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Envoy: Egypt keen on promoting relations with all African countries
Date: 2016-08-02 11:02:17 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:28 - ID:5360069
ADDIS ABABA, Aug 2 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador here Abu Bakr Mahmoud on Tuesday asserted Egypt's keenness on promoting relations with all African countries. In his speech on the occasion marking the inauguration of an Egyptian ward in the ....
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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 ....
