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President Obama arrives in Ethiopia
Date: 2015-07-26 20:11:57 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:79 - ID:3046965
ADDIS ABABA, July 26 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama has landed in Ethiopia, beginning a two-day stay and becoming the first American leader to visit the country, Sky News reported. Air Force One touched down at Addis Ababa's international ....
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14 killed after blast at market in northern Nigeria
Date: 2015-07-26 15:31:31 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:61 - ID:3046005
ABUJA, July 26 (MENA) - A blast set off by a female suicide bomber tore through a crowded market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu on Sunday, killing at least 14 people and injuring 47, a police spokesman, quoted by Voice of America, ....
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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 ....
