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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 ....
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Indian PM arrives in Tanzania
Date: 2016-07-10 11:21:56 GMT - Tanzania - Africa - SN:23 - ID:5233013
DAR ES SALAAM, July 10 (MENA) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Tanzania on Sunday as part of his four-nation Africa tour aimed at enhancing ties with the continent, particularly in the economic sphere, ABC news reported. Modi was ....
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Al Shabab raid Kenya police station
Date: 2016-07-09 13:58:35 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:37 - ID:5229589
NAIROBI, July 9 (MENA) – Al-Shabab, a Somali-led Al-Qaeda group, attacked a police station in northeastern Kenya, Kenyan police said on Saturday. The attack – launched by about 100 elements – left only one policeman injured, Russia Today ....
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Scores of bodies from South Sudan gunfire -- Juba doctor
Date: 2016-07-09 10:15:17 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:17 - ID:5228017
JUBA, July 9 (MENA) - Soldiers have brought scores of bodies to a hospital in South Sudan's capital after gunfire erupted throughout Juba on Friday evening, abc news reported on Saturday, quoting a doctor at the hospital. The doctor said a total ....
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Six killed in suicide attack at mosque in NE Nigeria
Date: 2016-07-08 12:51:59 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:40 - ID:5225529
ABUJA, July 8 (MENA) - Six people were killed on Friday when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a mosque in Damboa, northeast Nigeria, World Bulletin quoted the army as saying. Nigerian Army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman said one bomber ....
