Africa
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Zimbabwe's president chosen as AU chariman
Date: 2015-01-30 11:25:20 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:57 - ID:1856749
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 30 (MENA) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has been chosen as the new African Union chairman in 2015. The move came during the AU summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Mugabe took over from the current AU chairman, President ....
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Sisi meets Essebsi on fringe of AU summit
Date: 2015-01-30 11:15:10 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:55 - ID:1856725
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 30 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi held talks Friday with Tunisia's Beji Caid Essebsi on the sidelines of the 24th African Summit in Ethiopia. The meeting tackled challenges facing both Arab countries. The two presidents ....
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Tunisian president offers condolences to Egypt over Sinai attacks
Date: 2015-01-30 11:02:14 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:54 - ID:1856557
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 30 (MENA) – Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi extended his condolences to the Egyptian people and President Abdel Fattah El Sisi over the terror attacks that targeted the Egyptian army in North Sinai late Thursday. Addressing ....
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Sisi meets Djibouti president in Addis Ababa
Date: 2015-01-30 10:44:18 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:52 - ID:1856489
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 30 (MENA) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met Friday with his Djiboutian counterpart Ismail Omar Guelleh on the sidelines of the opening session of the African summit here. The meeting took up bilateral relations, issues ....
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Mauritanian president mourns victims of Arish attacks
Date: 2015-01-30 10:32:31 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:49 - ID:1856181
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 30 (MENA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has offered condolences to the Egyptian people and the government over the victims of the terrorist attack on a number of security and army posts in North Sinai governorate ....
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Sisi meets Ugandan president
Date: 2015-01-30 09:51:42 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:46 - ID:1856233
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 30 (MENA) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi held talks with his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni on Friday at the African Union Commission here on issues related to Nile basin countries. Sisi is expected to leave the ....
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Africa faces big challenges - AU Commission chief
Date: 2015-01-30 09:02:03 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:37 - ID:1855561
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 30 (MENA) – African countries are facing big challenges related to development, women rights, climate change, terrorism, violence, human trafficking, drought and floods, African Union Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma ....
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African Union summit kicks off ...2 last Addis Ababa
Date: 2015-01-30 08:37:58 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:32 - ID:1855457
At the summit, African leaders will talk about the main issues in Africa topped by peace and security in Africa and the latest developments in South Sudan, Libya, Mali. Sisi will take the presidency of the African Heads of State Committee on ....
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AU calls for forming 7,500-soldier regional force to stand against Boko Haram
Date: 2015-01-30 08:20:09 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:29 - ID:1855329
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 30 (MENA) - The African Union called on Friday morning to forming a regional force comprising 7,500 soldiers for putting an end to the blatant violations of the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram. Head of the African Union ....
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African Union summit kicks off
Date: 2015-01-30 08:02:42 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:21 - ID:1855173
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 30 (MENA) - The 24th summit of the African Union kicked off in Ethiopia on Friday under the rubric: "Women's Empowerment Year and Africa Development". President Abdel Fattah El Sisi is leading Egypt's delegation to the summit. ....