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American missionary in Nigeria kidnapped by masked gunmen
Date: 2015-02-24 20:48:01 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:155 - ID:2036781
ABUJA, Feb 24 (MENA) - Masked gunmen have kidnapped an American woman doing missionary work in Nigeria, with ransom the suspected motive for the attack, The Guardian reported Tuesday. "She was whisked away at around 10am (0900 GMT) Monday," said ....
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Projects for protecting S. Sudanese against floods - min.
Date: 2015-02-24 20:40:02 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:151 - ID:2036525
JUBA, Feb (MENA) – Projects for protecting South Sudan against floods will be conducted, Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazy told MENA Tuesday. Moghazy's remarks came during his visit to Juba with a high level delegation. A ....
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Egypt establishes water purifying station in S. Sudan
Date: 2015-02-24 20:31:35 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:149 - ID:2036765
JUBA, Feb 24 (MENA) – Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hosam Moghazi inspected on Tuesday a station for lifting and purifying water carried out by Egypt on Jur River in the South Sudanese state of Bahr el Ghazal. The Egyptian minister ....
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Sudanese min. meets Ethiopian parl't speaker
Date: 2015-02-24 16:58:37 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:126 - ID:2035753
KHARTOUM, Feb 24 (MENA) - Sudanese Interior Minister Esmat Abdul Rahman met on Tuesday with Speaker of the Ethiopian Parliament Abadula Gemeda. The two sides discussed ways of bolstering relations between the two states in all fields. Gemeda ....
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Afreximbank to provide Egypt with $500 million, says minister
Date: 2015-02-24 14:23:36 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:96 - ID:2033657
CAIRO, Feb 24 (MENA) - Minister of Trade and Industry Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour said on Tuesday that the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) will provide Egypt with 500 million dollars to facilitate the movement of trade between Egypt and 37 ....
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Egypt will not allow harming is water interests -- Consul
Date: 2015-02-24 12:48:12 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:70 - ID:2033393
KHARTOUM, Feb 24 (MENA) - Egypt will not allow harming is water interests, said Egyptian Consul General in Sudan Weam Souelam on Tuesday. In statements to reporters, he added that Egypt will not allow the Ethiopian dam, which is now under ....
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18 dead in Nigeria suicide bus blast
Date: 2015-02-24 12:45:10 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:67 - ID:2033965
ABUJA, Feb 24 (MENA) - At least 18 people have been killed in a suspected suicide bombing on a bus in the northeastern Nigerian city of Potiskum, Sputnik International reported on Tuesday. The commercial capital of Yobe state, Potiskum, has been ....
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South Sudan hails Egypt's fufifilled pledges
Date: 2015-02-24 07:54:42 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:9 - ID:2030601
JUBA, Feb 24 (MENA) - South Sudan's Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Jemma Nunu Kumba said Egypt is the only country that attaches great importance to the people of South Sudan. Egypt met its pledges in supporting development projects ....
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Kenya court strikes out sections of security law
Date: 2015-02-23 21:13:45 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:164 - ID:2029761
NAIROBI, Feb 23 (MENA) - Seven sections of a contentious law the government says will help Kenya curb a wave of extremist attacks are unconstitutional, a Kenyan court said Monday. The five-judge bench said the seven sections contravened the bill ....
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Egypt, S.Sudan irrigation ministers review joint projects in Juba
Date: 2015-02-23 17:46:33 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:119 - ID:2028649
JUBA, Feb 23 (MENA) - Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hossam Moghazy said that several projects were implemented in South Sudan in cooperation with Egypt including establishing of inland ports as well as digging 47 wells. This ....
