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Suicide bomber kills 4 persons in Somalia's capital
Date: 2015-01-04 20:09:47 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:112 - ID:1673833
MOGADISHU, Jan 4 (MENA) - A suicide car bomber blew himself up near a moving convoy of Somalia's US-trained elite forces in Mogadishu, killing at least four people, ABC News quoted a Somali police officer as saying on Sunday. Somali militant ....
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Nairobi flights halted after plane crash
Date: 2015-01-04 19:53:03 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:108 - ID:1674113
NAIROBI, Jan 4 (MENA) – Flights into Kenya's main airport have been suspended after a passenger plane crash-landed on the runway in the capital Nairobi, BBC reported. No deaths or injuries have been reported at Jomo Kenyatta International ....
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Khartoum, Juba agree act toward debt relief, better attraction of investment
Date: 2015-01-02 13:45:10 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:55 - ID:1660917
KHARTOUM, Jan 2 (MENA) – Sudan and South Sudan have agreed on action to relieve the first of its foreign debt and to attract foreign investment to the latter. In a press conference held in Khartoum Friday, South Sudanese Foreign Minister Barnaba ....
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Kenya court suspends parts of security law
Date: 2015-01-02 09:16:43 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:26 - ID:1659925
NAIROBI, Jan 2 (MENA) - Kenya's High Court has suspended some sections of the controversial new security law, which was enacted two weeks ago despite fierce opposition, according to the BBC. The court blocked eight measures until a legal challenge ....
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Sudanese FM, UN official confer of bilateral ties
Date: 2015-01-02 08:47:40 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:20 - ID:1659657
KHARTOUM, Jan 2 (MENA) - Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti received a phone call from UN deputy secretary general on the Sudanese-UN ties. During the call, the UN official asserted the UN keenness on boosting ties with Sudan in the different ....
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Gov't official: S. Sudan to hold elections Mid-2015
Date: 2015-01-01 18:09:22 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:76 - ID:1658029
JUBA, Jan 1 (MENA) - South Sudan will hold general elections between May and July, said a government spokesman. According to ABC news, Ateny Wek Ateny, the president's press secretary, said the government would give amnesty to rebels to encourage ....
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Suicide bombing injures many in church in Nigeria
Date: 2015-01-01 11:21:59 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:39 - ID:1655241
ABUJA, Jan 1 (MENA) - A suicide bomber blew himself up outside an evangelist church in Gombe in Nigeria on Thursday injuring several people, local media quoted witnesses and a rescue worker as saying. “There was an explosion outside the ECWA ....
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Woman suicide bomber killed during attack on barracks in Nigeria
Date: 2015-01-01 06:09:59 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:9 - ID:1653509
ABUJA, Jan 1 (MENA) - A woman suicide bomber was killed as she tried to enter a military barracks in strife-torn northeast Nigeria on Wednesday, skynews reported. Soldiers opened fire on the woman, who was wearing a hijab, after she refused to ....
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UN condemns coup attempt in Gambia
Date: 2014-12-31 21:06:46 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:117 - ID:1652821
NEW YORK, Dec 31 (MENA) - The UN Security Council on Wednesday condemned the coup attempt "against the legal and democratic institutions" in Gambia, the Fox News reported. Chad's UN Ambassador Mahamat Zene, the current council president, told ....
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Foreign ministry welcomes Djibouti govt, opposition agreement
Date: 2014-12-31 19:50:21 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:104 - ID:1652549
CAIRO, Dec 31 (MENA) - Egypt's Foreign Ministry has welcomed a framework agreement reached between Djibouti's government and the main opposition party. Cairo voiced hope that both sides could commit to the provisions of the agreement to fulfill ....
