Africa
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Sudan's FM, US envoy discuss relations, sanctions
Date: 2015-08-26 20:44:22 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:136 - ID:3232729
KHARTOUM, Aug 26 (MENA) - Sudan's Foreign Affairs Minister Ibrahim Ghandour held a meeting Wednesday with US envoy for Sudan and South Sudan Ambassador Donald Booth. The meeting took up relations and economic sanctions imposed on the Arab State. ....
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Sudanese VP returns home after taking part in S. Sudan peace deal ceremony
Date: 2015-08-26 20:31:02 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:134 - ID:3232725
KHARTOUM, Aug 26 (MENA) - Sudanese First Vice President Bakri Hassan Saleh returned home Wednesday after taking part in a ceremony of signing a peace deal in South Sudan, ending a 20-month conflict with rebels. South Sudan's President Salva Kiir ....
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South Sudan President Salva Kiir signs peace deal
Date: 2015-08-26 14:50:48 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:82 - ID:3230889
JUBA, Aug 26 (MENA) - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has signed a peace deal with rebels after a threat of sanctions from the UN, according to the BBC. He told those gathered for the signing ceremony in the capital, Juba, that he had ....
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EU envoys in Khartoum to visit East Sudan and Blue Nile states
Date: 2015-08-26 13:07:20 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:62 - ID:3228917
KHARTOUM, Aug 26 (MENA) - European Union (EU) envoy to Sudan Tomas Ulicny, said that ambassadors of the EU countries in Khartoum will visit East Sudan soon to follow up on development efforts in the region, according to Sudan Tribune. Ulicny on ....
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Nigerian officer killed in suspected Boko Haram suicide attack
Date: 2015-08-26 13:03:58 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:61 - ID:3229669
ABUJA, Aug 26 (MENA) - The Borno State Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the killing of an air force officer and two others when two male suicide bombers detonated explosives strapped on their body at a military check point around Gomari Airport ....
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Report: Israeli weapons being use in South Sudan conflict
Date: 2015-08-26 09:51:36 GMT - Israel - Africa - SN:28 - ID:3227457
GAZA CITY, Aug 26 (MENA) - Israeli-made rifles are being used in the South Sudan civil war, The Jerusalem Post quoted a UN report as saying. The report was issued by a group of experts appointed by the UN Security Council to analyze the ongoing ....
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UN council warns South Sudan over peace deal
Date: 2015-08-26 06:56:20 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:6 - ID:3226409
NEW YORK, Aug 26 (MENA) - The UN Security Council has warned that it is ready to 'act immediately' if South Sudan's president does not sign a peace deal, the BBC reported. President Salva Kiir is scheduled to sign the power-sharing agreement in ....
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Army destroys arms cache, vehicle, motorcycle in Sinai
Date: 2015-08-25 11:10:26 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:35 - ID:3221425
CAIRO, Aug 25 (MENA) - Egyptian Armed Forces have destroyed an explosives cache, a vehicle and a motorcycle used by terrorists in Hamadeen area in Sheikh Zwueid, North Sinai. According to Army spokesman, Brigadier Mohamed Samir on Tuesday, ....
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Sudan says states have no right to ban UNAMID’s flights
Date: 2015-08-25 11:01:01 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:32 - ID:3220957
KHARTOUM, Aug 25 (MENA) – The Sudanese government asserted on Tuesday that states have no right to impose air ban on flights of the hybrid peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID). The Sudanese Foreign Ministry is the only authorized body in this ....
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Sierra Leone discharges last Ebola patient
Date: 2015-08-24 20:35:34 GMT - Sierra Leone - Africa - SN:125 - ID:3219033
FREETOWN, Aug 24 (MENA) - Sierra Leone has released its last known Ebola patient, the BBC news reported. 35-year-old Adama Sankoh was discharged from a treatment centre in the northern Bombali district on Monday morning. The country has not ....