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Burkina army retakes coup guard barracks in Ouagadougou
Date: 2015-09-30 06:40:40 GMT - Burkina Faso - Africa - SN:10 - ID:3439777
OUAGADOUGOU, Sept 30 (MENA) - Burkina Faso soldiers met little resistance on Tuesday as they entered a presidential guard camp in the capital where members of the elite unit were holding out after a coup, the BBC reported. Residents of the Ouaga ....
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C. African Republic leader rushes home amid violence
Date: 2015-09-29 19:45:54 GMT - Central African Republic - Africa - SN:96 - ID:3438757
BANGUI, Sept 29 (MENA) - Central African Republic's president rushed back Tuesday from the United States as thousands fled their homes in the capital amid concerns the long-volatile country was tumbling back toward anarchy before upcoming elections ....
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Nigerian president vows to free abducted girls
Date: 2015-09-29 07:50:03 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:23 - ID:3432673
NEW YORK, Sept 29 (MENA) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari promised at the United Nations on Monday to rescue the schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram fighters in 2014 and to defeat the Islamist militia, according to South Africa's News ....
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Proceedings of African group on climate change kick off in Khartoum Wednesday
Date: 2015-09-28 12:28:35 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:64 - ID:3427697
KHARTOUM, Sept 28 (MENA) - A number of African delegations that will take part in the proceedings of the meetings of African group on climate change arrived in Khartoum on Monday. The meetings, which will kick off on Wednesday, will be attended ....
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Ethiopian PM says talks with Sisi tackled Renaissance Dam
Date: 2015-09-27 20:42:22 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:84 - ID:3424689
NEW YORK, Sept 27 (MENA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said his talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi tackled the ongoing technical studies on the impact of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on Egypt and Sudan. The two ....
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One UNAMID soldier killed, 2 injured in Darfur
Date: 2015-09-27 20:05:14 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:81 - ID:3424273
KHARTOUM, Sept 27 (MENA) – A soldier of the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) was killed and two others were injured in a shoot-out with militants in the western Sudanese region of Darfur. Local sources said that a group of ....
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At least 5 killed, 20 injured in resurgence of violence in Central African Republic capital
Date: 2015-09-26 18:51:13 GMT - Central African Republic - Africa - SN:86 - ID:3419933
BANGUI, Sept 26 (MENA) - Residents say violence returned to a neighborhood of Central African Republic's capital, Fox News reported. A hospital worker said Saturday that at least five people were killed and more than 20 injured by gunfire and ....
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Ethiopian FM: Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan sisterly states
Date: 2015-09-26 14:33:03 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:51 - ID:3418249
NEW YORK, Sept 26 (MENA) - Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tewodros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed that Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan are sisterly states. The Declaration of Principles signed in Khartoum between the three states was meant to serve positive ....
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African countries entrust Egypt in int'l negotiations on climate change
Date: 2015-09-26 13:15:23 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:45 - ID:3417725
NEW YORK, Sept 26 (MENA) - Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy announced that Egypt was entrusted by the African countries to represent them in two initiatives on the new and renewable energy in Africa as well as offering financial resources needed ....
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Pope Tawadros heads for Ethiopia
Date: 2015-09-25 22:57:46 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:97 - ID:3416025
CAIRO, Sept 25 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese left Cairo on Friday for Ethiopia on his first visit to the African state. During the five-day visit, the pope will hold talks with church leaderships, visit ....
