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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 ....
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Boko Haram has killed 1,000 civilians this year, Nigerian forces torched village; rights group
Date: 2015-03-26 11:01:57 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:81 - ID:2247461
NEW YORK, March 26 (MENA) - A leading human rights group says Nigeria-based Boko Haram has killed more than 1,000 civilians this year and forced hundreds of abducted girls and women to convert to Islam and marry fighters. Human Rights Watch says ....
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Khartoum says participation in Addis Ababa meeting contingent upon inviting 7+7
Date: 2015-03-26 09:34:25 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:61 - ID:2246333
KHARTOUM, March 26 (MENA) - Khartoum government stressed that it will not take part in the Addis Ababa meeting with the opposition unless with the National Dialogue Mechanism known as (7+7) was invited. In press statements, spokesman for the ....
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Prosecutor: Central African minister arrested for rape
Date: 2015-03-25 20:45:51 GMT - Central African Republic - Africa - SN:177 - ID:2244057
BANGUI, March 25 (March) - A minister in Central African Republic was arrested this week on charges of raping a teenager earlier this year, a prosecutor confirmed Wednesday. Romaric Vomitiade, the minister for tourism, arts and culture, was ....
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Ethiopian parliament MPs call for establishing direct ties with Egyptian parliament
Date: 2015-03-25 17:58:49 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:152 - ID:2242981
ADDIS ABABA, March 25 (MENA) - MPs from the Ethiopian Parliament called for establishing direct ties with the Egyptian Parliament after its elections. In statements after a speech delivered by Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi before the ....
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Ethiopian parl't speaker welcomes Sisi
Date: 2015-03-25 14:51:12 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:111 - ID:2241301
ADDIS ABABA, March 25 (MENA) - Speaker of the Ethiopian Parliament Abadula Gemeda welcomed on Wednesday President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, who delivered a speech before the Ethiopian parliament earlier in the day. In his welcome speech, Gemeda ....
