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Africa on right track of achieving sustainable development - official
Date: 2016-04-17 12:10:40 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:39 - ID:4734849
CAIRO, April 17 (MENA) - Adviser to the Environment Minister for African Affairs Mohamed Abdel Moneem underlined that holding the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) comes at an important timing four months after the signing of ....
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Ethiopia: Armed group kills more than 140 near South Sudan
Date: 2016-04-16 19:46:42 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:84 - ID:4732217
ADDIS ABABA, April 16 (MENA) - An Ethiopian official said that armed groups have killed more than 140 civilians near Ethiopia's border with South Sudan, ABC News reported. The attackers came from South Sudan and killed civilians, including women ....
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UN Congo head vows action against accused Tanzanians
Date: 2016-04-16 19:01:17 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:81 - ID:4732097
KINSHASA, April 16 (MENA) – The head of the United Nations mission in Congo has vowed action against Tanzanian peacekeepers accused of sexual abuses in Congo, ABC News reported on Saturday. Maman Sidikou said that sanctions may be imposed after ....
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IMF Suspends Lending to Mozambique
Date: 2016-04-16 12:56:10 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:48 - ID:4729401
WASHINGTON, April 16 (MENA) - The International Monetary Fund said it has suspended lending to Mozambique after determining that the African country had violated terms of its borrowing arrangement with the IMF by failing to disclose more than $1 ....
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Egypt keen on boosting cooperation with Somalia: assistant FM
Date: 2016-04-15 22:21:00 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:100 - ID:4726825
CAIRO, April 15 (MENA) – Assistant Foreign Minister for African affairs Mohamed Idris stressed Egypt's keenness to further boost cooperation with Somalia. In a statement, Idris said that he held a meeting to follow up the outcome of a recent visit ....
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Minister says Egyptian-African cooperation base for meeting continent aspirations
Date: 2016-04-15 20:18:53 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:92 - ID:4726485
CAIRO, April 15 (MENA) - Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy on Friday said that cooperation between Egypt and African countries is the main element of success to satisfy aspirations of the continent. Fahmy made the remarks during the sixth ....
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Sudanese president leaves for Ethiopia to participate in Tana Form on Security in Africa
Date: 2016-04-15 15:10:29 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:62 - ID:4725229
KHARTOUM, April 15 (SUNA)- Sudan’s President Omer Al-Bashir left on Friday for Ethiopia, chairing a high-level delegation, to participate in the Fifth Tana Forum on Security in Africa in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia on Saturday, Sudan News Agency ....
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Ghana government memo warns of possible militant attack
Date: 2016-04-15 07:40:08 GMT - Ghana - Africa - SN:9 - ID:4722769
ACCRA, April 15 (MENA) - Ghana and Togo are the next targets for Islamist militants following high-profile attacks this year in Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast, according to a memo from Ghana's Immigration Service. The memo calls for better border ....
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Amnesty calls for probe into Nigeria's Shiite mass graves
Date: 2016-04-13 15:56:50 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:92 - ID:4713833
LONDON, April 13 (MENA) – The Amnesty International is calling for an independent investigation into mass graves allegedly containing the bodies of hundreds of Shiites killed in clashes with the Nigerian military, according to News Week. Members ....
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Fulani herdsmen attack Nigeria's Taraba villages, kill 15
Date: 2016-04-13 15:34:27 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:90 - ID:4713737
ABUJA, April 13 (MENA) - At least 15 people have been killed and several home burnt down by suspected Fulani herders in the eastern Nigerian state of Taraba, police quoted by the BBC, said. About 20 people invaded and attacked Dori and Mesuma ....
