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Egyptian-Kenyan Business Council convenes in Cairo by end of July
Date: 2016-07-12 11:07:05 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:33 - ID:5244061
CAIRO, July 12 (MENA) - The Egyptian-Kenyan Business Council will convene its first meeting at the end of July for talks on means of activating trade and economic relations between the two countries. In statements to MENA, Head of the Egyptian ....
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Clashes erupt in S. Sudan's Juba hours after UN plea
Date: 2016-07-11 21:07:05 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:100 - ID:5242461
JUBA, July 11 (MENA) - Renewed fighting has broken out in South Sudan between forces loyal to the president and vice-president, the BBC News reported. Gunfire and large explosions could be heard all over the city. Heavy artillery was being ....
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Sierra Leone says no ransom for diplomat abducted in Nigeria
Date: 2016-07-11 20:29:08 GMT - Sierra Leone - Africa - SN:95 - ID:5242249
FREETOWN, July 11 (MENA) - Sierra Leone's foreign minister said Monday no ransom was paid in the release of a diplomat who was abducted and held captive for five days in Nigeria, Fox News reported. Sierra Leone's deputy high commissioner to ....
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UN chief calls for imposing immediate arms embargo on S.Sudan
Date: 2016-07-11 18:43:28 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:88 - ID:5241881
NEW YORK, July 11 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he was "appalled" by the "outrageous" renewal of fighting in South Sudan, which "makes a mockery of commitments to peace," NBC News reported on Monday "Yet again, the leaders of ....
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International community demands end to renewed S. Sudan conflict - paper
Date: 2016-07-11 16:04:52 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:78 - ID:5240113
WASHINGTON, June 11 (MENA) - The US and the United Nations have called for an immediate end to clashes in South Sudan that left hundreds dead on Sunday in the world's youngest country, the Newsweek reported Monday. The fighting, which restarted ....
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South Africa charges 4 suspected of plotting to aid Daesh
Date: 2016-07-11 13:08:51 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:55 - ID:5239465
JOHANNESBURG, July 11 (MENA) - The South African authorities filed charges against four people on suspicion of trying to help Daesh, including two brothers who tried to fly to Syria over the weekend. The suspects — three men and one woman, all in ....
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Khartoum concerned over recent violence in South Sudan
Date: 2016-07-10 19:11:07 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:81 - ID:5235801
KHARTOUM, July 10 (MENA) - Sudan voiced concern on Sunday over the deadly clashes that occurred in South Sudan's capital Juba. President Omar Bashir called his counterpart Salva Kiir and his deputy Riek Machar and urged them to practice ....
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South Sudan's leaders need to take 'decisive action' - UN chief
Date: 2016-07-10 18:50:21 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:78 - ID:5235717
NEW YORK, July 10 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Sunday that South Sudan's leaders must take "decisive action" to regain control of security in the capital Juba and urged them to order their forces to disengage and ....
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Riek Machar forces come under fire in Juba
Date: 2016-07-10 16:30:00 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:60 - ID:5235093
JUBA, July 10 (MENA) - Forces loyal to the vice-president of South Sudan said their positions in the capital, Juba, have been attacked by government troops, the BBC reported on Sunday. UN representatives reported heavy exchanges of gunfire near ....
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Death toll from South Sudan violence swells to 272
Date: 2016-07-10 12:47:21 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:30 - ID:5233121
JUBA, July 10 (MENA) - South Sudan marked on Saturday the fifth anniversary of its independence from Sudan with a military lockdown in its capital Juba after fighting broke out between troops loyal to President Salva Kiir and soldiers who support ....
