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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 ....
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Egypt to cling to its historical right to Nile water - minister
Date: 2015-11-07 11:37:56 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:39 - ID:3682845
CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) - Egypt will cling to its historical right to the Nile water, underlined Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Hossam Moghazy. Addressing the 9th session of the National Tripartite Committee on the Ethiopia renaissance dam, ....
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Egypt rejects allowing one firm to carry out Ethiopia dam studies
Date: 2015-11-07 11:27:19 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:37 - ID:3682429
CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) - Egypt rejects that one consultancy firm would be in charge of studies on the Ethiopian renaissance dam, Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Hossam Moghazy said. Moghazy said this violates what was agreed upon during the ....
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Egypt stresses keenness on developing food security initiative with Sudan
Date: 2015-11-07 10:59:11 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:31 - ID:3682389
KHARTOUM, Nov 7 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador here Osama Shaltout underlined keenness on developing ties with Sudan in the economic and commercial fields and pushing forward the food security initiative. Egypt looks forward also to achieving ....
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Irrigation minister: Renaissance dam implementation rates faster than process of talks
Date: 2015-11-07 10:50:18 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:28 - ID:3682377
CAIRO, Nov 7 (MENA) - Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hossam Moghazi said the implementation of Ethiopia's renaissance dam is going on with rates much faster than the process of talks among the three countries concerned namely Egypt, ....
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ICRC calls for respect for human life, dignity in CAR
Date: 2015-11-06 15:01:47 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:62 - ID:3678973
GENEVA, Nov 6 (MENA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) expressed on Friday deep concern over ongoing violence in the Central African Republic. The organization called upon all rival parties, leaders of armed groups and ....
