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Sudanese, Ethiopian, Egyptian water & foreign ministers to meet in Khartoum on Sunday
Date: 2015-12-02 14:34:34 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:75 - ID:3849866
ASSIUT, Upper Egypt, Dec 2 (MENA) - The water and foreign ministers of Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt agreed to hold a meeting on Sunday and Monday on the Ethiopian renaissance dam in Khartoum, said Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi ....
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Cameroon army kills 100 Boko Haram militants, frees 900 hostages
Date: 2015-12-02 13:56:20 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:70 - ID:3849318
YAOUNDÉ, Dec 2 (MENA) - Cameroon’s army has killed at least 100 Boko Haram militants and freed 900 hostages in a Nigeria border operation, according to the army and defence ministry. "In the course of this operation, at least 100 members of Boko ....
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Sudanese minister: We won't stand against Egypt in Ethiopian dam file
Date: 2015-12-02 13:08:13 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:59 - ID:3848802
CAIRO, Dec 2 (MENA) - Sudanese Minister of International Cooperation Kamal Hassan Ali has said that his country will not stand against Egypt in the file of the Ethiopian renaissance dam. In statements following a meeting with Arab League ....
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Sudan's 1st presidential aide says he received no tasks till now
Date: 2015-12-02 09:08:00 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:20 - ID:3846621
KHARTOUM, Dec 2 (MENA) - Sudan's first presidential assistant Mohamed al Hassan al Merghani has said that he has not been assigned with any tasks ever since he assumed the top post. A 180-day deadline set by Merghani to be assumed duties will end ....
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UN says famine risk still exists in South Sudan
Date: 2015-12-02 07:10:39 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:10 - ID:3846109
NEW YORK, Dec 2 (MENA) - Aid workers in war-torn South Sudan have reached one of the worst hit areas where thousands are feared dying of starvation, the United Nations said but warned conditions may yet worsen. Two teams of aid workers reached ....
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Hollande urges backing African renewable energy projects
Date: 2015-12-01 12:08:43 GMT - France - Africa - SN:39 - ID:3840177
LE BOUGET, France, Dec 1 (MENA) - French President Francois Hollande underlined his country's keenness on supporting renewable energy projects. Addressing the African summit held Tuesday on the fringe of the Paris climate change meeting (COP 21), ....
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Foreign Ministry organizes program on combating human trafficking, illegal immigration
Date: 2015-11-30 16:10:34 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:83 - ID:3834862
CAIRO, Nov 30 (MENA) - A training program on human trafficking and illegal immigration opened here on Monday, organized by the Foreign Ministry's Egyptian agency for partnership for development in cooperation with the regional Cairo Center for ....
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Pope Francis in Central African Republic with peace message
Date: 2015-11-29 11:08:53 GMT - Central African Republic - Africa - SN:35 - ID:3825570
BANGUI, Nov 29 (MENA) – Pope Francis arrived on Sunday in Central African Republic, making the final stop of his first trip to Africa in a country where violence between Christian and Muslim militants has forced nearly 1 million from their homes ....
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Pope Francis leaves Uganda for Central African Republic
Date: 2015-11-29 07:59:30 GMT - Uganda - Africa - SN:13 - ID:3824190
KAMPALA, Nov 29 (MENA) – Pope Francis has left Uganda and is on his way to Central African Republic, the third and last leg of his pilgrimage to Africa, ABC News reported on Sunday. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and local Catholic leaders bid ....
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Burkina Faso elections get under way
Date: 2015-11-29 07:47:20 GMT - Burkina Faso - Africa - SN:8 - ID:3824078
OUAGADOUGOU, Nov 29 (MENA) - Voting is under way in Burkina Faso to elect a new president and parliament after a year of political turmoil, the BBC reported. It is the first election since last year's popular uprising which toppled longstanding ....
