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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 ....
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Egypt, Kenya water ministers meet
Date: 2016-08-18 11:31:01 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:34 - ID:5447929
CAIRO, Aug 18 (MENA) - Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Aati received his Kenyan counterpart Eugene Wamalwa and his accompanying delegation on Thursday for talks on means of promoting water cooperation. In the period between ....
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S.Sudan opposition leader Riek Machar flees country
Date: 2016-08-18 09:38:11 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:17 - ID:5446877
JUBA, Aug 18 (MENA) - South Sudan's opposition leader Riek Machar has left the country for a neighbouring state, opposition officials said on Thursday, several weeks after he withdrew from the capital Juba during fierce fighting with government ....
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Arab anti-terror forum kicks off in Khartoum
Date: 2016-08-18 08:46:29 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:13 - ID:5446689
KHARTOUM, Aug 18 (MENA) – The Arab anti-terrorism forum kicked off on Thursday in the Sudanese Capital Khartoum under the rubric of Arab media’s role in combating terrorism. The opening session of the two-day forum, organized by Sudanese ....
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Egyptian embassy in Togo solves problem of fraud victim
Date: 2016-08-17 14:36:53 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:42 - ID:5443473
Cairo, Aug 17 (MENA) - The Egyptian embassy in Togo has succeeded in solving the problem of an Egyptian citizen who has been subjected to online fraud by a gang comprising Nigerians and Togolese people. The Egyptian citizen was deceived by ....
