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Malian president winds up visit to Algeria
Date: 2015-09-01 14:24:30 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:88 - ID:3266933
ALGIERS, Sept 1 (MENA) – Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta left Algeria Tuesday winding up a visit where he held talks with several Algerian officials topped by Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. In statements after meeting ....
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AU urges S. Sudan to set date for political and security meetings with Sudan
Date: 2015-09-01 12:28:26 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:51 - ID:3265357
KHARTOUM, Sept 1 (MENA) - The African Union on Tuesday urged South Sudan to set a date for holding meetings of the joint political and security committee with Sudan. The move comes after Juba announced its readiness to attend the meetings that ....
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South Sudan rebel leader says cease-fire, peace agreement in danger
Date: 2015-08-31 21:00:41 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:107 - ID:3261997
ADDIS ABABA, Aug 31 (MENA) - South Sudan's rebel leader has said attacks by government troops on rebel-held areas could cause the failure of a peace agreement between the warring sides, Fox News reported Monday. Riek Machar told reporters in ....
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Scores of people killed by Nigerian group Boko Haram
Date: 2015-08-31 17:06:03 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:77 - ID:3261037
ABUJA, Aug 31 (MENA) - Suspected Boko Haram gunmen shot dead nearly 79 people in attacks on several villages in Nigeria's restive northeast in the past days. The attacks were the latest in the six-year-old insurgency by the extremist group aimed at ....
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African Union Commission head honors Egypt's amb. to Addis Ababa
Date: 2015-08-31 16:46:46 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:73 - ID:3260781
ADDIS ABABA, Aug 31 (MENA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma received Monday Egyptian Ambassador here Mohamed Idris on the occasion of ending his term of service. During the meeting, Zuma said that the ....
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South Sudan government troops attack villages despite ceasefire
Date: 2015-08-30 14:53:39 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:84 - ID:3253057
JUBA, Aug 30 (MENA) - South Sudan government troops on Sunday attacked some villages on the first day of a cease-fire that both sides have pledged to implement, said FoxNews Sunday. Military spokesperson Col. Philip Aguer said he was unable to ....
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Sudanese parliament demands deployment of joint forces on borders with Ethiopia
Date: 2015-08-30 08:25:04 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:19 - ID:3249981
KHARTOUM, Aug 30 (MENA) - The Security and Defense Committee at the Sudanese Parliament pressed the need for deployment of joint forces on the Sudanese-Ethiopian borders to counter any potential attacks by gangs and armed groups in the south-eastern ....
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S. Sudan fighting persists as cease-fire approaches - UN
Date: 2015-08-29 21:59:37 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:117 - ID:3249365
JUBA, Aug 29 (MENA) - Violent clashes continued between South Sudan's warring factions Saturday before a cease-fire is to come into effect on Sunday, ABC News reported Saturday. There was an exchange of fire Friday night, said Joe Contreras, ....
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Burkina Faso court rejects candidate of former ruling party
Date: 2015-08-29 20:53:17 GMT - Burkina Faso - Africa - SN:115 - ID:3249393
OUAGADOUGOU, Aug 29 (MENA) - A court in Burkina Faso on Saturday rejected the chosen presidential candidate of the former ruling party, prompting threats of a boycott of the vote in October, ABC News reported. The presidential and legislative ....
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29 killed in South Africa bus crash
Date: 2015-08-29 20:47:04 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:110 - ID:3249353
JOHANNESBURG, Aug 29 (MENA) – A community bus loaded with passengers ended up in a river bed Saturday morning, killing 29 people and injuring nine others in South Africa's Eastern Cape province, the CNN reported. A police spokesman said six of ....
