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Nigerian president calls UN to talk with Boko Haram
Date: 2016-09-22 12:01:19 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:50 - ID:5640517
ABUJA, Sept 22 (MENA) - Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has invited the UN to negotiate with Boko Haram to end their seven-year insurgency and secure the release of the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted from Chibok. The BBC quoted the ....
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Mauritania president meets commander of French Barkhane operation
Date: 2016-09-20 20:39:26 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:103 - ID:5630421
NOUAKCHOTT, Sept 20 (MENA) – Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz met on Tuesday with commander of the French Counter-Terrorism Barkhane Operation in Africa's Sahel region. The meeting was attended by Head of the Presidential Staff Ahmed ....
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Street clashes, election protests in Congo kill at least 44
Date: 2016-09-20 19:08:41 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:92 - ID:5630173
KINSHASA, Sept 20 (MENA) - More than 44 people have been killed in Congo in two days of street clashes between security forces and protesters against a delayed presidential election, a senior Human Rights Watch researcher said Tuesday. Thousands ....
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Studies on GERD should be conducted away of 'labyrinth of politics' - minister
Date: 2016-09-20 11:43:41 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:41 - ID:5626377
KHARTOUM, Sept 20 (MENA) - Studies on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) should be conducted away from the labyrinth of politics, affirmed Ethiopian Water and Electricity Minister Motuma Mekassa. Delivering a speech during a celebration ....
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Water resources min. inspects Egyptian irrigation facilities in Sudan
Date: 2016-09-20 11:17:38 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:40 - ID:5626193
KHARTOUM, Sept 20 (MENA) - Egypt's Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Aati inspected several Egyptian irrigation facilities in Sudan. The minister also toured the general inspection building for the central administration for the ....
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Egyptian-Sudanese-Ethiopian ties to be furthered after dam impact studies contracts inked - min
Date: 2016-09-20 08:21:17 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:19 - ID:5624793
KHARTOUM, Sept 20 (MENA) - The Egyptian-Sudanese-Ethiopian ties will be stronger after signing contracts with two foreign consultancy firms hired to study the impact of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam (GERD), the Ethiopian water and irrigation ....
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Egypt ready to host conference for parties to S. Sudan crisis: Sisi
Date: 2016-09-19 22:17:20 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:104 - ID:5623989
NEW YORK, Sept 19 (MENA) – Egypt is ready to host a conference for the parties to the crisis in South Sudan and to contribute to the United Nations mission in the country, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said on Monday. Sisi made the comments ....
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DR Congo death toll rises to 17 after violent protest
Date: 2016-09-19 21:03:26 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:97 - ID:5623525
KINSHASA, Sept 19 (MENA) - The number of people killed in Monday's protest in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, Kinshasa has rised to 17, the BBC quoted Interior Minister Evariste Boshab as saying. The dead include three police ....
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Irrigation minister stresses depth of Egyptian-Sudanese ties
Date: 2016-09-19 14:33:26 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:62 - ID:5620905
KHARTOUM, Sept 19 (MENA) - Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Aati underlined the depth of the Egyptian-Sudanese ties. This came during a meeting Monday with the Sudanese workers in the Egyptian irrigation in Khartoum. A plan ....
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Al Shabaab attacks Somali town, kills 7 troops
Date: 2016-09-17 12:17:50 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:39 - ID:5609213
MOGADISHU, Sept 17 (MENA) - Somalia's Islamist militant group al Shabaab attacked a town in a region near Kenya's border, killing at least seven Somali soldiers, according to the group and Somali officials. Al Shabaab, which regularly attacks ....
