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Paris deplores Chad terror attack
Date: 2015-11-09 21:24:33 GMT - France - Africa - SN:112 - ID:3699521
PARIS, Nov 9 (MENA) - France condemned an attack that occurred on Sunday in Ngouboua, Chad. "We offer our condolences to the victims’ families and to the authorities of Chad," said the French Foreign Ministry's official website said on Monday. The ....
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Defense minister meets peacekeeping mission to CAR
Date: 2015-11-09 14:22:59 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:60 - ID:3696481
CAIRO, Nov 9 (MENA) – Minister of Defense Sedqi Sobhi met Monday with the Egyptian military contingent as part of the peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic (CAR). The minister said the Egyptian role aims at bolstering peace and ....
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UK refuses to compensate Sudanese soldiers during WWII
Date: 2015-11-09 10:53:43 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:28 - ID:3694717
KHARTOUM, Nov 9 (MENA) – The UK government said that Sudanese nationals who fought in World War II for the UK do not qualify for compensation. In a statement issued by the UK embassy here, the government said that the Sudanese nationals who ....
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Sudanese president to participate in inking ceremony of security agreement between S. Sudan parties
Date: 2015-11-09 10:33:34 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:26 - ID:3694249
KHARTOUM, Nov 9 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar el Bashir will participate next Sunday in a ceremony organized by IGAD organization to ink security agreement between the parties in South Sudan to pave the way for the transitional period stipulated ....
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Egypt min. says Ethiopia Dam talks successful
Date: 2015-11-08 22:42:06 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:135 - ID:3692781
CAIRO, Nov 8 (MENA) – Water Resources Minister Hossam Moghazi confirmed that the ninth round of negotiations on Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam, which wrapped here Sunday, was successful. A meeting grouping the foreign and water resources ....
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Senegal authorities arrest 7 for suspected ties with extremism, possible links to Boko Haram
Date: 2015-11-08 20:44:07 GMT - Senegal - Africa - SN:122 - ID:3692201
DAKAR, Nov 8 (MENA) - A Senegalese judge said four imams and three women have been arrested in the West African country for suspected ties to extremism. Investigating judge Samba Sall said Saturday that he presided over a hearing Friday for the ....
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Egypt to host 1st conference on quakes in Luxor, Aswan
Date: 2015-11-08 12:57:04 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:55 - ID:3688961
CAIRO, Nov 8 (MENA) - Egypt will host the first international conferences on earthquakes organized by the African commission of earthquakes from April 2 to 5 in Luxor and Aswan. Egypt will host the event after a fierce competition with other ....
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Police detain two terror suspects in Kenya
Date: 2015-11-07 21:52:04 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:115 - ID:3686285
LAMU, Nov 7 (MENA) – Kenyan Police on Saturday arrested two people suspected to be behind a spate of terrorist attacks in Lamu, Capital FM reported. A team of police officers conducted a swoop in Faza and managed to arrest Muhamed Athumani Mujaid ....
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UN and Nigeria building 2,500 homes for refugees
Date: 2015-11-07 12:15:30 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:45 - ID:3683077
ABUJA, Nov 7 (MENA) - UN and government officials say they are building 2,500 temporary homes in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri for some of the million-plus refugees who fled terrorism of Boko Haram group. The homes must be built by the ....
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French, Dutch consultancy firms fail to reach compromise so far - Ethiopian min.
Date: 2015-11-07 12:12:52 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:44 - ID:3683053
CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) - The French consultancy firm BRL and the Dutch consultancy Deltares - that were scheduled to carry out studies on the impact of Ethiopian renaissance dam establishment - have not reached an agreement to work together, the ....
