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Sudan's 1st presidential aide says he received no tasks till now
Date: 2015-12-02 09:08:00 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:20 - ID:3846621
KHARTOUM, Dec 2 (MENA) - Sudan's first presidential assistant Mohamed al Hassan al Merghani has said that he has not been assigned with any tasks ever since he assumed the top post. A 180-day deadline set by Merghani to be assumed duties will end ....
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UN says famine risk still exists in South Sudan
Date: 2015-12-02 07:10:39 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:10 - ID:3846109
NEW YORK, Dec 2 (MENA) - Aid workers in war-torn South Sudan have reached one of the worst hit areas where thousands are feared dying of starvation, the United Nations said but warned conditions may yet worsen. Two teams of aid workers reached ....
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Hollande urges backing African renewable energy projects
Date: 2015-12-01 12:08:43 GMT - France - Africa - SN:39 - ID:3840177
LE BOUGET, France, Dec 1 (MENA) - French President Francois Hollande underlined his country's keenness on supporting renewable energy projects. Addressing the African summit held Tuesday on the fringe of the Paris climate change meeting (COP 21), ....
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Foreign Ministry organizes program on combating human trafficking, illegal immigration
Date: 2015-11-30 16:10:34 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:83 - ID:3834862
CAIRO, Nov 30 (MENA) - A training program on human trafficking and illegal immigration opened here on Monday, organized by the Foreign Ministry's Egyptian agency for partnership for development in cooperation with the regional Cairo Center for ....
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Pope Francis in Central African Republic with peace message
Date: 2015-11-29 11:08:53 GMT - Central African Republic - Africa - SN:35 - ID:3825570
BANGUI, Nov 29 (MENA) – Pope Francis arrived on Sunday in Central African Republic, making the final stop of his first trip to Africa in a country where violence between Christian and Muslim militants has forced nearly 1 million from their homes ....
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Pope Francis leaves Uganda for Central African Republic
Date: 2015-11-29 07:59:30 GMT - Uganda - Africa - SN:13 - ID:3824190
KAMPALA, Nov 29 (MENA) – Pope Francis has left Uganda and is on his way to Central African Republic, the third and last leg of his pilgrimage to Africa, ABC News reported on Sunday. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and local Catholic leaders bid ....
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Burkina Faso elections get under way
Date: 2015-11-29 07:47:20 GMT - Burkina Faso - Africa - SN:8 - ID:3824078
OUAGADOUGOU, Nov 29 (MENA) - Voting is under way in Burkina Faso to elect a new president and parliament after a year of political turmoil, the BBC reported. It is the first election since last year's popular uprising which toppled longstanding ....
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Boko Haram claims suicide attack on Shiite Muslims in Nigeria
Date: 2015-11-28 19:42:53 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:100 - ID:3823117
ABUJA, Nov 28 (MENA) - Boko Haram claimed Saturday responsibility for a suicide bombing on a Shiite Muslim procession near the northern Nigerian city of Kano that killed 22 people, ABC News reported. The hard-line Islamist group said in a ....
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Rival militia forces battle in central Somalia
Date: 2015-11-28 19:38:31 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:99 - ID:3823033
MOGADISHU, Nov 28 (MENA) - Rival militia forces clashed in central Somalia, the United Nations said Saturday as it called for troops to pull out from contested zones in the town of Galkayo. Fighting broke out between gunmen loyal to the Puntland ....
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Sudanese VP: Egyptian-Sudanese ties "strategic"
Date: 2015-11-28 10:24:13 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:28 - ID:3819366
KHARTOUM, Nov 28 (MENA)- The Egyptian-Sudanese ties are "strategic" and could not be affected by accidental events that have recently taken place, the Sudanese vice president said. In statements to the Sudanese newspaper al Youm al Tali out ....
