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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 ....
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Global(3):Global CCS Institute Welcomes World's First Commercial Steel CCS Project in Abu Dhabi
Date: 2016-11-07 07:13:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:8 - ID:5914145
MELBOURNE, Australia, Nov. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The Global CCS Institute has welcomed the launch of the world's first commercial carbon capture facility on a steel production plant. As the twenty second conference of the parties (COP 22) to ....
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Morocco starts operating 1st phase of world’s biggest solar power plant
Date: 2016-11-06 11:03:12 GMT - Morocco - Africa - SN:16 - ID:5908953
OUARZAZATE, Morocco, Nov 6 (MENA) - Morocco has started operating the world's biggest solar power plants, which include four separate stations, in the southeastern city of Ouarzazate. Noor plant 1 is fully operative and work is underway to ....
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Canadian Minister of National Defence to visit Mali and Senegal
Date: 2016-11-04 09:45:44 GMT - Canada - Africa - SN:16 - ID:5898885
OTTAWA, Nov 4 (MENA) - Canadian defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan will visit Mali and Senegal from November 5-8, as Canada considers where to send troops as part of a commitment to boost UN peacekeeping efforts. During this visit, Sajjan will ....
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AU Agriculture Commissioner urges businessmen to invest in Africa
Date: 2016-11-02 13:47:07 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:59 - ID:5887613
KHARTOUM, Nov 2 (MENA) – The African Union (AU) Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Economy Tumusiime Rhoda Peace Wednesday called on Arab and African investors to pump more investments and establish agriculture projects in the African ....
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French PM urges fostering European-African partnership
Date: 2016-10-29 22:31:59 GMT - France - Africa - SN:79 - ID:5863481
PARIS/ACCRA, Oct 29 (MENA) - French Prime Minister Manuel Valls urged fostering African-European partnership in view of growing competition with countries like China. "I am moved by a conviction that is growing ... Africa is for us the continent ....
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2 suicide bombers kill 9 in Nigeria's Maiduguri
Date: 2016-10-29 10:11:44 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:29 - ID:5859817
ABUJA, Oct 29 (MENA) - Two suicide bombings rocked Nigeria’s northeast city of Maiduguri on Saturday, killing at least nine people and injuring scores others, emergency services said. One explosion happened outside a gas station, while the other ....
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OIC calls for calm, restraint in CAR
Date: 2016-10-28 14:27:59 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Africa - SN:42 - ID:5855993
JEDDAH, Oct 28 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has urged calm, restraint and patience in the Central African Republic (CAR) following the resurgence of violence in parts of the country, including Bangui, said OIC on its ....
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Kenyan president starts official visit to Sudan on Saturday
Date: 2016-10-28 09:48:47 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:11 - ID:5853637
KHARTOUM, Oct 28 (MENA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta will start a two-day official visit to Sudan on Saturday at an invitation from his Sudanese counterpart Omar al Bashir. Sudanese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ambassador Ghareeballa Khidr, in ....
