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Ivorian leader 'calls for Mugabe to go'
Date: 2017-11-17 14:48:57 GMT - Cote d'Ivoire - Africa - SN:51 - ID:7095506
ABIDJAN, Nov 17 (MENA) - Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara has added his voice to calls for President Robert Mugabe, 93, to resign, the BBC reported on Friday. He praised Mugabe's role in the fight against colonialism, saying he "has been ....
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Kenya police use tear gas on supporters welcoming Odinga
Date: 2017-11-17 10:52:12 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:28 - ID:7095028
NAIROBI, Nov 17 (MENA) - Kenya police used tear gas and water cannons on Friday on a large crowd of supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga who gathered to welcome him from a trip overseas, ABC News reported. Odinga had been speaking in the ....
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Zimbabwe's Mugabe makes first public appearance
Date: 2017-11-17 10:34:35 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:26 - ID:7095026
HARARE, Nov 17 (MENA) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has made his first public appearance since the country's army took over on Wednesday, the BBC reported on Friday. He attended a graduation ceremony in the capital, Harare. Mr Mugabe ....
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US Embassy in Zimbabwe suspends visa operations
Date: 2017-11-16 14:01:51 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:64 - ID:7093906
HARARE, Nov 16 (MENA) - The US Embassy in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, has suspended visa operations for this week, due to limited staffing at the embassy, USA Today newspaper reported Thursday. In a statement, the embassy said "At this time ....
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French envoy praises Khartoum's role in achieving peace in S. Sudan
Date: 2017-11-16 13:30:16 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:60 - ID:7093747
KHARTOUM, Nov 16 (MENA) - Presidential Assistant Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid met with Thursday the visiting envoy of the French Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Stéphane Gruenberg, and discussed with him aspects of joint cooperation between Sudan and ....
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Russia advises citizens not to travel to Zimbabwe
Date: 2017-11-16 10:54:43 GMT - Russia - Africa - SN:31 - ID:7093403
MOSCOW, Nov 16 (MENA) - Russia warned its citizens against travelling to Zimbabwe due to the difficulty of the internal political situation there, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. In a statement by Russian Foreign Ministry ....
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Reports: Grace Mugabe 'flees Zimbabwe for Namibia' after military take over
Date: 2017-11-15 22:23:25 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:81 - ID:7092715
HARARE, Nov 15 (MENA) - Grace Mugabe, the wife of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, is reported to have fled the country for neighbouring Namibia, The Independent said. Her husband is thought to be under house arrest in the southern African ....
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Suicide bombers kill 10 in Nigeria's Maiduguri: emergency official
Date: 2017-11-15 21:27:23 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:77 - ID:7092874
ABUJA, Nov 15 (MENA) - An emergency agency official said Wednesday that suicide bomb attackers killed 10 people and wounded 30 in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, The New York Times reported. Militant group Boko Haram has killed more than ....
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Mugabe is safe, says South African President
Date: 2017-11-15 12:36:36 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:37 - ID:7091962
PRETORIA, Nov 15 (MENA) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma said Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe is held in his house safe and sound. Zuma said he had spoken to Mugabe who had indicated that he "was confined to his home but said that he was ....
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South Africa's leader calls for 'calm and restraint' in Zimbabwe
Date: 2017-11-15 11:07:23 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:26 - ID:7091716
PRETORIA, Nov 15 (MENA) - South African President Jacob Zuma said he is watching the events unfolding in neighboring Zimbabwe with "great concern", calling for "calm and restraint" in Zimbabwe, the BBC reported Wednesday. An official statement ....
