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AOI chief meets Cameroon envoy
Date: 2016-08-22 15:15:54 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:68 - ID:5470529
CAIRO, Aug 22 (MENA) - Chairman of the Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) Abdel Aziz Seif Eddin received Cameroonian Ambassador to Egypt Mohamadou Labarang on Monday. During the meeting, Seif Eddin stressed the importance of cooperation ....
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AU condemns suicide attacks in Somalia
Date: 2016-08-22 12:23:37 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:44 - ID:5469409
ADDIS ABABA, Aug 22 (MENA) - The African Union condemned on Monday the suicide attacks in the Somali city of Galkayo which killed 20 people and wounded many others. Radio Shabelle quoted the AU peace and security commissioner as expressing ....
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AWO to hold training on women's political empowerment Sept. 4
Date: 2016-08-22 12:11:38 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:42 - ID:5469641
CAIRO, Aug 22 (MENA) - The Arab Women Organization (AWO) in cooperation with Oman will hold on September 4 an intensive training session to train trainers for political empowerment of women. The training program, which will run until September 8, ....
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US Secretary of State arrives in Nairobi for talks on security issues
Date: 2016-08-22 08:06:08 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:11 - ID:5467793
NAIROBI, Aug 22 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived here on Monday for talks with a number of African leaders on security issues in the region, the BBC reported. The US top diplomat's visit aimed at holding talks about peace in the ....
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Sudan condemns Turkey terror blast
Date: 2016-08-21 22:21:06 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:103 - ID:5466909
KHARTOUM, Aug 21 (MENA) – Sudan strongly condemned the terror blast that hit a wedding party in Turkey’s southeastern city of Gaziantep and left many civilians dead on Saturday. Sudanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qareeballa Khedir extended deep ....
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Suicide bombing in North Cameroon kills 3, injures several
Date: 2016-08-21 12:02:31 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:34 - ID:5463417
YAOUNDE, Aug 21 (MENA) – A local official said a suicide bomber has detonated explosives at a Cameroon market near the border with Nigeria, killing at least three people and injuring at least 11 others, ABC News reported on Sunday. Cameroon's Far ....
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Former Somalia PM who lost US court battle dies: president
Date: 2016-08-20 18:39:57 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:78 - ID:5460861
MOGADISHU, Aug 20 (MENA) - Somalia's president has announced the death of a former prime minister who lost a long court battle in the United States over accusations of killing and torture. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Saturday called Mohamed ....
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WB team due in Sudan in Oct to stand on water management exerpience
Date: 2016-08-20 11:25:45 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:33 - ID:5458373
KHARTOUM, Aug 20 (MENA) – A World Bank delegation is due to visit Sudan in October to stand on the country's experience in Nile water management. In statements on Saturday, Sudanese Minister of Water Resources, Irrigation and Electricity Mutaz ....
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16,000 children recruited by armed groups in S. Sudan since 2013 - UNICEF
Date: 2016-08-19 12:17:45 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:28 - ID:5454169
GENEVA, Aug 19 (MENA) - More than 650 children have been recruited into armed groups in South Sudan since the beginning of this year, UNICEF said in a press release Friday. Fearful that renewed conflict could put tens of thousands of children at ....
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Rwanda police shoot dead terror suspect in Kigali
Date: 2016-08-18 11:43:06 GMT - Rwanda - Africa - SN:37 - ID:5448621
KIGALI, Aug 18 (MENA) - A terror suspect was shot dead in Rwanda after a three-hour shoot-out in an affluent suburb of the capital, Kigali, police say. The man barricaded himself in the house and injured one police officer during the late-night ....
