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Nigerian army retakes strategic town from Boko Haram
Date: 2015-04-01 17:44:16 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:107 - ID:2293541
ABUJA, April 1 (MENA) – The Nigerian army's spokesman declared the recapture of a strategic border town of Malam Fatori from Boko Haram militants. He said soldiers from Chad and Niger drove the Boko Haram militants from the town after fierce ....
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Algerian president congratulates Buhari on Nigeria election win
Date: 2015-04-01 17:12:14 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:102 - ID:2293305
ALGIERS, April 1 (MENA) – Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika Wednesday sent a cable of congratulations to Nigeria's president-elect Muhammadu Buhari on wining presidential election. In his cable, the Algerian president hailed efforts made by ....
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Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan water ministers to convene Wednesday in Addis Ababa
Date: 2015-04-01 16:22:40 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:94 - ID:2293273
CAIRO, April 1 (MENA) - Water resources ministers of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia will meet in Addis Ababa on Wednesday to preside over a technical committee, made up of 12 experts to choose the international consultancy office that will complete ....
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Nigerian sports minister arrives in Nouakchott
Date: 2015-04-01 13:54:39 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:65 - ID:2292013
NOUAKCHOTT, April 1 (MENA) - The Nigerian sports minister started a visit to Mauritania. The minister will take pat in celebrations of the national sports day in Mauritania which will fall on April 4, according to a Mauritanian official source on ....
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Zimbabwe grants Egyptian ambassador Diplomat of the Year award
Date: 2015-04-01 11:09:30 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:30 - ID:2290341
CAIRO, April 1 (MENA) - For the second time, Egyptian Ambassador to Zimbabwe Bassem Khalil was granted the Diplomat of the Year award for 2015, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement Wednesday. Khalil received the award during a special ....
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Jonathan congratulates Buhari over winning presidential elections
Date: 2015-03-31 20:37:53 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:119 - ID:2287773
ABUJA, March 31 (MENA) - Nigeria's incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan had admitted defeat and congratulated Muhammadu Buhari in presidential elections, the BBC reported on Tuesday. "President Jonathan called General Muhammadu Buhari, the ....
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Egypt delivers medical aid to DRC hospital
Date: 2015-03-31 13:10:19 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:50 - ID:2283961
KINSHASA, March 31 (MENA) - The Egyptian Agency for Development Partnerships has delivered a shipment of medical aid to Goma General Hospital in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The agency, affiliated with the ....
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Mahlab meets Djibouti president on fringe of COMESA Summit
Date: 2015-03-31 11:43:51 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:34 - ID:2282697
ADDIS ABABA, March 31 (MENA) - Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab met on Tuesday with Dijoubti Presdent Ismail Omar Guelleh in the presence of Minister of Electricity Mohammad Shaker and Egypt's Ambassador in Ethiopia Mohammad Edriss. The ....
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PM leaves Addis Ababa after COMESA summit
Date: 2015-03-31 11:39:42 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:32 - ID:2283361
ADDIS ABABA, March 31 (MENA) - Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab left Ethiopia Tuesday after having taken part in the 18th COMESA summit. Mahlab delivered Egypt's speech at the summit, stressing that political, security and economic ....
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Africans should make education more creative, says minister
Date: 2015-03-31 11:20:49 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:30 - ID:2281817
ADDIS ABABA, March 31 (MENA) - Trade and Industry Minister Monier Fakhri Abdel Nour on Tuesday called on African nations to make the technical education more creative. "The biggest challenges Africa is facing is to lure new investments that will ....
