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Global (1):Hyperloop One Releases Statement
Date: 2016-11-19 07:25:05 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:6 - ID:5988381
NEW YORK, Nov. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyperloop One is pleased to announce that it has reached a confidential resolution of litigation with its former employees and looks forward to continuing to execute on its business plan. CONTACT: ....
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UN adopts resolution on enhancing relationship with AU
Date: 2016-11-18 21:55:45 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:82 - ID:5987901
NEW YORK, Nov 18 (MENA) — The UN Security Council on Friday adopted unanimously a resolution urging effective steps should be taken to enhance relationship between the UN and the African Union’s organizations, Sky News reported. The resolution ....
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US seeks sanctions against South Sudan rebel leader, army chief
Date: 2016-11-18 19:21:24 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:73 - ID:5987349
NEW YORK, Nov 18 (MENA) - The United States on Friday proposed that South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar as well as the army chief and information minister face UN sanctions for their role in fueling violence in the war-torn country, the Daily ....
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DRC premier resigns
Date: 2016-11-14 20:18:10 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:92 - ID:5963561
KINSHASA, Nov 14 (MENA) - The prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo has resigned, according to Voice of America. Augustin Matata Ponyo stepped down Monday in accordance with a political deal that extends the presidency of Joseph Kabila ....
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Khartoum to host third int'l oilseeds congress
Date: 2016-11-12 12:27:55 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:38 - ID:5948373
KHARTOUM, Nov 12 (MENA) - The Sudanese capital Khartoum will host on Sunday the third international oilseeds congress organized by the Exporters Chamber at the Federation of Chambers of Commerce. The Chairman of the Exporters Chamber Wagdi Mirghani ....
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Sudan seeks to build ties with US on joint interests--Official
Date: 2016-11-12 09:52:01 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:21 - ID:5947249
KHARTOUM, Nov 12 (MENA) - Undersecretary of the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Obeid Allah Mohamed Obeid Allah said his country just asks the US and its new administration under President-elect Donald Trump to appreciate its stance as a ....
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US diplomat in Sudan optimistic about Washington-Khartoum ties in coming period
Date: 2016-11-10 13:28:41 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:45 - ID:5937641
KHARTOUM, Nov 10 (MENA) – US Chargé d'Affaires in Sudan Steven Koutsis said he was optimistic about the advance of ties between Washington and Khartoum in the coming period after announcing Donald Trump as the new US president. The ....
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Nigeria: Stampede at Lagos airport during counter-terrorism exercise
Date: 2016-11-09 17:04:33 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:95 - ID:5932341
ABUJA, Nov 9 (MENA) - Stampede by Air travellers and aviation staff greeted Nigerian Air Force counter terrorist exercise code-named operation Thunder bolt at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport , Lagos, said the Nigerian newspaper The ....
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Gunmen kill 36 Nigerian miners
Date: 2016-11-09 16:55:31 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:93 - ID:5930933
ABUJA, Nov 9 (MENA) - Gunmen have killed 36 gold miners in north-west Nigeria, police, quoted by the BBC, said. The attackers overran a mining camp in the Maru district of Zamfara state, in the latest in a series of similar raids in the ....
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African parliamentarians welcome Morocco's decision to return to AU
Date: 2016-11-07 08:09:03 GMT - Morocco - Africa - SN:10 - ID:5914133
RABAT, Nov 7 (MENA) - The participating African parliamentarians in the 69th Session of the Executive Committee of the African Parliamentary Union (APU) welcomed Morocco's decision to return to the African Union (AU), asserting that the Moroccan ....