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Cameroon frees several hundred hostages from Boko Haram
Date: 2016-02-27 21:35:02 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:79 - ID:4402729
YAOUNDE, Feb 27 (MENA) - Cameroon said on Saturday it joined Nigerian troops fighting Boko Haram extremists to free a Nigerian border town, liberating several hundred hostages in the process, Fox News reported. Gen. Jacob Kodji, commander of ....
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Turkey's Erdogan to embark on major trip to Africa
Date: 2016-02-27 14:37:29 GMT - Turkey - Africa - SN:48 - ID:4400373
ANKARA, Feb 27 (MENA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit four west African countries next week, including Nigeria, The Daily Mail reported Saturday, quoting his office. Erdogan will begin his visit to Cote d'Ivoire on Sunday, ....
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Sudanese army vows to eradicate rebels in Jebel Marra
Date: 2016-02-27 12:15:25 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:32 - ID:4398545
KHARTOUM, Feb 27 (MENA) – The Sudanese army said it is in full control of the Darfur mountainous area of Jebel Marra and works on combing the area to ensure that there are no insurgent hideouts. In statements to the Sudanese satellite channel ....
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Angola asks UN to impose arms embargo on South Sudan
Date: 2016-02-27 09:26:28 GMT - Angola - Africa - SN:17 - ID:4398285
LUANDA, Feb 27 (MENA) - Angola has asked the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan. The United Kingdom (UK) supports Angola, saying South Sudanese are suffering and need humanitarian aid. The move ....
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14 dead as Al Shabab gunmen attack hotel in Somalia
Date: 2016-02-26 21:38:57 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:87 - ID:4397113
MOGADISHU, Feb 26 (MENA) – Militants forced their way into a hotel and a nearby public garden in the Somali capital on Friday night, exchanging fire with hotel guards in attacks that left at least 14 dead and many others wounded, ABC News reported ....
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NCP says new government to be formed under Bashir
Date: 2016-02-26 14:32:54 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:49 - ID:4394625
KHARTOUM, Feb 26 (MENA) - The Sudanese National Congress Party (NCP) said on Friday that the National Dialogue Conference approved forming a national reconciliation government under President Omar Bashir to run the country in the coming ....
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Pibor fighting leaves scores injured, 1,000 displaced
Date: 2016-02-25 08:47:28 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:22 - ID:4386185
GENEVA, Feb 24 (MENA) - At least 35 people were injured in clashes that broke out in he eastern South Sudan town of Pibor, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said in a statement on Thursday. The fighting forced some 1,000 others to shelter in a UN ....
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Egypt keen to build bridges of cooperation with all African nations - Zend
Date: 2016-02-25 08:18:08 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:18 - ID:4386109
CAIRO, Feb 25 (MENA) - Egypt is keen on building bridges of cooperation with all African nations till a major development boom is launched to enable the continent assume its place among world powers, said Egyptian Justice Minister Ahmed el ....
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UN deeply concerned over thousands of newly-displaced people in N. Darfur
Date: 2016-02-25 07:36:11 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:16 - ID:4386105
NEW YORK, Feb 25 (MENA) - The top United Nations humanitarian official in Sudan said she is deeply concerned about the plight of more than 85,000 newly displaced civilians in North Darfur state who have fled their villages in recent days as a ....
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Zambia President receives Saudi FM
Date: 2016-02-24 15:39:20 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Africa - SN:82 - ID:4383049
RIYADH, Feb 24 (MENA) - Zambia President Edgar Lungu received Wednesday, in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al Jubeir along with his accompanying delegation. They two sides discussed means of bolstering bilateral ....
