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Kenyan lawmaker shot dead in Nairobi
Date: 2015-02-07 11:39:53 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:37 - ID:1912753
NAIROBI, Feb7 (MENA) - A Kenyan lawmaker was shot dead in the capital early on Saturday. Nicholas Kamwende, head of the Nairobi Criminal Investigation Department, said legislator George Muchai, his two bodyguards and a driver were sprayed with ....
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US condemns terrorist activities by Boko Haram in Cameroon, Niger
Date: 2015-02-07 07:10:48 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:9 - ID:1910905
WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (MENA) - The United States condemns "in the strongest terms" the recent terrorist acts by Boko Haram militants in Cameroon and Niger, the State Department has said, ABC News reported. "Boko Haram has perpetrated countless ....
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High-level UN and European mission to visit Central Africa
Date: 2015-02-06 17:36:40 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:86 - ID:1909369
GENEVA, Feb 6 (MENA) - A group of high-level experts from the United Nations and the European Commission will undertake a mission to the Central African Republic from 10 to 14 February to assess the current humanitarian crisis in the country, which ....
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Shebab commander killed in US drone strike: Somalia
Date: 2015-02-06 12:22:06 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:48 - ID:1907561
WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (MENA) - Somalia on Friday confirmed the death of Shebab commander Yusuf Dheeq in a US drone strike south of Mogadishu last week, France 24 reported. "The killing of terrorist leaders through precision, low risk strikes such as ....
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UN executive director of economic committee to visit Sudan Saturday
Date: 2015-02-06 09:46:07 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:28 - ID:1906565
KHARTOUM, Feb 6 (MENA) – United Nations Executive Director of the Economic committee for Africa Carlos Lopez is due to visit Sudan Saturday, the Sudan News Agency reported on Friday. Lopez will arrive in Khartoum in a three-day visit on February ....
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Fan trouble halts Ghana, Equatorial Guinea game in AFCON semi-final
Date: 2015-02-05 21:38:32 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Africa - SN:142 - ID:1904997
MALABO, Feb 5 (MENA) – An Africa Cup of Nations game between Ghana and host Equatorial Guinea was suspended Thursday due to crowd troubles. After the net of their national team received three goals, fans of Equatorial Guinea started to throw items ....
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Egypt, Congo to build model farm
Date: 2015-02-05 15:10:01 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:93 - ID:1902485
CAIRO, Feb 5 (MENA) – Egypt and Congo signed an agreement for the establishment of a model farm in Congo's Mangai city, 7 km north of Kinshasa. The agreement was co-signed by supervisor of foreign agricultural relations at the Agriculture ....
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Joint committee formed to discuss departure of UNAMID mission from Darfur
Date: 2015-02-05 09:51:46 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:38 - ID:1898989
KHARTOUM, Feb 5 (MENA) – A joint committee of the African Union United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and the Sudanese government has been formed to discuss the departure of the UNAMID mission stationed in Darfur, African Union-United Nations ....
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Ethiopia to deploy extra peace-keeping forces to Somalia, South Sudan, Abyei
Date: 2015-02-04 18:53:08 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:158 - ID:1896913
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 4 (MENA) - Ethiopia will deploy 600 additional peace keepers to Somalia, South Sudan and Abyei area in March, the Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) cited a statement by Ethiopian International Peace-keeping Training Center. The peace ....
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UNICEF: South Sudan on verge of nutrition catastrophe
Date: 2015-02-04 17:51:04 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:148 - ID:1896637
GENEVA, Feb 4 (MENA) - UNICEF urged warring groups in South Sudan to follow up fast on the ceasefire deal reached on Monday or face potentially catastrophic food shortages in the conflict areas of the country, the UNICEF said in a statement on ....
