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Central African Republic constitution vote extended amid violence
Date: 2015-12-14 21:27:56 GMT - Central African Republic - Africa - SN:114 - ID:3928045
BANGUI, Dec 14 (MENA) - Central African Republic's National Election Authority has extended a vote on a constitutional referendum in areas where violence prevented people from going to the polls, ABC news reported. The referendum is meant to ....
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Guinea's president sworn in for 2nd term
Date: 2015-12-14 21:22:40 GMT - Guinea - Africa - SN:112 - ID:3928033
CONAKRY, Dec 14 (MENA) - Guinea's President Alpha Conde has been sworn in for a second five-year term in a ceremony under heavy military and police security, ABC News reported. Conde's second term begins weeks before the West African country ....
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Former Nigerian official charged in $2.1 Billion Arms Scandal
Date: 2015-12-14 16:44:11 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:76 - ID:3926377
ABUJA, Dec 14 (MENA) - Nigeria's former national security adviser is charged with 19 counts of money-laundering and breach of trust connected with the disappearance of $2.1 billion meant to buy arms to fight Boko Haram, said ABC news ....
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NCDA represents Egypt in AU social affairs meetings
Date: 2015-12-14 15:55:40 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:73 - ID:3925461
CAIRO, Dec 14 (MENA) – The National Council for the Disabled Affairs represented Egypt at the African Union (AU) Commission social affairs' meetings, recently held in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. A statement by the NCDA on Monday said the ....
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Sudan: 130 deaths reported by dengue fever
Date: 2015-12-14 08:09:33 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:19 - ID:3922013
KHARTOUM, Dec 14 (MENA) - According to the Sudanese Ministry of Health, a total of 557 suspected dengue fever cases, including 130 deaths, were recorded in the country between 29 August, when the outbreak started, and 4 December. The virus ....
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Egypt receives detailed report on dam meeting – min.
Date: 2015-12-13 21:10:46 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:105 - ID:3920857
KHARTOUM, Dec 13 (MENA) – The Egyptian political leadership is currently assessing the outcome of technical and political talks of the meeting of the foreign and water resources ministers of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia over the Grand Renaissance Dam, ....
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US warns Americans to leave Burundi
Date: 2015-12-13 20:58:40 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:104 - ID:3920853
WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (MENA) - The United States has ordered non-emergency US government personnel and dependents to leave violence-torn Burundi and warned other Americans to get out "as soon as it is feasible to do so," Sky News reported. The State ....
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Sudanese FM hopes Ethiopia's dam crisis to be solved within tripartite partnership
Date: 2015-12-13 20:57:39 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:103 - ID:3920873
KHARTOUM, Dec 13 (MENA) - Sudanese Foreign Affairs Minister Ibrahim Ghandour on Sunday expressed the hope the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam crisis would be resolved in the framework of a tripartite partnership between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. In ....
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Burundi army says 87 killed in day of violence
Date: 2015-12-12 19:48:18 GMT - Burundi - Africa - SN:101 - ID:3914581
BUJUMBURA, Dec 12 (MENA) - Eighty-seven people were killed in violence that broke out after three military sites were attacked in Burundi, the army was quoted by the BBC News. Eight of those who died were security officers and 49 people were ....
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Scores of bodies found in Burundi after armed assaults
Date: 2015-12-12 13:41:14 GMT - Burundi - Africa - SN:58 - ID:3912390
BUJUMBURA, Dec 12 (MENA) - At least 39 dead bodies were seen lying in the streets of the Burundi capital, Bujumbura today a day after coordinated armed assaults on three military bases, media reports quoted witnesses as saying. Witnesses and ....
