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Mali extends emergency state for 8 months
Date: 2016-07-31 05:54:30 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:5 - ID:5348169
BAMAKO, July 31 (MENA) - Lawmakers in Mali agreed to extend a 10-day state of emergency in the violence-wracked country by another eight months, ABC news reported. In an extraordinary session of the National Assembly in Bamako, the 99 MPs present ....
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Fighting between rival Tuareg groups kills 6 in Mali
Date: 2016-07-30 19:34:57 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:70 - ID:5347589
BAMAKO, July 30 (MENA) - Fighting has broken out in northeastern Mali between a coalition of Tuareg rebels and a Tuareg group allied with the government of this West African country, Fox News reported. The fighting happened Saturday in Edjerer, ....
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US urges UN to back African force for South Sudan
Date: 2016-07-30 10:41:06 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:26 - ID:5344717
WASHINGTON, July 30 (MENA) - The United States has urged the UN Security Council to back a regional force for South Sudan to shore up UN peacekeepers unable to cope with the violence, France 24 reported on Saturday. The council adopted a ....
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UNSC agrees to send police to Burundi
Date: 2016-07-30 08:35:34 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:14 - ID:5344185
NEW YORK, July 30 (MENA) - The UN Security Council has authorized the deployment of a UN police force to Burundi to try to quell violence and human rights abuses in the country, the BBC reported Saturday. The council backed a French-drafted ....
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Global(2):Chester's International To Bring 20 New Locations To Saudi Arabia
Date: 2016-07-30 07:27:15 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:10 - ID:5343985
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, July 30, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Chester's International is proud to announce a partnership with Emteyaz Al Riyadh Company which will bring American fried chicken to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Emteyaz Al Riyadh Co. is a ....
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Global(1):The completion of phase II factory marked a new start of GAC Motor
Date: 2016-07-30 07:14:10 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:9 - ID:5343969
GUANGZHOU, China, July 30, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- China's best automaker, GAC Motor, hosted the completion ceremony of the company's new phase II factory in Panyu, Guangzhou on June 28, and launched SUV GS8 and plug-in hybrid sedan GA3S PHEV, taking a ....
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French FM to start African tour Monday
Date: 2016-07-29 19:54:05 GMT - France - Africa - SN:80 - ID:5343297
PARIS, July 29 (MENA) - France's Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault will start on Monday a two-day African tour taking him to Kenya and Tanzania. During his visit, the top diplomat will discuss with African leaders bilateral relations and ....
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China's Xi calls for solid steps to implement FOCAC summit outcome
Date: 2016-07-29 18:38:47 GMT - China - Africa - SN:72 - ID:5343077
BEIJING, July 29 (MENA) - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday sent a congratulatory letter to the Coordinators' Meeting on the Implementation of the Follow-up Actions of the Johannesburg Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), ....
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UN suspends aid to Borno state in Nigeria
Date: 2016-07-29 08:00:22 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:10 - ID:5339805
NEW YORK, July 29 (MENA) - The United Nations has temporarily suspended aid deliveries to Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno after two UNICEF employees were injured in a terrorist attack on an aid convoy. UNICEF reported that the assailants ....
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Egypt hands over aid supplies to displaced people in Nigeria
Date: 2016-07-27 13:17:23 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:42 - ID:5330857
CAIRO, July 27 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador to Nigeria Ashraf Abdel Qader Salama visited on Wednesday the Nigerian states of Borno and Yobi that are severely affected by Boko Haram terrorist attacks. In a statement, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry ....
