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Mortar attack targets Mogadishu Airport
Date: 2016-02-11 12:47:25 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:62 - ID:4294514
MOGADISHU, Feb 11 (MENA) - Mogadishu Airport was attacked late Wednesday by mortar shells, according to eyewitnesses. No casualties were reported. Mogadishu Airport is well secured, being close to the African Union (AU) bases in Somalia, ....
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Egypt, Ethiopia water ministers meet in Khartoum
Date: 2016-02-11 10:01:16 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:24 - ID:4292465
KHARTOUM, Feb 11 (MENA) – Egyptian Water Resources Minister Hossam Moghazi met his Ethiopian counterpart Motuma Mekasa to probe the progress achieved in the current round of negotiations on the technical, financial and legal aspects of the Grand ....
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Renaissance dam talks in Khartoum resumes at evening session
Date: 2016-02-10 15:40:47 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:85 - ID:4289461
KHARTOUM, Feb 10 (MENA) - The water resources and irrigation ministers of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia held an evening session on Wednesday here to resume their discussions pertaining to the technical, financial and legal aspects of the Ethiopian ....
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Somalia: One dies, two hurt in Bardere fighting
Date: 2016-02-10 15:10:45 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:77 - ID:4289245
MOGADISHU, Feb 10 (MENA) - At least one person was killed and two others sustained wounds in a clash between troops in the federal government of Somalia in Bardere city. Confirming the incident to Radio Shabelle, an army officer in Bardere said a ....
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landmine 'kills 3 soldiers' in central Mopti
Date: 2016-02-10 13:13:28 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:53 - ID:4287949
BAMAKO, Feb 10 (MENA) - Three Malian soldiers were killed when their vehicle hit a landmine in the central region of Mopti, the BBC quoted officials as saying on Wednesday. Two others were wounded and taken to a hospital, the Defense Ministry ....
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6 killed in twin suicide attacks in Cameroon
Date: 2016-02-10 12:18:30 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:46 - ID:4287477
YAOUNDÉ, Feb 10 (MENA) - At least six civilians were killed and around 50 injured Wednesday in a double suicide attack in Cameroon's northern border region with Nigeria, which is regularly attacked by Boko Haram fighters, security sources said, ....
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S. Sudan defense min. hails Egypt's support, rejection of sanctions
Date: 2016-02-10 10:47:11 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:26 - ID:4285261
JUBA, Feb 10 (MENA) - South Sudanese Defense Minister Kuol Manyang Juuk said that Egypt is advanced at the military level, noting that South Sudan hails Egypt's role in supporting his country in the current crisis. The S. Sudanese minister lauded ....
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Ethiopia dam technical committees reach joint memo on French offer
Date: 2016-02-09 12:37:27 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:54 - ID:4279657
KHARTOUM, Feb 9 (MENA) – The national technical committees of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia concerned with the Ethiopian Grand Renaissance Dam reached a joint memo to be submitted to the French consultancy firm BRL containing their notes on the company’ ....
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2 Somali airport workers arrested over bomb in plane
Date: 2016-02-07 22:00:46 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:107 - ID:4269697
MOGADISHU, Feb 7 (MENA) - Somali intelligence officials said two airport workers handled a laptop that concealed a bomb that later exploded in a passenger plane, the CNN reported on Sunday. Both workers have been arrested. In a video made ....
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Libyan envoy slams indiscriminate shelling of Darnah
Date: 2016-02-07 17:17:27 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:93 - ID:4268837
CAIRO, Feb 7 (MENA) - Libyan Representative to the Arab League (AL) Ashour Abu-Rashed condemned on Sunday the bombardment that targeted Darnah city in Libya early in the day. The attack left four people, including a child and a woman, dead. A ....
