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NBI extra-ordinary meeting kicks off in Khartoum
Date: 2015-02-21 08:08:38 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:17 - ID:2010201
KHARTOUM, Feb 21 (MENA) - An extra-ordinary meeting of members of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) started here Saturday. Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi is leading Egypt's delegation to the conference for the first time in five years. ....
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Egypt takes part in ceremony marking anniversary of Nile Basin Initiative
Date: 2015-02-21 07:42:01 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:13 - ID:2009997
KHARTOUM, Feb 21 (MENA) - Egypt will be taking part in a ceremony to mark the 16th anniversary of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBA). It is the first time in five years Egypt attends the ceremony that will be held under the auspices of Sudan and ....
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Shabab groups claims responsibility for hotel blast in Somalia
Date: 2015-02-20 13:38:51 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:61 - ID:2006929
MOGADISHU, Feb 20 (MENA) - Islamist militant group al-Shabab has said it was behind the attack on a hotel in the Somali capital, the BBC reported Friday. The al-Qaeda linked group has been driven out of the country's major towns but still ....
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Somali capital Mogadishu hit by double explosions at hotel
Date: 2015-02-20 13:21:10 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:58 - ID:2006713
MOGADISHU, Feb 20 (MENA) - At least 20 people, including senior officials, have been killed in an attack on a hotel in the Somali capital, the BBC reported Friday. The Central Hotel, often frequented by politicians, was hit by a car bomb and a ....
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Somali deputy PM, transport minister wounded in bomb attack outside Mogadishu hotel
Date: 2015-02-20 11:40:42 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:45 - ID:2006297
MOGADISHU, Feb 20 (MENA) - The Somali deputy prime minister and transport minister were wounded in a suicide attack outside a hotel in Mogadishu earlier Friday. Sky news said at least six suicide bombers were killed in the attack that targeted ....
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Car bomb targets hotel in Mogadishu
Date: 2015-02-20 11:11:13 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:41 - ID:2005709
MOGADISHU, Feb 20 (MENA) – A booby trapped car went off outside a hotel near the presidential palace in Mogadishu Friday. The news was carried by Sky news without giving further details. (MENA) MR/MA ....
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Khartoum hosts talks with UNAMID on exit strategy
Date: 2015-02-19 17:35:45 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:129 - ID:2002669
KHARTOUM, Feb 19 (MENA) - The United Nations and African Union officials held meetings in Khartoum on February 15-18 to discuss with Sudanese Government the UNAMID's eventual exit from Darfur, read a press release by UNAMID on Thursday. "After ....
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30 civilians killed in Nigeria: military source
Date: 2015-02-18 21:05:04 GMT - Niger - Africa - SN:160 - ID:1996325
NIAMEY, Feb 18 (MENA) - Nearly 30 civilians were killed after an unidentified airplane bombed a Nigerian border village, a well-placed military source in Niger said Wednesday. "We don't know whose plane it was. We understand that the victims are ....
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Mauritania seeks to increase number of students in Egyptian universities
Date: 2015-02-18 19:07:45 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:150 - ID:1995973
NOUAKCHOTT, Feb 18 (MENA) - A delegation from Egyptian universities discussed here Wednesday with the Mauritanian Higher Education Ministry ties between the two countries. Mauritania is keen on increasing the number of its students in the ....
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5 soldiers, 86 Boko Haram fighters killed in Cameroon clashes
Date: 2015-02-17 09:21:34 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:20 - ID:1982173
YAOUNDÉ, Feb 17 (MENA) - At least 86 Boko Haram militants and five soldiers were killed in clashes between the Cameroon army and the Islamist fighters in the country’s far north on Monday, authorities said, according to France 24. The “series of ....
