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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 ....
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Suicide bomber kills 3, wounds 16 in attack on UN peacekeeper base in northern Mali
Date: 2015-04-15 20:53:58 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:140 - ID:2388441
BAMAKO, April 15 (MENA) - The UN mission in Mali said a suicide bomber has attacked a peacekeeping base, killing at least three people, Fox News reported. In a statement released Wednesday, the UN mission known as MINUSMA said that the attack ....
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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 ....
