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ICRC launches initative aiming at gathering families trapped in violent actions in S. Sudan
Date: 2015-04-27 09:54:36 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:35 - ID:2464469
GENEVA, April 27 (MENA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva launched a new initiative that aims at gathering families besieged in the violent actions in South Sudan. In a statement Monday, the ICRC said that the family ....
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Two killed in Burundi protests after president seeks third term
Date: 2015-04-26 21:30:17 GMT - Burundi - Africa - SN:134 - ID:2462477
BUJUMBURA, April 26 (MENA) - At least two people have been killed in violent clashes in Burundi, a day after President Pierre Nkurunziza launched his bid for a third term in office, the BBC news reported. Thousands defied a ban to take to the ....
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Boko Haram renames itself Islamic State in West Africa
Date: 2015-04-26 20:07:26 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:121 - ID:2461829
LONDON, April 26 (MENA) - The Daesh militant group may have gained a firm foothold beyond the Middle East and North Africa for the first time, after Nigeria’s Boko Haram adopted the name “Islamic State’s West Africa Province,” The Independent ....
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Boko Haram attacks Niger army base, defense ministry says
Date: 2015-04-26 12:01:29 GMT - Niger - Africa - SN:47 - ID:2458329
NIAMEY, April 26 (MENA) - Suspected Boko Haram fighters in motorized canoes attacked a Niger army base on an island in Lake Chad, the body of water touching all four countries that have been targeted by Nigeria's Islamic insurgency, Niger's defense ....
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Uhuru’s plane forced to return to Nairobi over security fears in Yemen
Date: 2015-04-24 11:16:57 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:35 - ID:2447129
NAIROBI, April 24 (MENA) - A plane carrying Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to Dubai was forced to turn back home after navigation challenges caused by the military activities in Yemen, the State House in Nairobi said on Friday. According to ....
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Sudan denies reports on denying Western officials access to Darfur
Date: 2015-04-23 12:08:39 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:66 - ID:2439941
KHARTOUM, April 23 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Sudanese Foreign Ministry Ambassador Ali al Sadek on Thursday denied foreign media reports to the effect that Sudan turned down entry visa requests by Western officials to visit Darfur region, in western ....
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Guinea opposition calls for protests nationwid
Date: 2015-04-23 11:10:39 GMT - Guinea - Africa - SN:52 - ID:2439865
CONAKRY, April 23 (MENA) - Guinea's opposition sought to spur protests across the country against a disputed election timetable on Thursday after days of violent clashes in the capital, even as the president ruled out any review, France 24 radio ....
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Nigerian forces invade last known stronghold of Boko Haram
Date: 2015-04-22 19:50:06 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:151 - ID:2437441
ABUJA, April 22 (MENA) - Nigerian forces backed by warplanes invaded Boko Haram's last known stronghold, the Sambisa forest, on Wednesday, in an effort to finally defeat their six-year-old insurgency, according to The BBC. The Sambisa forest in ....
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Libya PM slams killing of Ethiopians by Daesh in Libya
Date: 2015-04-22 16:30:40 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:110 - ID:2436113
TRIPOLI, April 22 (MENA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah Thinni has strongly deplored the beheading of 30 Ethiopians at the hands of Daesh fighters in Libya. In a cable to his Ethiopian counterpart Hailemariam Desalegn on Wednesday, Thinni ....
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Egypt amb. meets Rwandan health min.
Date: 2015-04-22 16:13:55 GMT - Rwanda - Africa - SN:103 - ID:2436049
KIGALI, April 22 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador to Rwanda Nomaira Negm met on Wednesday with Rwandan Minister of Health Agnes Binagwaho. They discussed ways of bolstering ties between the two states in the health fields. Binagwaho thanked the ....
