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Kenya lauds GERD agreement
Date: 2015-03-29 15:47:22 GMT - egypt--ethiopia - Africa - SN:107 - ID:2270453
ADDIS ABABA, March 29 (MENA) - Kenya lauded the agreement signed on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan saying it will boost cooperation among the Nile riparian countries. Kenyan Foreign Minister Amina ....
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Sudan denies closing Iranian embassy in Khartoum
Date: 2015-03-29 09:57:16 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:33 - ID:2267029
KHARTOUM, March 29 (MENA) - The Sudanese Foreign Ministry categorically denied closing the Iranian embassy in Khartoum and expelling the Iranian ambassador. This rumor is totally void of truth, Sudanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ali el Sadek ....
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Kenya president suspends 4 ministers for alleged corruption
Date: 2015-03-28 18:49:30 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:179 - ID:2264665
NAIROBI, March 28 (MENA) – Kenya's president Saturday suspended four cabinet secretaries and 16 other senior officials to facilitate investigations into allegations of corruption, ABC News reported. The officers have been named in a confidential ....
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Egypt's ambassador in Burundi meets presidential adviser
Date: 2015-03-28 16:22:09 GMT - Burundi - Africa - SN:127 - ID:2263737
BUJUMBURA, March 28 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador here Yasser Ragab met on Saturday with Burundian President Adviser Mohammad Rokara to follow up the outcome of his recent visit to Cairo. Rokara said he was honored to meet President Abdel Fattah El ....
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Official: Siege of gunmen in Somali hotel ends, 17 dead
Date: 2015-03-28 07:56:30 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:23 - ID:2259305
MOGADISHU, March 28 (MENA) - Somali government officials say they have taken control of the hotel where extremist gunmen were holed up for more than 12 hours in an attack that has left at least 17 people dead. Capt. Mohamed Hussein said Saturday ....
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At least 9 dead as Shabab militants attack hotel in Somali capital
Date: 2015-03-27 19:27:53 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:101 - ID:2257741
MOGADISHU, March 27 (MENA) – Al-Shabab militants blasted their way into a Mogadishu hotel and took positions inside, exchanging fire with security forces seeking to regain control of the facility late Friday, FOX News quoted a Somali police official ....
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Boko Haram HQ Gwoza in Nigeria 'retaken'
Date: 2015-03-27 13:11:27 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:56 - ID:2255765
ABUJA, March 27 (MENA) - The Nigerian army says it has retaken the north-eastern town of Gwoza, believed to be the headquarters of militant Islamist group Boko Haram. "Several terrorists died while many are captured," a tweet from the defences ....
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Special session announced at UN rights body on Boko Haram abuses
Date: 2015-03-27 12:27:04 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:50 - ID:2255425
GENEVA, March 27 (MENA) - The UN's human rights watchdog is to hold a special session on abuses linked to the separatist militia group known as Boko Haram, the UN Press Center announced Friday. The development follows a request from the Algerian ....
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Egypt's amb. in Nouakchott meets with Mauritanian defense min.
Date: 2015-03-27 10:56:10 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:34 - ID:2254601
CAIRO, March 27 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador in Nouakchott Ahmed Fadel Yakoub has met with Mauritanian Minister of Defense Diallo Mamadou. The meeting took up means of boosting Egyptian-Mauritanian cooperation in the different domains, especially ....
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Sisi, Desalegn affirm interest in boosting joint coop.
Date: 2015-03-26 14:55:06 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:143 - ID:2249761
ADDIS ABABA, March 26 (MENA) – A joint statement issued on the results of a visit by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to Addis Ababa has affirmed the Egyptian-Ethiopian will to boost bilateral relations and expand joint cooperation in all ....
