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After Garissa attack, Kenyan President Kenyatta pledges to fight Al-Shabab
Date: 2015-04-04 19:21:31 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:102 - ID:2312597
NAIROBI, April 4 (MENA) - Two days after al-Shabab militants killed almost 150 people in the Kenyan city of Garissa, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta pledged the group would not create an Islamist caliphate in his country. His televised speech ....
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Araby condemns Garissa univ. attack in northeastern Kenya
Date: 2015-04-04 17:07:09 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:76 - ID:2311925
CAIRO, April 4 (MENA) – Secretary General of the Arab League Nabil el Araby condemned the terrorist attack of al Shabab movement in Garissa University in northeastern Kenya which claimed the lives of and injured many innocent students. In a press ....
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Somali Shabaab group threatens Kenya with more 'bloodbath'
Date: 2015-04-04 08:55:18 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:21 - ID:2308353
MOGADISHU, April 4 (MENA) – Somali Al Shabaab militant group threatened Kenya with a "new bloodbath" two days after the massacre the group had committed in a university and left over 148 people dead. In a statement, the group said Kenyans will pay ....
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Boko Haram, 'Islam's worst enemy,': Niger president
Date: 2015-04-04 08:02:05 GMT - Niger - Africa - SN:18 - ID:2308101
WASHINGTON, April 4 (MENA) - Militant group Boko Haram is "the worst enemy of Islam" and will be defeated because West African Muslims reject its violent actions Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou said. "There is nothing Islamic about Boko ....
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Sports teams play role to boost relations between countries -- diplomat
Date: 2015-04-04 07:52:36 GMT - Rwanda - Africa - SN:12 - ID:2308081
KIGALI, April 4 (MENA) - Egypt is adopting a political approach that gives priority to Africa, the Nile Basin countries in particular, said Egyptian Ambassador here Namira Negm. In statements to MENA on Saturday, Negm urged Egyptian businessmen ....
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Boko Haram's ability to cause harm declined - Chadian chief of staff
Date: 2015-04-04 07:50:46 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:11 - ID:2308073
ABUJA, April 4 (MENA) - The ability of Boko Haram to cause harm has went down after the Chadian-Nigerian forces controlled Malam Fatori in the northeast of Nigeria, said Chadian Chief of Defense Staff Ibrahim Seid. The city which was controlled ....
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Explosive detonates, apparently by accident, in Mali's capital, killing 2
Date: 2015-04-03 21:37:49 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:130 - ID:2307585
BAMAKO, April 3 (MENA) - An army spokesman says an explosive went off, apparently by accident, in a house on the outskirts of Mali's capital, killing two people, Fox News reported on Friday. Commander Modibo Nama Traore said the explosive detonated ....
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Malaysia condemns militant attack in Kenya
Date: 2015-04-03 20:59:22 GMT - Malaysia - Africa - SN:122 - ID:2307453
KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 (MENA) - Malaysia on Friday condemned a militant attack on a university in north-eastern Kenya that resulted in the deaths of 147 people, Bernama News Agency reported. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said Malaysia ....
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Sudan's NCP won't partake in Addis Ababa meetings
Date: 2015-04-03 14:32:37 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:81 - ID:2305517
KHARTOUM, April 3 (MENA) – Sudan's ruling National Congress Party (NCP) rejected Friday taking part in meetings that should be held in Addis Ababa to prepare for national dialogue. The party said the African mechanism and the Sudan People's ....
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Bomb explosion kills 10 in northeast Nigeria
Date: 2015-04-03 13:09:09 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:67 - ID:2305373
ABUJA, April 3 (MENA) - At least ten people have been killed and 15 others wounded in an explosion in the northeastern Nigerian city of Gombe, witnesses say. Muhammad Garkuwa, a drivers’ union official, said that the bomb went off near a bus ....
