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General to head transitional council after Burkina coup - statement
Date: 2015-09-17 10:48:41 GMT - Burkina Faso - Africa - SN:37 - ID:3368401
OUAGADOUGOU, Sept 17 (MENA) - Leaders of a coup in Burkina Faso have named Gilbert Diendere, a general in the elite presidential guard, to head a transitional council, the soldiers said in a statement broadcast on state-run television. The ....
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France condemns coup in Burkina Faso
Date: 2015-09-17 10:09:59 GMT - France - Africa - SN:32 - ID:3367941
PARIS, Sept 17 (MENA) – France condemned a military coup in Burkina Faso and called for the immediate release of all those arrested and the continuation of the electoral process, the BBC reported on Thursday. Burkina Faso's military said it had ....
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Shooting heared in Burkina Faso as officers dissolve government
Date: 2015-09-17 09:49:58 GMT - Burkina Faso - Africa - SN:31 - ID:3367769
OUAGADOUGOU, Sept 17 (MENA) - Presidential guard officers in Burkina Faso have announced the dissolution of the transitional government, according to the BBC. A new "national democratic council" had taken control to end the "deviant regime", ....
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Military in Burkina Faso confirms coup, dissolves government
Date: 2015-09-17 09:39:18 GMT - Burkina Faso - Africa - SN:30 - ID:3367773
OUAGADOUGOU, Sept 17 (MENA) – Burkina Faso's military took to the airwaves Thursday while gunfire rang out in the streets to declare it now controls the West African country, confirming that a coup has taken place just weeks before elections, ABC ....
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US condemns detention of Burkina Faso president by his presidential guard
Date: 2015-09-17 06:59:48 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:4 - ID:3366737
WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (MENA) – The United States said it is deeply concerned about the unfolding events in Burkina Faso, US State Department Spokesperson John Kirby said on Thursday. In a press release, he said "We call for the immediate release of ....
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Nigeria in talks with Boko Haram over kidnapped schoolgirls
Date: 2015-09-16 16:42:36 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:96 - ID:3365089
ABUJA, Sep 16 (MENA) - The Nigerian government is talking to the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram to try to get the release of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls, the president was quoted by Fox News as saying. The government is talking to ....
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Sudanese defense min. appoints new army spokesman
Date: 2015-09-15 12:23:44 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:54 - ID:3355757
KHARTOUM, Sept 15 (MENA) – Newly-appointed Sudanese Defense Minister Awad Mohamed Ahmed Ibin Auf issued a decision on Tuesday to name Brigadier Ahmed Khalifa al Shami as new Spokesman for the Sudanese Armed Forces. Shami was selected for holding ....
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Egypt does not oppose right of any Nile Basin country to Nile water
Date: 2015-09-15 10:34:29 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:38 - ID:3354189
KHARTOUM, Sept 15 (MENA) - Egypt on Tuesday underlined its stance that does not oppose the right of any Nile Basin country to the Nile water, provided that this will not come at the expense of other Nile Basin member states. Head of the Nile ....
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Egypt, Sudan renew commitment to 1959 Nile Waters Agreement
Date: 2015-09-15 10:15:32 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:33 - ID:3353625
KHARTOUM, Sept 15 (MENA) – Egypt and Sudan renewed Tuesday their commitment to the 1959 Nile Waters Agreement as a reference to the Permanent Joint Technical Commission for Nile Waters (PJTCNILE) to define the two countries' rights on the Nile ....
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Ugandan president to visit Sudan Tuesday
Date: 2015-09-12 19:49:58 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:99 - ID:3338621
KHARTOUM, Sept 12 (MENA) – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni will start a two-day visit to Sudan on Tuesday during which he will meet with his Sudanese counterpart Omar al Bahir, Sudanese ambassador to Uganda Abdel Baki Kabir told SUNA on ....
