Africa
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Ambassador receives Egyptian citizen acquitted in Tanzania
Date: 2016-04-06 15:53:31 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:97 - ID:4666417
CAIRO, April 6 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador to Tanzania Yasser El Shawwaf received on Wednesday an Egyptian citizen, who was held in Zanzibar city since July 2014 before being acquitted on March 31. In a press release, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry ....
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Deadly clashes in Congo after disputed election
Date: 2016-04-06 15:39:33 GMT - Republic of the Congo - Africa - SN:96 - ID:4667085
BRAZZAVILLE, April 6 (MENA) - Seventeen people have died in clashes that erupted in the wake of President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s disputed re-election, according to a government statement released on national television and radio. Gun battles ....
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Egypt's diplomatic delegation arrives in Somaliland
Date: 2016-04-06 15:15:20 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:89 - ID:4666449
CAIRO, April 6 (MENA) – An Egyptian diplomatic delegation led by Assistant Foreign Minister for African Affairs Mohamed Idriss arrived in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland. In a statement released by the Foreign Ministry, Idriss said the ....
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Coordination with Sudan contributed to release of detained Egyptian students - Egypt consul general
Date: 2016-04-06 14:37:22 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:85 - ID:4666293
KHARTOUM, April 6 (MENA) - Coordination and cooperation between all relevant bodies in Egypt and Sudan contributed to the release of the Egyptian students, who were held in custody in Sudan for leaking exams and cheating, said Egypt's Consul General ....
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UN envoy to Libya welcomes State Council meeting
Date: 2016-04-06 14:29:24 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:83 - ID:4665917
TRIPOLI, April 6 (MENA) – The UN Special Envoy to Libya Martin Kobler welcomed on Wednesday the Libyan State Council's meeting held in Tripoli yesterday, describing it as a key step towards political transition. I expect all Libyan institutions ....
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Participants in ACI Africa 2016 fair arrive in Egypt
Date: 2016-04-05 17:24:03 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:101 - ID:4659761
CAIRO, April 5 (MENA) - African delegations participating in the Airports Council International (ACI Africa 2016) fair started to arrive in Egypt, Head of the Egyptian Holding Company for Airports and Aviation (EHCAAN) Ismail Abou El Ezz said on ....
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7 Al Shabab militants killed over past week
Date: 2016-04-05 14:06:07 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:74 - ID:4658301
MOGADISHU, April 5 (MENA) - Forces of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) said that they killed seven leaders of al Qaeda-linked militant group al Shabaab in Somalia over the past week, according to a statement of AMISOM on Tuesday, ....
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Cameroon: Joint forces arrest 300 Boko Haram fighters
Date: 2016-04-05 12:45:20 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:60 - ID:4657765
YAOUNDÉ, April 5 (MENA) - Cameroon says multinational forces fighting Boko Haram have arrested over 300 Islamist extremists and freed at least 2,000 people from their strongholds along Cameroon, Nigeria and Chad borders, ABC News ....
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Tunisia arrests 19 Africans while sneaking into Libya
Date: 2016-04-03 15:24:30 GMT - Tunisia - Africa - SN:83 - ID:4645049
TUNIS, April 3 (MENA) - The Tunisian Border Guards arrested Sunday 19 persons, who attempted to sneak into Libya. The arrestees, from the various African nationalities, were arrested as part of confronting illegal immigration at the ....
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Sudan summons Jordan amb. over Sudanese certificate exams issue
Date: 2016-04-03 11:33:42 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:31 - ID:4641681
KHARTOUM, April 3 (MENA) – The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday summoned the ambassador of Jordan in Khartoum and regretted the negative tackling of the Jordanian media and the false information and hasty and unsuccessful statements ....