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Nigeria military killed hundreds of Shias, activists say
Date: 2015-12-15 15:06:38 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:71 - ID:3933237
ABUJA, Dec 15 (MENA) - Activists on Tuesday accused Nigeria's military of killing hundreds upon hundreds, perhaps as many as 1,000, Shia Muslims in just three days in what the country's top human rights protector is calling "a massacre," CBC News ....
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Sudanese min. urges Egypt businessmen to invest in Sudan
Date: 2015-12-15 13:11:46 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:45 - ID:3931481
CAIRO, Dec 15 (MENA) – Sudanese Investment Minister Mudathir Abdel Ghani called on Egyptian businessmen to invest in various domains in Sudan, especially in the sectors of agriculture, mining and livestock. He made the remarks during the ....
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Iran summons Nigerian diplomat over killing of Shiites
Date: 2015-12-14 22:04:25 GMT - Iran - Africa - SN:124 - ID:3928193
TEHRAN, Dec 14 (MENA) - Iran's Foreign Ministry has summoned the Nigerian Charge d'Affaires to protest the killing of Shiite Muslims in northern Nigeria, ABC news reported. Iran's foreign minister said a senior Foreign Ministry official condemned ....
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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 ....
