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Scores killed, wounded in Nigeria mosque blast
Date: 2015-12-28 16:27:44 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:57 - ID:4009865
ABUJA, Dec 28 (MENA) - A bomb has exploded in a mosque in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri killing about 20 and wounding 90 people, media reports and eyewitnesses said. No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing but Boko Haram claimed in ....
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15 killed in suspected Boko Haram attack in northeast Nigeria
Date: 2015-12-28 12:50:38 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:32 - ID:4007573
ABUJA, Dec 28 (MENA) - Boko Haram extremists struck the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri for the first time in months Monday with rocket-propelled grenades and multiple suicide bombers, witnesses said. At least 15 people were killed but the ....
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Six-way meeting over Ethiopia Dam resumes
Date: 2015-12-28 07:56:54 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:10 - ID:4005901
KHARTOUM, Dec 28 (MENA) - The six-way meeting grouping the foreign and irrigation ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan was resumed in the Sudanese capital on Monday amid willingness of all sides concerned to reach positive results that would ....
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Bashir makes proposals on dam meetings – Ethiopian FM
Date: 2015-12-27 20:36:09 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:113 - ID:4004701
KHARTOUM, Dec 27 (MENA) – Sudanese President Omar al Bashir had offered some advice and recommendations for the meetings of the foreign and water resources ministers of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia ongoing in Khartoum, said Ethiopian Foreign Minister ....
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Sudan FM says 1st day of six-way ministerial meeting on Ethiopian dam "positive"
Date: 2015-12-27 17:43:10 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:100 - ID:4004277
KHARTOUM, Dec 27 (MENA) - Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour said on Sunday that the first day of the six-way ministerial meeting on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam was positive. Egyptian, Sudanese and Ethiopian ministers have shown ....
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Boko Haram kill at least 14 in Christmas Day attack in Nigeria
Date: 2015-12-27 08:07:06 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:11 - ID:3999753
ABUJA, Dec 27 (MENA) - At least 14 people have been killed and several others injured by Boko Haram gunmen in a Christmas Day attack on a village in northeastern Nigeria, vigilantes said on Saturday. Mounted on bicycles, the jihadists invaded ....
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2 al Shabaab members killed, injured while planting explosive in Kenya
Date: 2015-12-26 20:23:13 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:85 - ID:3999041
NAIROBI, Dec 26 (MENA) – An al Shabaab terrorist died and another injured after an IED they were planting in Mandera in Kenya exploded, the Star reported on Saturday. "The al Shabaab militants wanted to attack area residents after the incident ....
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Egypt lobbying for support for efforts to attain PSC seat
Date: 2015-12-26 10:05:46 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:18 - ID:3995545
CAIRO, Dec 26 (MENA) - Assistant Foreign Minister Amgad Abdel Ghaffar has met with ambassadors of members of the AU Peace and Security Council in Cairo in an effort to lobby for support for Egypt's bid to attain a three-year membership at the ....
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Party in Sudan urges establishing bloc between Egypt, Sudan to avoid dangers of renaissance dam
Date: 2015-12-25 11:22:37 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:29 - ID:3992089
KHARTOUM, Dec 25 (MENA) - Deputy President of Umma National Party Mariam al Sadiq al Mahdi urged establishing a bloc between Egypt and Sudan to avoid the dangers of the renaissance Dam of Ethiopia. In statements to Al Jarida newspaprr, Mahdi ....
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More than 100 killed in Nigeria gas explosion
Date: 2015-12-25 08:06:01 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:8 - ID:3991277
ABUJA, Dec 25 (MENA) - More than 100 people have been killed after a gas tanker truck exploded at a crowded gas plant in Nigeria, Sky News reported. It happened as people lined up to refill gas cylinders in time for cooking Christmas meals in ....
