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Mali hotel attack: US military personnel assisting with rescue of hostages
Date: 2015-11-20 15:26:44 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:70 - ID:3769825
WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (MENA) - US military personnel are assisting with the rescue of more than 150 hostages at a hotel in the former French colony of Mali, a spokesman for US Africa Command told NBC News Friday. "US forces have helped move ....
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Malian special forces storm hotel to free hostages
Date: 2015-11-20 14:50:32 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:65 - ID:3769525
BMACO, Nov 20 (MENA) - Malian special forces have entered the Radisson Blu Hotel in Mali's capital, Bamako, to end a siege by gunmen, the BBC reported Friday. As many as 170 persons were captured.The gunmen stormed the US-owned hotel, which is ....
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Militants seizes 170 hostages in Bamako
Date: 2015-11-20 10:32:39 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:26 - ID:3767826
BAMAKO, Nov 20 (MENA) - Gunmen have launched an attack on the Radisson Blu Hotel in the centre of Mali's capital, Bamako, the BBC reported on Friday. The hotel's owners said that two people had locked in 140 guests and 30 employees. Police have ....
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Sudanese security cancels soccer matches for security reasons
Date: 2015-11-20 09:51:18 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:22 - ID:3767362
KHARTOUM, Nov 20 (MENA) - Sudanese security authorities decided to cancel soccer matches to be held Friday for security reasons. The matches due between al Hilal and al Merrikh teams and al Amal and Nile Shendy teams were canceled. (MENA) M H ....
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Guinea president sacks minister, officials over violence
Date: 2015-11-20 07:11:15 GMT - Guinea - Africa - SN:11 - ID:3766666
CONAKRY, Nov 20 (MENA) - Guinean President Alpha Conde fired his interior minister and two other government officials for "gross misconduct", for their handling of deadly violence that broke out at a religious gathering last weekend. Interior ....
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Intensive talks to hold 6th meeting on Renaissance dam in Khartoum
Date: 2015-11-19 13:37:19 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:64 - ID:3762946
CAIRO, Nov 19 (MENA) - Intensive consultations are being held between the technical and diplomatic bodies in the Eastern Nile countries of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia to set a date for the sixth meeting of the water and foreign ministers in the three ....
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Relationship between Egypt, Sudan strong - officials
Date: 2015-11-19 13:29:54 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:63 - ID:3763010
KHARTOUM, Nov 19 (MENA) – The strategic relationship between the Egyptian and Sudanese peoples over history is stronger than bids trying to tear them apart, the two countries had said. The remarks were given during a meeting here between Sudanese ....
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Sudan conducts military drills along coasts of Red Sea
Date: 2015-11-18 20:52:01 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:144 - ID:3759449
KHARTOUM, Nov 18 (MENA) – The Sudanese army has conducted military drills along the Red Sea coast. Units of the army's navy air forces and ground forces have taken part in the annual drill. The military maneuvers were launched to boost the ....
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Nigeria president accuses ex-officers of stealing billions in arms deals
Date: 2015-11-18 14:48:39 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:96 - ID:3757194
ABUJA, Nov 17 (MENA) - Nigeria's leader has ordered the arrest of the former president's national security adviser for allegedly stealing billions of dollars meant to buy weapons to fight Boko Haram Islamic extremists rampaging across northeast ....
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Dozens killed in blast at market in Nigerian city of Yola
Date: 2015-11-18 14:47:24 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:95 - ID:3757154
ABUJA, Nov 18 (MENA) - A blast struck a market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Yola on Tuesday evening, killing 32 people and wounding 80 others, both the Red Cross and National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said. The explosion occurred ....
