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Ethiopian FM in Khartoum over S. Sudan's consultative meeting
Date: 2015-01-11 18:36:17 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:119 - ID:1720165
KHARTOUM, Jan 11 (MENA) - Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom, has started a two-day official visit to Sudan, accompanied by a high-level delegation. Adhanom is scheduled to take part in a consultative meeting in Khartoum aiming to discuss ....
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FM to head later for Nairobi
Date: 2015-01-11 13:40:19 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:81 - ID:1717849
CAIRO, Jan 11 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will head later Sunday for the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, for the sixth round of the countries' joint committee. The committee will convene on Monday for three days. Shourky will be seeking ....
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Egyptian medical delegation steps up efforts in Equatorial Guinea to prevent Ebola outbreak during 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
Date: 2015-01-11 13:12:13 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:78 - ID:1717201
CAIRO, Jan 11 (MENA) - The Egyptian medical delegation specialized in preventive medicine are continuing efforts during their visit to Equatorial Guinea to take part in the plan to prevent Ebola threat during the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. The ....
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Egypt rejects Ethiopian dam storage capacity - official
Date: 2015-01-11 12:52:54 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:75 - ID:1716953
CAIRO, Jan 11 (MENA) – Egypt reiterated its rejection of the current height and storage capacity of Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam currently standing at 74 billion cubic meters as it undermines Egypt's water security, an Egyptian official ....
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OIC chief condemns carnage in northeastern Nigeria
Date: 2015-01-11 12:43:52 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Africa - SN:71 - ID:1717273
JEDDAH, Jan 11 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Iyad Ameen Madani has strongly condemned the horrific carnage in Nigeria's Baga that claimed, according to estimates, the lives of about 2,000 innocent people, ....
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East Africa ministers meet in Somalia for peace push
Date: 2015-01-10 19:54:59 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:121 - ID:1713369
MOGADISHU, Jan 10 (MENA) - East African foreign ministers met in Mogadishu on Saturday to push peace efforts in war-torn Somalia, the first time the regional bloc has met in the country for almost three decades, Daily Nation reported. Ministers ....
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Sudan, Ethiopia agree to remove obstacles facing trade exchange
Date: 2015-01-10 17:26:23 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:89 - ID:1712625
KHARTOUM, Jan 10 (MENA) - Sudan and Ethiopia on Saturday agreed to remove all obstacles hindering trade between the two countries. Chairman of the Sudanese Exporters Chamber Wagdy Mirghani said a meeting was held with an Ethiopian high-level ....
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Sierra Leone now has means to control Ebola epidemic: UN
Date: 2015-01-10 15:28:54 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:73 - ID:1711845
NOUAKCHOTT, Jan 10 (MENA) - Sierra Leone now has the means to curb the Ebola epidemic, the new head of the UN mission for the fight against the disease and a senior World Health Organization official said Friday (Jan 9), according to media ....
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Boko Haram crisis: Nigeria's Baga town hit by new assault
Date: 2015-01-08 13:57:04 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:95 - ID:1700041
ABUJA, Jan 8 (MENA) - Nigeria's militants have carried out a second attack on the key north-eastern town of Baga, the BBC reported. Boko Haram fighters burnt down almost the entire town on Wednesday, after over-running a military base on ....
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Senior commander of LRA arrested in Uganda.
Date: 2015-01-08 11:11:54 GMT - Uganda - Africa - SN:48 - ID:1697969
KAMPALA, Jan 8 (MENA) - Uganda's military has confirmed that a senior commander in the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) movement has been taken into custody by US forces. The International Criminal Court (ICC) wants to put Mr Ongwen on trial ....
