Africa

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  • US calls for adherence to cease-fire in South Sudan

    Date: 2015-09-02 05:48:47 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:3 - ID:3269817

    WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (MENA) - The United States condemns the recent fighting in Jonglei state and Upper Nile state in South Sudan. In a statement Wednesday, Deputy Department Spokesperson Mark C. Toner said "We call on all parties to immediately ....

  • Extremists attack Malian army checkpoint, killing 2 soldiers

    Date: 2015-09-01 20:32:04 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:136 - ID:3269565

    KATHMANDU, Sept 1 (MENA) - Suspected Islamic extremists attacked an army checkpoint in Timbuktu in Mali on Tuesday, killing at least two soldiers and injuring one, ABC News reported. Another soldier is missing and a search has been launched for ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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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