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23 killed in central Nigeria communal clashes
Date: 2015-04-19 15:51:08 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:104 - ID:2412557
ABUJA, April 19 (MENA) - Deadly clashes between two chiefly fishing and farming communities in central Nigeria’s Benue state have left at least 23 people dead. “Some 23 corpses have been recovered following the fighting between Ologba and Egba ....
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Somalia's al Shabaab fighters attack African Union troops: Witnesses
Date: 2015-04-19 15:44:53 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:102 - ID:2411765
MOGADISHU, April 19 (MENA) – Somali al Shabaab militants attacked an African Union peacekeepers' convoy on Sunday in southern Somalia, wounding at least three people and burning two vehicles. The attack was launched near the town of Leego, in the ....
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Egypt envoy meets Ghana deputy min.
Date: 2015-04-18 13:06:12 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:45 - ID:2403629
CAIRO, April 18 (MENA) – Egypt’s Ambassador in Accra Mohamed Heider met with the Ghanian deputy finance minister for talks on boosting economic and trade ties. The meeting took up investments of Egyptian companies operating in the Ghanaian ....
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Burundi police teargas protesters opposing presidential third term
Date: 2015-04-18 06:36:11 GMT - Burundi - Africa - SN:10 - ID:2401709
BUJUMBURA, April 18 (MENA) – Burundian police fired tear gas and water cannon on Friday at hundreds of protesters opposed to the president running for a third term, a further sign of tension in a nation that emerged from civil war a decade ago, ....
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Nigerian militants Boko Haram attack 2 Cameroon villages, killing 12 people
Date: 2015-04-17 20:09:38 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:89 - ID:2400813
YAOUNDE, April 17 (MENA) - A Cameroon military official says Boko Haram militants have killed at least 12 people in attacks on two Cameroonian villages on the northern border with Nigeria, Fox News reported. Col. Jacob Kodji said on Friday that ....
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South Africa descends towards a new apartheid -- report
Date: 2015-04-17 17:56:11 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:76 - ID:2400425
JOHANNESBURG, April 17 (MENA) - Immigrants wielding machetes have clashed with police as they hunt for locals that attacked foreign shop owners as violence continues to spread across South Africa, The Daily Mail reported. Police fired rubber ....
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Boko Haram attacks 2 villages in Cameroon, kills 12
Date: 2015-04-17 15:25:36 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:63 - ID:2399733
YAOUNDE, April 17 (MENA) - Boko Haram militants killed at least 12 people in attacks on two Cameroonian villages on the northern border with Nigeria, ABC News reported Friday quoting a senior military official. The extremists entered the ....
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South Africa's Durban city rallies against xenophobia
Date: 2015-04-17 11:19:11 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:30 - ID:2398213
DURBAN, South Africa, April 17 (MENA) - Up to 5,000 people have taken part in a rally against xenophobia in South Africa's coastal city of Durban following attacks on foreigners, the BBC reported Friday. President Jacob Zuma condemned the ....
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Defense min. meets S. Sudan chief of staff
Date: 2015-04-16 10:43:40 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:37 - ID:2390509
CAIRO, April 16 (MENA) - Defense Minister Sedqi Sobhi met on Thursday with South Sudan's Army Chief of Staff Paul Malong and his accompanying delegation. The meeting tackled the latest developments at the domestic and regional levels as well as ....
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Parl't group visits Elsewedy Cable factory in Ethiopia
Date: 2015-04-16 09:19:39 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:27 - ID:2389833
ADDIS ABABA, April 16 (MENA) - The Egyptian-Ethiopian Parliamentary Friendship Group visited on Thursday Elsewedy Cable Factory outside Addis Ababa. Egypt's Ambassador to Ethiopia Mohamed Edris and Ethiopian media were among the ....
