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UN deeply shocked at killing of 27 aid workers in S. Sudan
Date: 2015-07-25 20:49:44 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:84 - ID:3041561
JUBA, July 25 (MENA) - A top UN official says he is deeply shocked at the killing and harassment of aid workers in South Sudan, ABC News reported. UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator Stephen ....
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Togo president to attend New Suez Canal inauguration
Date: 2015-07-25 15:26:27 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:57 - ID:3040169
CAIRO, July 25 (MENA) - Togo's President Faure Gnassingbé will attend the official inauguration of the New Suez Canal next month, said Egypt's ambassador to the African country Karim Sherif. In a statement released by the Foreign Ministry, Sherif ....
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Egyptian agriculture, irrigation ministers visit cultivated areas in Blue Nile state
Date: 2015-07-25 07:29:24 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:8 - ID:3037129
KHARTOUM, July 25 (MENA) - Agriculture Minister Salah el Din Helal and Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi visited cultivated areas in Sinar, al Rasires and al Damazeen in the Blue Nile state, southeastern Sudan. The ministers want to inspect ....
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Egypt trying to allay concerns over Ethiopian dam's storage capacity: Minister
Date: 2015-07-24 18:31:56 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:69 - ID:3036149
KHARTOUM, July 24 (MENA) - Egypt's Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazy said on Friday that Cairo is trying to allay its fears about the storage capacity of Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam and the expected impacts on Egypt's share ....
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Burundi: President Nkurunziza wins controversial third term
Date: 2015-07-24 16:38:40 GMT - Burundi - Africa - SN:61 - ID:3035861
BUJUMBURA, July 24 (MENA) - Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza has won a third term in office, an electoral official announced Friday, amid controversy over whether his new term is constitutional, ABC News reported. Nkurunziza won 69 percent ....
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Somali, AU troops capture another Shabaab stronghold
Date: 2015-07-24 12:48:49 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:36 - ID:3034437
MOGADISHU, July 24 (MENA) - Somali government troops backed by African Union forces on Friday captured the Shabaab stronghold of Dinsor, the second town seized from the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamists this week, the Somali defense minister ....
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Egyptian, Sudanese ministers to probe agricultural integration
Date: 2015-07-24 09:38:37 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:25 - ID:3033437
KHARTOUM, July 24 (MENA) – The Egyptian and Sudanese agriculture and irrigation ministers will convene on Saturday here to probe agricultural and water integration projects. Egyptian Agriculture Minister Salah Eddin Hilal will arrive here ....
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Barack Obama leaves US for trip to Kenya, Ethiopia
Date: 2015-07-24 07:59:12 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:13 - ID:3032813
NAIROBI, July 24 (MENA) – US President Barack Obama left Washington for Kenya on Thursday in a trip that will also include a stop in the Ethiopian capital and a visit to the home of the African Union, according to Daily Nation paper. The landmark ....
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U.S launch airstrikes against Shabab militants in Somalia
Date: 2015-07-24 07:05:45 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:8 - ID:3032673
WASHINGTON, July 24 (MENA) - The U.S. is shifting to a more direct role in the near decade-old fight against Al Qaeda-affiliated Shabab militants, launching as many as six drone strikes in southern Somalia over the last week to support African ....
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Ethiopian dam meetings to resume after Friday prayers
Date: 2015-07-24 06:50:49 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:6 - ID:3032661
KHARTOUM, July 24 (MENA) – The national technical committee on the grand renaissance dam will resume its meetings after the Friday prayers to discuss the scope and mechanism of work of the two international consultancy firms chosen to carry out the ....
