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Darfur celebrates end of transitional authority
Date: 2016-09-06 08:55:10 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:20 - ID:5555017
AL FASHIR, Sudan, Sept 6 (MENA) – Sudan will celebrate on Wednesday the end of the term of the transitional Darfur Regional Authority and the launch of a new mechanism to complement the rest of the Doha Document items. The Doha Document for Peace ....
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Sudan, Chad, CAR leaders to meet in Darfur Wednesday
Date: 2016-09-06 08:22:31 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:16 - ID:5554661
AL FASHIR, Sept 5 (MENA) – A tripartite summit will be held in North Darfur among Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir and leaders of Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR), the State’s Governor Abdul Wahid Youssef said on Tuesday. This comes ....
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Ethiopia fire kills 23 at prison “holding Oromo protesters”
Date: 2016-09-06 06:51:06 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:9 - ID:5554553
ADDIS ABABA, Sept 6 (MENA) - At least 23 inmates have died in a fire at an Ethiopian prison where anti-government protesters are reportedly being held, the government has said. The BBC quoted a government statement Tuesday as saying 21 died of ....
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Nigerian military accuses officers of selling arms to Boko Haram
Date: 2016-09-04 15:56:19 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:71 - ID:5545057
ABUJA, Sept 4 (MENA) - Nigeria's military says some officers are selling arms and ammunition to Boko Haram, indicating the corruption bedeviling the country's fight against the extremists continues despite government efforts to halt graft, ABC News ....
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Kenya says university students hot targets for terror groups
Date: 2016-09-04 14:29:46 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:58 - ID:5545705
NAIROBI, Sept 4 (MENA) - A surge in the number of students being arrested on suspicion of joining Daesh terrorist group has triggered alarm on the group’s recruitment efforts in the country, according to Radio Shabelle. The Commission of ....
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Address rape victims of South Sudan hotel rampage, US says
Date: 2016-09-03 20:56:35 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:75 - ID:5541693
JUBA, Aug 3 (MENA) - The US ambassador to the United Nations is calling for an independent commission to take testimony from rape victims of a rampage by South Sudanese soldiers at a hotel compound popular with foreigners in July, abc News ....
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Sudan urges SPLM to agree on quantitative aiming to deliver humanitarian aid to affected people
Date: 2016-09-03 20:44:21 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:73 - ID:5541689
KHARTOUM, Sept 3 (MENA) – The Sudanese government called anew on the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) to agree on the initiative presented by the United Nations, the African Union and the Arab League that aims to deliver humanitarian aid ....
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Nigerian gunmen kidnap 14 local oil workers and driver in southern Rivers state
Date: 2016-09-03 18:04:48 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:61 - ID:5540249
ABUJA, Sept 3 (MENA) - Gunmen in Nigeria's restive southern Niger Delta region, which has been hit by a series of militant attacks on energy facilities since the start of the year, have kidnapped 14 local oil workers and their driver, police said on ....
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UNSC team in Juba not to visit Khartoum - Foreign Ministry
Date: 2016-09-01 08:52:22 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:17 - ID:5526917
KHARTOUM, Sept 1 (MENA) - The Sudanese Foreign Ministry denied preparations for a visit by the United Nations Security Council team, currently in South Sudan, to Khartoum. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Gareebullah Khidr denied reports purported about ....
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Bongo re-elected president of Gabon
Date: 2016-08-31 16:21:32 GMT - Gabon - Africa - SN:76 - ID:5524061
LIBREVILLE, Aug 31 (MENA) - Gabon's incumbent President Ali Bongo was re-elected as President of Gabon, France 24 channel quoted the election commission here as saying on Wednesday. Bongo got more than 49 percent of the total votes, while his ....
