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Eu allocates 9 mln euro to WFP to provide humanitrian aid in Sudan
Date: 2015-05-24 14:15:18 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:60 - ID:2654757
KHARTOUM, May 24 (MENA) - The European Commission (EC)'s Humanitarian aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO) allocated 9 million euros to the World Food Programme (WFP) to provide urgent humanitarian assistance to the Sundanese people. In a ....
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AMCEN meeting Mon. to unify African visions on environmental issues
Date: 2015-05-24 09:35:04 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:21 - ID:2652361
CAIRO, May 24 (MENA) - Environment Minister Khaled Fahmi, also head of African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), will hold a two-day meeting with African environment ministers on Monday to discuss the results of the consultative ....
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Parliamentary elections starts in Ethiopia
Date: 2015-05-24 08:34:00 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:15 - ID:2651873
ADDIS ABABA, May 24 (MENA) – Polling stations across Ethiopia opened for Sunday's polls which 58 political parties compete for regional councils and federal parliament, ENA reported. Electorates have started to queue outside polling stations ....
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Somali MP Yusuf Dirir killed in Mogadishu attack
Date: 2015-05-24 07:40:16 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:9 - ID:2651477
MOGADISHU, May 24 (MENA) – A Somali member of parliament has been shot dead in Mogadishu in an attack by suspected Islamist militants, the BBC reported on Sunday. Security officials said that Yusuf Dirir was killed when gunmen opened fire on his ....
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Al Shabab gunmen kill Somali MP
Date: 2015-05-23 19:40:13 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:119 - ID:2650589
MOGADISHU, May 23 (MENA) - A Somali member of parliament has been shot dead in Mogadishu by militants from the al Shabab movement, BBC reported. MP Yusuf Mohamed Dirir died in hospital after a group of men stopped his car and proceeded to fire at ....
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Egyptian irrigation minister to visit Congo on May 29
Date: 2015-05-23 15:36:07 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:82 - ID:2649017
CAIRO, May 23 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador in Kinshasa Hani Salah met with the Congolese minister of environment and sustainable development who voiced anticipation for the visit of the Egyptian minister of water resources and irrigation to Congo on ....
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Egypt restores leading role in Africa -- Minister
Date: 2015-05-23 11:04:33 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:46 - ID:2647101
CAIRO, May 23 (MENA) - Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy said Saturday that Egypt has restored its leading role in Africa, where the environment file is concerned. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi is the chairman of the committee of heads of ....
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Egypt amb. in Rwanda meets University of Rwanda president
Date: 2015-05-23 10:26:47 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:38 - ID:2646977
CAIRO, May 23 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador to Rwanda Namira Negm met Saturday with the University of Rwanda President Nelson Ijumba. The meeting focused on the possibility of establishing an Egyptian academic center for mining and geology in ....
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Diplomatic moves to end Khartoum-Juba accusations - spokesman
Date: 2015-05-23 10:07:15 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:36 - ID:2646409
KHARTOUM, May 23 (MENA) – Intensive diplomatic moves will take place in the coming few days to put an end to accusations exchanged between Khartoum and Juba, South Sudanese government spokesman Michael Makuei said. The exchanged accusations will ....
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No extremists sneaked into Sudan from Libya – army
Date: 2015-05-23 09:26:52 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:29 - ID:2646189
KHARTOUM, May 23 (MENA) – The Sudanese army denied the infiltration of extremist religious groups of Daesh or Qaeda from the Libyan borders into Sudan. The Sudanese-Libyan borders are completely secured although major challenges have been facing ....
