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Palestinian president in Ethiopia Thursday for African summit
Date: 2015-01-25 07:03:28 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:9 - ID:1816705
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 25 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will arrive here on Thursday to attend the African summit due Friday and Saturday. Abbas will deliver a speech at the summit's opening session and hold talks with African leaders on ....
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AU representatives resume meetings ahead of summit
Date: 2015-01-24 08:25:46 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:29 - ID:1810029
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 24 (MENA) - Resentatives of member states of the African Union resumed their meetings here Saturday to prepare for the 24th AU Summit to take place in Ethiopia on January 30-31. Representing Egypt in the preparatory meetings is ....
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More than 3,000 villages destroyed in Darfur fighting in 2014
Date: 2015-01-23 20:40:52 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:220 - ID:1808741
NEW YORK, Jan 23 (MENA) – A new UN report says more than 3,000 villages were destroyed in Darfur during targeted attacks on civilians early last year as hundreds of thousands of people fled the escalating violence, Fox News reported on ....
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Mali's Tuareg separatists freeze cooperation with UN mission
Date: 2015-01-23 20:26:00 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:218 - ID:1808749
BAMAKO, Jan 23 (MENA) - The spokesman for a Tuareg separatist movement in Mali says relations with UN peacekeepers have been suspended after a deadly clash, Fox News reported. Mossa Ag Attaher on Friday accused UN peacekeepers of siding with the ....
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Sierra Leone to ease restrictions as Ebola wanes
Date: 2015-01-23 18:36:09 GMT - Sierra Leone - Africa - SN:203 - ID:1808269
FREETOWN, Jan 23 (MENA) - Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma on Friday ordered a lifting of travel and trade restrictions across his country following a marked decrease in Ebola infections, Sky News reported. In a televised address, the ....
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Bashir leaves for Saudi king’s funeral
Date: 2015-01-23 11:03:31 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:96 - ID:1804961
KHARTOUM, Jan 23 (MENA) – Sudanese President Omar Bashir left here Friday for Riyadh to attend the funeral of Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz. The Sudanese president is accompanied by a delegation comprising Minister of Presidential Affairs ....
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Egypt welcomes agreement by leaders of SPLM in South Sudan
Date: 2015-01-23 09:44:35 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:68 - ID:1804341
CAIRO, Jan 23 (MENA) - Egypt on Friday welcomed an agreement by leaders of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in South Sudan in the Tanzanian city Arusha on Wednesday. A released statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry indicated that Egypt ....
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African summit preparatory meetings begin in Addis Ababa
Date: 2015-01-23 09:32:45 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:64 - ID:1803969
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 23 (MENA) - The meeting of permanent delegates to the African Union started here on Friday to arrange for the 24th session to be hosted by the Ethiopian capital on January 30-31. Egypt's delegation to the summit is to be chaired ....
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Ethiopia, Turkey agree to cooperate in science, technology
Date: 2015-01-22 18:09:09 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:126 - ID:1800637
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 22 (MENA) - Ethiopia and Turkey agreed to cooperate in the science and technology area to further strengthen ties, the Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) reported on Thursday. Science and technology ministers of the two countries ....
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Erdogan arrives in Ethiopia on African tour
Date: 2015-01-22 09:08:53 GMT - Turkey - Africa - SN:29 - ID:1795605
ANKARA, Jan 22 (MENA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Ethiopia late on Wednesday at the start of an African tour to include Djibouti, TRT radio and television reported Thursday. Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn ....
