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Mali forces arrest man accused of links to attacks
Date: 2016-05-08 18:30:31 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:112 - ID:4868201
BAMAKO, May 8 (MENA) - Malian authorities said forces have arrested an al-Qaeda-linked extremist who was living in a neighborhood near the country's international airport, the ABC News reported. Commandant Modibo Naman Traore announced Sunday in a ....
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98 Yemeni fishermen return home after being held in Eritria for several months
Date: 2016-05-08 07:25:32 GMT - Yemen - Africa - SN:12 - ID:4862693
SANAA, May 8 (MENA) - As many as 98 Yemeni fishermen arrived to Salif port of Hodeidah, after being held for months in an Eritrean port, the Yemeni Khabar news agency reported. The released fishermen came on a boat from the “Massawa” port in ....
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Understandings reached with rejectionists to Sudanese national dialogue
Date: 2016-05-07 09:37:18 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:22 - ID:4857405
KHARTOUM, May 7 (MENA) – Sudan’s presidential assistant Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamed said understandings were reached with political powers reluctant to join the country’s national dialogue. Hamed, also vice president of the ruling National Congress ....
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Kenyan gov't critic killed
Date: 2016-05-07 07:18:31 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:11 - ID:4857069
NAIROBI, May 7 (MENA) - An opposition leader said a businessman who was critical of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta's government was shot dead as he drove home, the ABC News reported. Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga suggested the ....
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global(1):Reports of Corrupt Practices in Cross-Border Aid to Syria
Date: 2016-05-07 06:24:17 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:6 - ID:4856929
WASHINGTON, May 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is conducting a complex investigation into cross-border aid programs providing humanitarian relief in Syria. These ....
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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 ....
