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Five migrants drown off Greek island of Samos after boat capsizes
Date: 2016-04-09 19:37:38 GMT - Greece - Africa - SN:104 - ID:4686437
ATHENS, April 9 (MENA) - Five migrants - four women and one child - drowned when their boat capsized off the Greek island of Samos close to Turkey's coast, Greek coast guard officials said on Saturday. Five other migrants were rescued, the ....
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Assistant FM starts tour including Morocco, Tunisia on April 11-15
Date: 2016-04-09 17:12:09 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:87 - ID:4685857
CAIRO, April 9 (MENA) – Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs and Egyptian Expatriates Hisham Naqib will head for Morocco and Tunisia on April 11-15. This comes in light of continuous directives of Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry to ....
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Mauritian soldier from UN peacekeepers dead in Central Africa
Date: 2016-04-09 07:17:07 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:10 - ID:4681337
NOUAKCHOTT, April 9 (MENA) - A Mauritian soldier from the UN peacekeeping forces in Central Africa passed away, according to a statement of the Mauritian army. Sgt. Ahmed Mass Bouqari died on Thursday after being infected by fever, the statement ....
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Djibouti President Guelleh re-elected: PM
Date: 2016-04-09 06:27:38 GMT - Djibouti - Africa - SN:2 - ID:4681161
DJIBOUTI, April 9 (MENA) - Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh, in power since 1999, was re-elected for a fifth mandate, the prime minister announced, following an election boycotted by some opposition parties, the France 24 channel ....
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ACI regional conference kicks off in Cairo
Date: 2016-04-08 11:28:40 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:46 - ID:4677889
CAIRO, April 8 (MENA) - The Airport Council International ACI Africa Regional Conference and Exhibition kicked off on Friday. As many as 450 figures representing African airports are participating in the gathering. Egypt hosts the conference ....
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Egyptian-Sudanese ties at their best under Sisi, Bashir - diplomat
Date: 2016-04-07 13:16:27 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:65 - ID:4673105
ALEXANDRIA, April 7 (MENA) - Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour underlined that the Egyptian-Sudanese relations are in their best under the leadership of Presidents Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Omar al Bashir. This remark came during the ....
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Sudanese Foreign Ministry hails role of EAPD
Date: 2016-04-07 12:45:10 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:60 - ID:4672785
KHARTOUM, April 7 (MENA) - The Egyptian Agency of Partnership for Development (EAPD) Secretary General Hazem Fahmi met on Thursday with General Director of Bilateral and Regional Relations at Sudanese Foreign Ministry Mohamed Eissa Edam. Present ....
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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 ....
