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46 countries to take part in Africa's three major economic groupings Summit in Egypt
Date: 2015-04-07 08:50:59 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:12 - ID:2327825
CAIRO, April 7 (MENA) - Secretary-General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Sindiso Ndema Ngwenya said that 46 countries will take part in the summit of Africa's three major regional groupings - the Economic Community of ....
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Kenya bombs Somalia al Shabab bases after Garissa attack
Date: 2015-04-06 16:15:40 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:90 - ID:2323877
NAIROBI, April 6 (MENA) - Kenyan fighter jets have bombed positions of militant Islamist group al Shabab in neighbouring Somalia, military spokesman David Obonyo has told the BBC. The warplanes had targeted two camps in the Gedo region, used by ....
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Bashir lauds Sudan ties with Egypt
Date: 2015-04-06 11:13:16 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:40 - ID:2322101
KHARTOUM, April 6 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar al Bashir has hailed as distinguished relations between Egypt and Sudan. He praised efforts by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to boost bilateral ties. Bashir was speaking in a popular ....
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Kenya declares 3 days of mourning after Garissa atrocity
Date: 2015-04-04 20:33:54 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:114 - ID:2312853
NAIROBI, April 4 (MENA) – Declaring three days of mourning after Thursday’s massacre at Garissa University, Kenya’s president vowed the extremists would not succeed in creating an Islamic caliphate. Kenya would do everything, Uhuru Kenyatta said, ....
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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 ....
