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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 ....
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Kenya will 'not be intimidated' by terrorists: Interior minister
Date: 2015-04-03 11:01:23 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:41 - ID:2304201
NAIROBI, April 3 (MENA) - Kenya's interior minister vowed that the country will not bow to terrorist threats, a day after the massacre of 147 students by Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab fighters. "Kenya's government will not be intimidated by the ....
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Kenyatta: Kenya badly needs additional officers
Date: 2015-04-03 10:11:02 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:40 - ID:2304057
NAIROBI, April 3 (MENA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta admitted on Friday that Kenya is in dire need of additional officers, the Kenyan broadcasting corporation reported. President Kenyatta through a statement said, “I take full responsibility ....
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Curfew imposed in north-eastern Kenya after Garissa Univ. assault
Date: 2015-04-03 10:09:29 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:39 - ID:2303745
NAIROBI, April 3 (MENA) – Kenyan authorities imposed on Friday a curfew in north-eastern Kenya after the murder of 147 people, mostly students, in an assault by the Somali Al Shabab militants on Garissa university. Kenyan Member of Parliament ....
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UN: Police used ‘excessive force’ in killing Mali protesters
Date: 2015-04-03 08:19:17 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:19 - ID:2303245
BAMAKO, April 3 (MENA) - Members of a U.N. police unit in the West African country of Mali used “unauthorized and excessive force” in fatally shooting three civilians and wounding four others during a protest in January, the U.N. announced on ....
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Egypt/Press/Headlines
Date: 2015-04-03 06:23:48 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:6 - ID:2302781
CAIRO, April 3 (MENA) - Following are the major headlines in Cairo local press on Friday: AL-AHRAM: - Sisi, Zuma discuss Mideast, African crises, bilateral ties - Five conscripts killed in Sinai terror attacks * 20 terrorists killed, 15 ....
