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AU summit to take place Jan 21 in Addis Ababa
Date: 2016-01-13 11:15:49 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:42 - ID:4104845
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 13 (MENA) - The 26th African Union Summit will take place in Addis Ababa on from January 21 to 31. Held under the theme: “2016: African Year of Human Rights with a particular focus on the Rights of Women”, the Summit will bring ....
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Political leadership never neglects water file -- Source
Date: 2016-01-12 14:20:29 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:78 - ID:4099797
CAIRO, Jan 12 (MENA) - The political leadership in Egypt has never turned a blind eye to Egypt's water rights and will never do, said a well-placed source on Tuesday. Egypt is willing to use all alternatives and options to protect its historical ....
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Qabil issues decision forming Egyptian side to Egyptian-Kenyan Business Council
Date: 2016-01-12 12:29:14 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:48 - ID:4098433
CAIRO, Jan 12 (MENA) - Minister of Trade and Industry Tarek Qabil on Tuesday issued a decision forming the Egyptian side to the Egyptian-Kenyan Business Council. The decision stated that the term of the council will be three years from publishing ....
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Sudan dialogue committee urges punishing those behind Darfur tension
Date: 2016-01-12 11:56:28 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:45 - ID:4097821
KHARTOUM, Jan 12 (MENA) - The Sudan National Dialogue External Relations Committee balked at tension in Sudan's Darfur region, accusing parties - which it did not name - of seeking to torpedo the ongoing comprehensive national dialogue and hamper ....
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South Africa heat wave claims 11 lives, say officials
Date: 2016-01-10 22:26:04 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:122 - ID:4088565
PRETORIA, Jan 10 (MENA) - South African health officials said 11 people have died of heatstroke after a weeklong heatwave across the country, the ABC News reported. Provincial spokesman Tebogo Lekgethwane said Sunday that eight people died on ....
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Thousands flee S.Sudan war despite political peace efforts
Date: 2016-01-10 19:49:02 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:104 - ID:4087433
NEW YORK, Jan 10 (MENA) - Thousands of South Sudanese have fled fighting and extreme hunger in recent weeks, the United Nations says in a report, as leaders struggle to honour a peace deal on the ground. Almost 10,000 civilians have arrived since ....
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Mali believes Mourabitoun behind Nov. hotel attack
Date: 2016-01-10 06:55:48 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:8 - ID:4082633
BAMAKO, Jan 10 (MENA) - Mali's chief prosecutor said that it has evidence that jihadist group Al Mourabitoun, is behind the November attack on a luxury hotel that killed 20 people, Sky News reported on Sunday. On November 20, at least two armed ....
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Mali gunmen abduct Swiss woman in Timbuktu
Date: 2016-01-08 12:53:35 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:52 - ID:4074101
BAMAKO, Jan 8 (MENA) - A Swiss woman was kidnapped overnight from a house in the northern Mali city of Timbuktu, The Daily Mail quoted a spokesman for the Malian army as saying on Friday. He gave no details of the incident or the woman's ....
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One killed in Al Shabab Mogadishu mortar attack-- police
Date: 2016-01-08 07:15:13 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:12 - ID:4072085
MOGADISHU, Jan 8 (MENA) - One civilian was killed and another seriously wounded on Thursday when mortars fired by Al Shabab insurgents exploded close to the presidential palace in Mogadishu, police said on Friday. Explosions were heard in the ....
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Turkey set to build a military training center in Somalia
Date: 2016-01-06 14:26:35 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:72 - ID:4063549
MOGADISHU, Jan 6 (MENA) - Turkey has started to build a military training base in Somalia as part of its pledge to build up the national army for the Somali government, a senior Turkish diplomat has said. Emel Tekin, the head of the Foreign ....
