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At least 75 killed in protests in Ethiopia’s Oromia region-- HRW
Date: 2015-12-19 11:48:20 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:36 - ID:3957137
NEW YORK, Dec 19 (MENA) - At least 75 people have been killed during weeks of protests in Ethiopia which have seen soldiers and police firing on demonstrators, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday. "Police and military forces have fired on ....
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Rwanda vote allows Kagame to extend term in office
Date: 2015-12-19 07:13:10 GMT - Rwanda - Africa - SN:10 - ID:3955561
KIGALI, Dec 19 (MENA) - Rwandans have voted overwhelmingly to allow President Paul Kagame to extend his term in office, initial referendum results show, the BBC News reported. Some 98% of voters support changing the constitution to allow him to ....
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France hails UN resolution condemning human rights violations in Burundi
Date: 2015-12-18 19:32:51 GMT - France - Africa - SN:104 - ID:3954793
PARIS, Dec 18 (MENA) - France has welcomed the unanimous adoption of a UN Human Rights Council resolution condemning human rights violations and abuses committed in Burundi by all actors and reaffirming that the perpetrators must be held accountable ....
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African Union agrees to send 5,000 troops to Burundi
Date: 2015-12-18 18:22:33 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:93 - ID:3954633
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 18 (MENA) – The African Union has agreed "in principal" to send troops to Burundi to stop the country from spiralling into anarchy, a diplomat said on Friday. The country's current political crisis pits supporters of President ....
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Egypt condemns violent actions in Burundi, calls for dialogue
Date: 2015-12-17 20:40:46 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:124 - ID:3949925
CARIO, Dec 17 (MENA) - Egypt's Foreign Ministry on Thursday expressed alarm at the escalating violence in Burundi. According to spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid, the Foreign Ministry called on all political parties in the country to hold national ....
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Egyptian embassy following up fire at pavilion in Senegal fair
Date: 2015-12-17 20:37:30 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:123 - ID:3949961
CAIRO, Dec 17 (MENA) - The Egyptian Embassy in Senegal is following up latest development of the fire that broke out in the Egyptian pavilion at the Senegalese fair grounds on Sunday, a statement by the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. All Egyptian ....
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West Africa bans full-faced veil
Date: 2015-12-17 19:22:18 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:117 - ID:3949773
ABUJA, Dec 17 (MENA) - The president of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Kadre Desire Ouedraogo, said Thursday that leaders of member states agreed to ban full-faced veil. At the end of their two-day meeting in ....
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Sudanese national dialogue settles 75% of controversial issues - Ghandour
Date: 2015-12-17 11:16:45 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:45 - ID:3945661
KHARTOUM, Dec 17 (MENA) – Participants in the Sudanese national dialogue have reached compromises to almost 75 percent of controversial issues, Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour said. In statements to MENA on Thursday, he said the ....
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Irrigation minister opens water projects in Uganda
Date: 2015-12-16 17:02:19 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:110 - ID:3941345
KAMPALA, Dec 16 (MENA) - Egypt's Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi attended Wednesday several water projects, which are a grant from the Egyptian government to the Ugandan nation. The projects include one of the groundwater ....
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Bomb attack on army convoy wounds 6 Somali soldiers
Date: 2015-12-16 16:14:57 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:100 - ID:3941245
MOGADISHU, Dec 16 (MENA) - A powerful roadside bomb explosion ripped through a military vehicle near Afgoye district in Lower Shabelle region, wounding at least six Somali soldiers, witness said on Wednesday. An eyewitness who requested anonymous, ....
