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Sisi meets S. Africa's Zuma
Date: 2015-04-02 16:30:13 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:98 - ID:2300785
CAIRO, April 2 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi received on Thursday South African President Jacob Zuma. The meeting took up recent domestic and regional developments, said Spokesman for the president, Alaa Yousef. The meeting also ....
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Irrigation min. attends graduation ceremony of Ethiopian trainees
Date: 2015-04-02 16:25:44 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:97 - ID:2300577
CAIRO, April 2 (MENA) - Egypt's Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazy attended on Thursday a graduation ceremony of Ethiopian trainees at the Regional Center for Training and Water Studies in 6th of October City. The minister said that Egypt is keen ....
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Holding Christians hostage in Kenya University attack, says Somalia's Shebab
Date: 2015-04-02 13:28:25 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:70 - ID:2298961
NAIROBI, April 2 (MENA) - Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab said their gunmen were holding Christian hostages after attacking a Kenyan university today in an ongoing assault in revenge for Nairobi's troops fighting in Somalia. The gunmen divided ....
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Djibouti evacuates embassy staff in Yemen
Date: 2015-04-02 07:44:36 GMT - Yemen - Africa - SN:20 - ID:2295901
SANAA, April 2 (MENA) – Djibouti Embassy in Yemen started to evacuate its staff after the security situation deteriorated in the country, Yemen Today newspaper quoted a security source on Thursday. Yemeni Interior Ministry sent security forces to ....
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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 ....
