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Boko Haram recaptures key town in northeast Nigeria: official
Date: 2015-05-16 10:53:16 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:42 - ID:2597917
ABUJA, May 16 (MENA) - Boko Haram Islamists have recaptured the strategic town of Marte in northeastern Nigeria’s restive Borno state, a regional official said early on Saturday. “It is sad as we have been made to understand that Marte has today ....
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Egypt welcomes Mali peace accord
Date: 2015-05-16 10:18:02 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:39 - ID:2597593
CAIRO, May 16 (MENA) – The Foreign Ministry welcomed the signature of a peace agreement between the Mali government and separatists, saying it marks the end of the civil war that erupted after the coup that toppled president Toumani Toure in March ....
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Paris welcomes release of several hundred children by armed groups in CAR
Date: 2015-05-15 21:57:05 GMT - France - Africa - SN:85 - ID:2595889
PARIS, May 15 (MENA) - France welcomed on Friday the release of several hundred children by armed groups in Central African Republic. "France welcomes the May 14th release, in the Bambari region, of several hundred children by Central African ....
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Official: Boko Haram retakes Nigerian border town
Date: 2015-05-15 20:17:20 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:80 - ID:2595653
ABUJA, May 15 (MENA) - Boko Haram militants seized back the border town of Marte in northeastern Nigeria and attacked outlying villages Friday, weeks after the military said it had contained the Islamic extremists in a forest stronghold, ABC News ....
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Nigerian children die after stream poisoned
Date: 2015-05-15 20:01:21 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:76 - ID:2595457
ABUJA, May 15 (MENA) - At least 28 children, all under the age of five, have died after drinking water from a stream contaminated with lead, Sky News reported. The children are from the Rafi area in the west of the country, where villagers have ....
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British minister calls for end to violence in Burundi
Date: 2015-05-15 13:39:06 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:49 - ID:2593345
LONDON, May 15 (MENA) - UK's minister for African affairs, James Duddridge has called for all sides in Burundi to show restraint and find a peaceful way forward in the country. In a statement on Friday, Duddridge called on all parties to bring an ....
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Mauritanian president heads for Bamako for Malian reconciliation agreement
Date: 2015-05-15 13:32:13 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:48 - ID:2593489
NOUAKCHOTT, May 15 (MENA) - President of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz headed Friday for the Malian Capital of Bamako to take part in signing the peace and reconciliation agreement in Mali. Accompanying Ould Abdel Aziz are a group of the ....
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Egypt's official praises cooperation with South Sudan in irrigation
Date: 2015-05-15 11:18:42 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:37 - ID:2592533
CAIRO, May 15 (MENA) – Head of the Nile water sector Ahmed Bahaa Eddin has praised cooperation with South Sudan in various fields, mainly irrigation. The technical cooperation projects with South Sudan have achieved several successes in various ....
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Egypt, S. Sudan to raise funds for Wau dam
Date: 2015-05-15 11:02:17 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:36 - ID:2592513
CAIRO, May 15 (MENA) – Egypt and South Sudan are preparing for an international conference to be held in Cairo soon to raise funds for the establishment of the multi-purpose Wau dam in South Sudan. Several donor sides and international funding ....
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EU launches health projects in eastern Sudan
Date: 2015-05-15 09:59:27 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:32 - ID:2592405
KHARTOUM, May 15 (MENA) – The European Union mission in Sudan launched the second phase of a health project in eastern states at a value of 4.5 million euros. The project is being carried out in the eastern states of the Red Sea, Kassala and Al ....
