Africa
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Sudan, Somalia presidents discuss boosting ties
Date: 2015-06-01 22:17:45 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:145 - ID:2711181
KHARTOUM, June 1 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar al Bashir met on Monday with his Somalia counterpart Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud on ways of boosting the bilateral relations in various fields. They discussed the situation in Somalia and the ....
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CAR PM, UAE minister arrive in Khartoum to take part in Bashir's inauguration
Date: 2015-06-01 21:24:50 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:138 - ID:2710981
KHARTOUM, June 1 (MENA) - Prime Minister of Central African Republic Mohammed Kamon and his accompanying delegation arrived here on Monday to take part in inauguration of Sudan's President Omar al Bashir. UAE Minister of State Mohammed Ghobash ....
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AL chief arrives in Khartoum to attend Bashir’s inauguration
Date: 2015-06-01 21:17:36 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:135 - ID:2711085
KHARTOUM, June 1 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Nabil el Arabi arrived here Monday to take part in Tuesday’s inauguration of re-elected Sudanese President Omar Hassan al Bashir. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Kamal Ismail and AL ....
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Up to 70 killed in Nigeria fuel tanker crash
Date: 2015-06-01 17:44:07 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:103 - ID:2709937
ABUJA, June 1 (MENA) - Up to 70 people were killed in Nigeria, many of them burnt alive, when a fuel tanker crashed into a busy bus station in the southeast city of Onitsha in Nigeria and exploded, according to the BBC. Eyewitnesses say the driver ....
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Ruling party representative elected as Sudanese parliament speaker
Date: 2015-06-01 10:03:41 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:26 - ID:2706105
KHARTOUM, June 1 (MENA) - Representative of Sudan's ruling National Congress Party Ibrahim Ahmed Omar was overwhelmingly elected as the Sudanese parliament speaker. Omar Soliman, the ruling party's representative, was also elected as head of the ....
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Bashir pledges to restore security in all Sudanese states
Date: 2015-06-01 09:33:00 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:23 - ID:2705453
KHARTOUM, June 1 (MENA) – Re-elected Sudanese President Omar Bashir vowed to start his new office term, which officially starts Tuesday after his inauguration, to achieve security and stability and impose state order in all Sudanese ....
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Somali president in Khartoum for Bashir's inauguration
Date: 2015-06-01 07:57:58 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:14 - ID:2704853
KHARTOUM, June 1 (MENA) - Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud arrived here Monday to attend the inauguration of Sudanese President Omar Hassan el Bashir. In post-arrival statements, the Somali president said Sudan set a democratic example via ....
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East African leaders call for Burundi to delay elections
Date: 2015-05-31 22:46:12 GMT - Tanzania - Africa - SN:146 - ID:2704097
DAR ES SALAAM, May 31 (MENA) - An emergency meeting for the heads of state from the regional East African Community urged Burundi's government to postpone parliamentary and presidential elections for six weeks because of unrest triggered by ....
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35 persons killed in clashes near Somali border with Ethiopia
Date: 2015-05-31 22:45:46 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:145 - ID:2704105
MOGADISHU, May 31 (MENA) - At least 35 people, most of them civilians, have been killed in a week of clashes in some villages near Somali border with Ethiopia, Sky news reported Sunday. The clashes involved Somali clan militia and members of the ....
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8 killed, 14 injured in Nigeria blast
Date: 2015-05-31 19:06:18 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:122 - ID:2703001
ABUJA, May 31 (MENA) - Eight Nigerians were killed and 14 others were injured when a bomb blast hit a market in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri on Sunday, a day after the northeast Nigerian city was hit by dozens of rocket-propelled ....