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Ethiopian PM blames Eritrea for recent border skirmish
Date: 2016-07-05 13:11:25 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:48 - ID:5212937
ADDIS ABABA, July 5 (MENA)- Ethiopia's Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has blamed Eritrea for the recent border skirmish, the BBC reported on Tuesday. In a speech to the parliament in Addis Ababa, he said Eritrea carried out the "provocation" ....
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Egypt embassy in Togo hosts Iftar banquet for Islamic community
Date: 2016-07-04 12:39:23 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:57 - ID:5207541
CAIRO, July 4 (MENA) - The Egyptian Embassy in Togo has hosted an Iftar banquet for the Muslim community and Togolese nationals, said Egypt's Ambassador in Togo Karim Sherif on Monday. A host of Islamic figures along with the Muslim ambassadors ....
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Mauritanian official hails ties with Egypt
Date: 2016-07-03 18:59:01 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:80 - ID:5203889
NOUAKCHOTT, July 3 (MENA) – Director General of Mauritanian Radio Network Abdallah Hormatallah praised relations binding Egypt and Mauritania in different fields, saying the Mauritanian radio hopes to boost cooperation with the Egyptian Radio and ....
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Armed attackers kill 2 gendarmes, wound soldier in Mali
Date: 2016-07-02 14:55:53 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:51 - ID:5197905
BAMAKO, July 2 (MENA) - A local official said two armed men on motorcycles have killed two gendarmes and wounded a soldier in the northeast Mali town of Menaka. Menaka governor Daouda Maiga said Saturday the gunmen escaped after the attack. He ....
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Senegal president orders stop to begging street children
Date: 2016-07-02 14:04:24 GMT - Senegal - Africa - SN:48 - ID:5197609
DAKAR, July 2 (MENA) - Senegal's president has ordered the emergency removal of street children who are forced to beg, threatening fines and prison sentences against people who put them on the streets, ABC News reported. President Macky Sall late ....
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Sierra Leonean diplomat kidnapped in Nigeria
Date: 2016-07-02 06:11:14 GMT - Sierra Leone - Africa - SN:8 - ID:5195145
FREETOWN, July 2 (MENA) - The former head of Sierra Leone's army, Major-General Nelson Williams, has been kidnapped in Nigeria, reportedly in the northern Kaduna state, the BBC said. Maj-Gen Williams, Sierra Leone's Deputy High Commissioner to ....
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6 killed in extremist attack on 2 buses in Kenya
Date: 2016-07-01 11:46:36 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:46 - ID:5192349
NAIROBI, July 1 (MENA) - Suspected al-Shabab gunmen killed at least six people when they shot at two buses traveling in Mandera County in northern Kenya, ABC News quoted a Kenyan official as saying Friday. North Eastern Regional Security ....
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At least 18 killed by a roadside bomb in Somalia
Date: 2016-06-30 08:36:29 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:16 - ID:5185677
MOGADISHU, June 30 (MENA) – At least 18 civilians were killed when a roadside bomb went off on Thursday in Somalia’s Lafole town, southwest of the capital, blowing up a packed mini-bus that was passing by, Euronews quoted the police as saying on ....
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Kenya military: 4 extremists killed averting an attack
Date: 2016-06-29 21:25:58 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:126 - ID:5184653
NAIROBI, June 29 (MENA) - A Kenyan military official says soldiers killed four Islamic extremists from Somalia's al-Shabab rebels suspected to have been planning an attack on the coastal county of Lamu, the Daily Mail reported on ....
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Irrigation minister follows up conditions of Egyptian irrigation minister in South Sudan
Date: 2016-06-29 14:27:46 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:87 - ID:5182573
CAIRO, June 29 (MENA) - Coordination was held with the Egyptian ambassador in South Sudan to follow up the conditions of the Egyptian irrigation mission in South Sudan’s town of Wau, said Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel Aati. ....
