet during his two-day visit with his Sudanese counterpart Omar Bashir for talks on means of boosting joint ....
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Kenyan president Kenyatta re-elected
Date: 2017-10-30 16:03:44 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:52 - ID:7066199
NAIROBI, Oct 30 (MENA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has been declared winner of a controversial re-run of the presidential election, said the BBC. He won 98% of the vote with turnout at just under 39% - less than half that recorded in ....
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AU theme included on agenda of World Youth Forum in Sharm
Date: 2017-10-29 10:03:27 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:23 - ID:7063595
CAIRO, Oct 29 (MENA) - The organizing committee of the World Youth Forum, to be hosted by Sharm El Sheikh on November 4-10, decided to include the summit theme adopted by the African Union on the agenda of the forum. The AU 2017 Summit witnessed ....
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Police end militant siege of hotel in Mogadishu
Date: 2017-10-29 08:51:36 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:9 - ID:7063453
MOGADISHU, Oct 28 (MENA) - Somali police on Sunday ended an Islamist militant siege of a hotel in the capital, The Voice of America reported. Officials said at least 23 people were killed in the attack on the popular Nasa Hablod Two hotel in ....
