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Nigerian militants attack Chevron Facility in oil-rich Niger Delta Region
Date: 2016-05-06 17:45:26 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:80 - ID:4855805
ABUJA, May 6 (MENA) - Militants have blown an offshore oil facility operated by US oil group Chevron in southern Nigeria, the navy said on Friday, in renewed violence that could hit exports in Africa's largest oil producer. "There was an attack ....
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Irrigation min.: Meeting of tripartite committee on dam bring closer viewpoints
Date: 2016-05-06 09:02:03 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:20 - ID:4852833
CAIRO, May 6 (MENA) - Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Mohamed Abdel Aati said that the tripartite committee on the Ethiopian renaissance dam convened on May 2-3 in Addis Ababa to discuss points related to the technical studies on the effects ....
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Assiut governor meets with Uganda's acting ِambassador
Date: 2016-05-05 20:01:21 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:133 - ID:4851617
ASSIUT, Egypt, May 5 (MENA) - Assiut Governor Yasser el Desouki on Thursday met with Uganda's acting ِambassador in Cairo. During the meeting, the two officials discussed ways of boosting cooperation and investment. A number of top officials ....
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PACCI says new portal to develop imports in 43 African states
Date: 2016-05-05 17:26:18 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:117 - ID:4849725
CAIRO, May 5 (MENA) – Gamal Khaled Abdel Nasser, the Secretary-General of the Pan African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PACCI) said a new portal will be established gathering 43 member states. Addressing a joint meeting of Egyptian and ....
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Somali government forces overrun Daesh base, killing at least 12
Date: 2016-05-04 15:32:30 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:65 - ID:4843969
MOGADISHU, May 4 (MENA) - At least 12 were killed after Somali government forces stormed a Daesh base training in Janale area at Shabelle region. Somali national army said in statement that Somali Commandos have on Tuesday fully overrun a Daesh ....
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Saudi Arabia, Sudan review joint Atlantis project
Date: 2016-05-04 11:23:27 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:34 - ID:4841513
KHARTOUM, May 4 (MENA) - Sudanese and Saudi Ministers of Minerals; Ahmed Mohamed Sadiq al Kurari and Ali Ibrahim al Naimi, respectively, reviewed on Wednesday the executive steps of the 20 billion dollar mining project Atlantis II. The two ....
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Baby pulled out alive three days after collapse of Kenya building
Date: 2016-05-03 12:30:42 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:44 - ID:4835745
NAIROBI, May 3 (MENA) - Rescue workers pulled a six-month-old baby girl out of the rubble of a building in Kenya's capital on Tuesday and reunited her with her father, more than three days after it collapsed following days of heavy rain, Euro News ....
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British Army team in Somalia on UN peacekeeping duties
Date: 2016-05-02 09:28:00 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:15 - ID:4829909
LONDON, May 2 (MENA) - A British Army team has arrived in Somalia as part of a United Nations mission to counter Islamist militants, the BBC reported. An advance party of about 10 soldiers from Force Troop Command, 1 Div and Field Army training ....
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Kenya burns huge pile of ivory tusks to protest poaching
Date: 2016-05-01 20:35:32 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:64 - ID:4828609
NAIROBI, May 1 (MENA) - Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta set fire to 105 tons of elephant ivory and more than 1 ton of rhino horn, believed to be the largest stockpile ever destroyed, in a dramatic statement by the East African country against the ....
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EAPD concludes training on kidney dialysis for African physicians
Date: 2016-05-01 12:23:44 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:37 - ID:4826021
CAIRO, May 1 (MENA) - The Egyptian Agency of Partnership for Development (EAPD) concluded on Sunday a medical program that trained 20 physicians from African countries on hemodialysis and the latest techniques used in dialysis. According to the ....
