Africa
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Sudan bans travel of former diplomat
Date: 2014-12-28 09:59:06 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:47 - ID:1627153
KHARTOUM, Dec 28 (MENA) - The Foreign Ministry banned the travel of the former Sudanese consul to Egypt over financial violations. Upon a request by the Sudanese Foreign Ministry, the Anti-Corruption Department started expanded investigations ....
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Egypt envoy visits Kinshasa hospital
Date: 2014-12-27 11:52:26 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:38 - ID:1621973
KINSHASA, Dec 27 (MENA) – Egypt's Ambassador here Hani Salah visited Kinshasa General Hospital on Saturday. The envoy was received by the hospital's director, a Health Ministry representative and hospital staff. Salah inspected the neonatal, and ....
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Ugandan president arrives in Ethiopia
Date: 2014-12-26 17:22:13 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:84 - ID:1618785
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 26 (MENA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni arrived in Addis Ababa on Friday for a three-day official visit to Ethiopia, local media reported. Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and senior officials welcomed Museveni ....
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Irrigation min. to inaugurate development projects in S. Sudan in January
Date: 2014-12-26 09:21:57 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:28 - ID:1616253
CAIRO, Dec 26 (MENA) - Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hossam Moghazi will inaugurate a number of development projects in South Sudan late in January. The projects come as part of the grants and aid offered by Egypt to support the main ....
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Ban Ki-moon urges Sudan not to expel UN humanitarian coordinator
Date: 2014-12-26 06:53:40 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:11 - ID:1615397
NEW YORK, Dec 26 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the decision of Sudanese authorities to expel the United Nations' humanitarian coordinator in the country Ali Zaatari. "The Secretary-General condemns the Government of ....
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Sudan kicks UN official out of country
Date: 2014-12-25 14:54:10 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:102 - ID:1612909
KHARTOUM, Dec 24 (MENA) - Sudanese authorities have told United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan Ali Al Zaatari to leave the country, UN officials in Khartoum said. Zaatari declined to comment on the decision ....
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AMISOM HQ in Mogadishu under fire: media
Date: 2014-12-25 13:14:15 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:87 - ID:1612097
MOGADISHU, Dec 25 (MENA) - Blasts and gunfire were heard in Mogadishu's seat of the African Union Mission In Somalia (AMISOM). Radio France Internationale said the blasts targeted the AMISOM seat. No more information was made available. ....
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S. Sudanese requests to modify fees of oil passage via Sudan
Date: 2014-12-23 09:31:51 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:45 - ID:1594989
KHARTOUM, Dec 23 (MENA) - South Sudanese government will present a request to the Sudanese government to modify the value of fees on petroleum passage via the Sudanese territories. This comes after the decrease of the international prices of oil, ....
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Essebsi urges Marzouki to take part in building Tunisia
Date: 2014-12-23 08:40:11 GMT - Tunisia - Africa - SN:34 - ID:1594745
TUNIS, Dec 23 (MENA) - Elected Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi urged his rival in the presidential elections Moncef Marzouki to take part in building the country. In an interview with the state-owned Tunisian Television yesterday, Essebsi ....
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South Sudan summons Khartoum ambassador over hostile statements
Date: 2014-12-21 09:29:51 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:23 - ID:1579949
KHARTOUM, Dec 21 (MENA) - South Sudan summoned Sudanese Ambassador in Juba Mutrif Sadig in protest against some hostile statements by Sudanese officials against the country. South Sudanese Foreign Ministry questioned the diplomat on the reasons ....