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FM attends banquet in Ethiopia, meets African counterparts
Date: 2015-01-26 19:28:19 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:169 - ID:1830449
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 26 (MENA) - Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry attended on Monday a banquet in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa where he is taking part in the 26th session of the executive council of the African Union (AU) Foreign ....
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Sisi to take part in African summit in Ethiopia
Date: 2015-01-26 12:09:59 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:61 - ID:1826757
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 26 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi is to take part in the 24th African Union Summit that kicks off in the Ethiopian capital on Friday. Sisi's visit to Ethiopia is the first of its kind since he took office last ....
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AU commissioner says terrorism, extremism must come to an end in Africa
Date: 2015-01-26 10:58:21 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:46 - ID:1825417
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 26 (MENA) - Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, chairperson of the African Union Commission, underlined the importance of bringing to an end the risks of terrorism and extremism in the African continent. She called for "silencing the guns ....
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Cairo hosts conf on economic empowerement of African women in April
Date: 2015-01-26 08:39:55 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:18 - ID:1824409
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 26 (MENA) - A conference on the economic empowerment of African women will be held in Cairo on April 28. Arrangements for this gathering will be made along the sidelines of the preparatory meetings of the 24th African summit here ....
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Sisi visit to Addis Ababa attracts Ethiopian media attention
Date: 2015-01-25 15:15:24 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:94 - ID:1820561
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 25 (MENA) – President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's scheduled visit to Addis Ababa, where he will participate in a two-day African Summit (AU), has attracted the attention of a number of Ethiopian diplomatic and media personnel. The ....
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Dozens killed in fierce clashes between Boko Haram, Nigerian troops
Date: 2015-01-25 14:40:07 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:88 - ID:1820321
ABUJA, Jan 25 (MENA) - Nigerian troops clashed with Islamic extremists who attacked Maiduguri, the biggest city in northeast Nigeria, Fox News reported on Sunday. Dozens of combatants have been killed and wounded in the attack. "Coordinated ....
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AU summit to kick off in Ethiopia Friday
Date: 2015-01-25 14:11:22 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:82 - ID:1819917
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 25 (MENA) - The 24th African Union Summit will kick off in Ethiopia on Friday. The two day-summit will see the participation of more than 40 heads of state, topped by Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, as Egypt's ....
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Zambia Defence Minister Lungu wins presidential election
Date: 2015-01-25 10:02:44 GMT - Zambia - Africa - SN:38 - ID:1818057
LUASKA, Jan 25 (MENA) - Zambia's presidential election has been won by Defence and Justice Minister Edgar Lungu of the Patriotic Front, according to the BBC. Lungu won by a 48.3% majority, the election commission said, after an election race ....
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Sudan seeks Interpol warrant to arrest opposition leader
Date: 2015-01-25 08:49:47 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:28 - ID:1816981
KHARTOUM, Jan 25 (MENA) - Sudanese authorities are seeking warrants of arrest by the International Police (Interpol) against the leader of the National Umma Party (NUP) Al Sadiq al Mahdi and head of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) faction Minni ....
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Unidentified gunmen take Libyan foreign ministry undersecretary to unknown destination
Date: 2015-01-25 08:29:14 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:26 - ID:1816881
TRIPOLI, Jan 25 (MENA) - Unidentified gunmen raided the room of the Libyan foreign ministry undersecretary Hassan el Soghaiyar at Marhaba Hotel in al Bayda city and took him to an unknown destination. A number of gunmen entered the hotel and ....
