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China to build 1st nuclear power plant in Sudan
Date: 2016-05-24 10:35:51 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:17 - ID:4969969
KHARTOUM, May 24 (MENA) - China has agreed on building the first nuclear power plant in Sudan. In press statements on Tuesday, Sudanese Finance and Economic Planning Minister Badr-Eddin Mahmoud said that the Sudanese and Chinese governments ....
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Person killed in Kenya's opposition protests
Date: 2016-05-23 17:27:43 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:81 - ID:4967289
NAIROBI, May 23 (MENA) - Kenyan police have killed a man in the western city of Kisumu during an opposition protest, an eyewitness has told the BBC Monday. A local hospital said that a body had been brought in, but the cause of death had not been ....
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Oil pipeline attacked by Niger Delta militants
Date: 2016-05-22 21:23:54 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:100 - ID:4960941
ABUJA, May 22 (MEMA) - Militants on Sunday attacked a crude oil pipeline operated by Agip, the local subsidiary of Italy's Eni, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSDC) has said. The attack comes just days after Nigerian President ....
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Training course for African cadres in biological analysis wraps up
Date: 2016-05-22 16:34:11 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:77 - ID:4959329
CAIRO, May 22 (MENA) - A training course for the African cadres in the field of biological analysis wrapped up. The ten-day course was organized by the National Research Center (NRC) for 22 trainees in attendance of the Plenipotentiary Minister ....
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Tanzania's home affairs minister suspended for alcoholism
Date: 2016-05-21 12:56:15 GMT - Tanzania - Africa - SN:37 - ID:4951365
DAR ES SALAM, May 21 (MENA) - Tanzanian President John Magufuli has sacked his home affairs minister after he turned up to parliament and answered questions while under the influence of alcohol, the presidency said, according to ....
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Global-PRNewswire 1:Coolpad Group Launches its Flagship Smartphone Coolpad MAX Designed with the World's First Dual Space Feature
Date: 2016-05-21 05:59:56 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:2 - ID:4949489
SHENZHEN, China, May 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Coolpad Group is announcing the global launch of its flagship smartphone Coolpad MAX. Just 7.6mm thin and weighing 170g, Coolpad MAX is a premium device with a full metal body, curved edge glass ....
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Sudan urges UN not to extend UNAMID mandate for another year
Date: 2016-05-20 11:12:44 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:30 - ID:4945325
KHARTOUM, May 20 (MENA) - Sudan will ask the UN Security Council not to extend the mandate of UNAMID mission in Darfur for another year, Sudanese State Minister of Foreign Affairs Kamal Ismail said on Friday. In a press statement, Ismail said it ....
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Ansar Dine claims ambush on UN peacekeepers in Mali
Date: 2016-05-20 10:06:34 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:25 - ID:4945213
BAMAKO, May 20 (MENA) - Ansar Dine group has claimed responsibility for an ambush in northeastern Mali that killed five Chadian UN peacekeepers, The Daily Mail reported on Friday. "Our mujahedeens attacked... soldiers working in the international ....
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Nigerian army frees 100 women, girls from Boko Haram
Date: 2016-05-20 09:28:15 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:22 - ID:4944833
ABUJA, May 20 (MENA) – About 100 women and girls, held captives by the Boko Haram militants, were freed by the Nigerian army in a security operation in Borno state, Army Spokesman Col Sani Usman said on Friday, according to the BBC. "During the ....
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Algeria condemns terrorist attack on UN convoy in Mali
Date: 2016-05-19 21:35:00 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:139 - ID:4943785
ALGIERS, May 19 (MENA) - The Algerian Foreign Ministry on Thursday condemned yesterday's deadly attack that hit a convoy of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). The Foreign Ministry's ....
