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Burundi at 'crossroads' between peace and violence: UN
Date: 2015-04-15 18:55:56 GMT - Burundi - Africa - SN:113 - ID:2387549
BUJUMBURA, April 15 (MENA) - Burundi is at "crossroads" ahead of key elections, the UN rights chief said Wednesday. "I will put it bluntly: as I prepared for this mission, I talked to many knowledgeable people, within and outside the UN, in Geneva ....
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3 killed, peacekeepers injured in Mali suicide attack
Date: 2015-04-15 17:50:55 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:103 - ID:2387157
BAMAKO, April 15 (MENA) -At least three people have been killed and nine peacekeepers seriously injured in a suicide attack on a UN base in Mali on Wednesday, according to Radio France International. The explosion occurred in the northern town of ....
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Egypt amb. in Abuja hails Nigeria's success in organizing presidential, parliamentary polls
Date: 2015-04-15 14:26:45 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:74 - ID:2385737
ABUJA, April 15 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador in Nigeria Ashraf Abdel Qader Salama hailed Nigeria's success in organizing the presidential and parliamentary elections, which were held recently. In statements to Nigeria's Leadership Newspaper, ....
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Egypt, Rwanda discuss medical coop.
Date: 2015-04-15 13:13:06 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:57 - ID:2384177
CAIRO, April 15 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador to Rwanda Nomira Negm discussed with Director of Kanombe Military Hospital Ben Karenzi ways of boosting medical cooperation. They focused on the medical priorities of the hospital, particularly nuclear ....
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Shabab group claims responsibility for Somalia attack
Date: 2015-04-14 13:09:18 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:40 - ID:2376749
MOGADISHU, April 14 (MENA) - Al Shabab militant group said on Tuesday that it was behind an attack on the Higher Education Ministry in Somalia's capital. At least nine people have been killed in the attack, according to the BBC. (MENA) M I E/A ....
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Nine dead as al Shabab attack Somalia ministry
Date: 2015-04-14 12:55:26 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:37 - ID:2376581
MOGADISHU, April 14 (MENA) - At least nine people have been killed in an attack on the higher education ministry in a busy area of Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, witnesses were quoted by the BBC as saying. A car loaded with explosives was driven ....
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Aviation min. to partake in first meeting of Yamoussoukro agreement
Date: 2015-04-14 12:01:54 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:31 - ID:2376157
CAIRO, April 14 (MENA) – Aviation Minister Hossam Kamal Tuesday will partake in the first ministerial meeting of the Yamoussoukro agreement. During the two-day meeting, due to be held in Addis Ababa, Kamal will attend the activation of the ....
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Kenya tells UN to close refugee camp for Somalis over alleged al-Shabaab recruitment
Date: 2015-04-13 20:50:38 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:106 - ID:2373185
NAIROBI, April 13 (MENA) – The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has three months to close a refugee camp in eastern Kenya and send the more than 400,000 Somalis living there back to their country or else the Kenyan government will ....
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Voting goes smoothly in Sudan
Date: 2015-04-13 16:52:14 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:78 - ID:2371797
KHARTOUM, April 13 (MENA) - The electoral process is going smoothly in Sudan where people are voting in the general and presidential elections, police said. Sudanese authorities made preparations for the worst case scenario and deployed 70.000 ....
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AL envoy to Sudan urges western countries to review anti-Sudan stances
Date: 2015-04-13 13:09:02 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:52 - ID:2370021
KHARTOUM, April 13 (MENA) – The Arab League (AL)'s Envoy to Sudan Salah Halima on Monday urged western countries and the US to review their stances on some Sudanese political and economic issues and files. While many regional organizations and ....
