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South Sudanese presidential spokesman hails Egypt's supportive stance
Date: 2016-02-07 11:52:20 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:43 - ID:4265513
JUBA, Feb 7 (MENA) - South Sudanese Presidential spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny hailed Egypt's supportive stance towards South Sudan. South Sudan is keen on cooperating with Egypt in the various fields, Ateny said, adding that South Sudanese ....
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10th meeting of tripartite committee on Ethiopia dam starts in Khartoum
Date: 2016-02-07 08:40:58 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:17 - ID:4264241
KHARTOUM, Feb 7 (MENA) - The 10th meeting of the tripartite committee between Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Renaissance Dam which Addis Ababa is constructing on the Blue Nile, began here on Sunday. Ahmed Bahaa el Din, the Head of the ....
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Somali plane 'was holed by bomb' after Mogadishu take-off - officials
Date: 2016-02-06 18:14:54 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:101 - ID:4262505
MOGADISHU, Feb 6 (MENA) - A blast that punched a large hole in the fuselage of a passenger plane at Somalia's Mogadishu airport on Tuesday was caused by a bomb, the BBC quoted Somali officials as saying Saturday. "It was a bomb that exploded in ....
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Al-Qaeda claims attack on police station in north Mali
Date: 2016-02-06 17:32:17 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:98 - ID:4262481
BAMAKO, Feb 6 (MENA) – Al Qaeda's North Africa branch has claimed responsibility for an attack on a UN mission police station in northern Mali that killed one Malian soldier, ABC News quoted an organization that monitors jihadi sites as saying on ....
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Khartoum, Juba discuss Feb 15-17 on simplifying banking measures after opening borders
Date: 2016-02-06 14:39:09 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:69 - ID:4261229
KHARTOUM, Feb 6 (MENA) – A committee comprising central banks of Sudan and South Sudan will hold meetings on February 15-17 in Juba to discuss banking issues related to the decision of opening borders between both countries. The meetings will ....
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Al Qaeda claims responsibility for Australian couple kidnap in Burkina Faso
Date: 2016-02-06 06:39:49 GMT - Burkina Faso - Africa - SN:3 - ID:4258021
OUAGADOUGOU, Feb 6 (MENA) - Al Mourabitoun, an al Qaeda-linked militant group in northern Mali, on Saturday claimed responsibility for kidnapping an Australian couple at the joint borders with Mali in January. In an audio message, the group ....
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All but 3 rescued after collapse at gold mine in South Africa
Date: 2016-02-05 20:26:59 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:95 - ID:4257405
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 5 (MENA) – A building collapsed above a gold mine in South Africa on Friday, trapping dozens of people before they were rescued, ABC News reported. After several hours, three people remained missing, a union spokesman ....
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Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe declares drought disaster
Date: 2016-02-05 20:24:39 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:94 - ID:4257429
HARARE, Feb 5 (MENA) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has declared a state of disaster in rural parts of the country hit by a drought, the BBC reported. An estimated 2.4 million people are now in need of food aid, more than a quarter of the ....
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Dozens trapped in South Africa mine collapse
Date: 2016-02-05 12:53:25 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:47 - ID:4255101
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 5 (MENA) - Dozens of miners were trapped underground for several hours following the collapse of a gold mine in northeastern South Africa, the Sky News reported. A spokesman for the Association of Mineworkers and Construction ....
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Tunisia, Mali sign 4 economic deals
Date: 2016-02-05 11:31:25 GMT - Tunisia - Africa - SN:39 - ID:4254261
TUNIS, Feb 5 (MENA) – Tunisia and Mali concluded four economic agreements in the fields of higher education, health, trade and agriculture, Head of the Tunisian-African Business Council Bassam Al Wakel said on Friday. The aim behind inking the ....
