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Egypt, Morocco sign coop. protocol on printing
Date: 2014-12-11 22:31:09 GMT - Morocco - Africa - SN:144 - ID:1520589
RABAT, Dec 11 (MENA) – The chamber of print at the Federation of Egyptian Industries on Thursday signed a cooperation protocol with its Moroccan counterpart. The deal represents a step for establishing the first African union for printing and ....
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31 dead after double bombing rocks Nigeria
Date: 2014-12-11 20:37:31 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:135 - ID:1520489
ABUJA, Dec 11 (MENA) - At least 31 people have been killed in a double bombing in the Nigerian city of Jos, while a 13-year-old girl in an explosives vest has been arrested in the northern city of Kano, Sky News news channel reported on ....
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Sudan, Egypt in culture coop. talks
Date: 2014-12-11 14:03:27 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:88 - ID:1517445
KHARTOUM, Dec 11 (MENA) - Sudanese Culture Minister Al-Tayeb Hassan Badawi discussed Thursday with Egypt's Ambassador to Sudan Osama Shaltout ways of boosting cultural ties. During the meeting, Badawi underlined the close cultural ties binding ....
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Egypt offers grants to Nile basin countries for water projects
Date: 2014-12-11 12:10:49 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:61 - ID:1516817
CAIRO, Dec 11 (MENA) – Egypt had offered grants for development projects at Nile basin countries over the past two decades at a total value of EGP 500 million or $66 million, Water Resources Minister Hossam Moghazi said. The Egyptian assistance ....
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Nigeria's ruling party picks Jonathan as presidential candidate
Date: 2014-12-11 07:03:48 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:13 - ID:1514061
ABUJA, Dec 11 (MENA) - Nigeria's ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) nominated incumbent Goodluck Jonathan as their candidate for the February 2015 presidential elections in the early hours on Thursday, Business Insider reported. The PDP ....
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Zimbabwe's justice minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa, named new VP
Date: 2014-12-10 19:30:58 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:139 - ID:1512817
HARARE, Dec 10 (MENA) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, 90, said the justice minister will become vice president, a move that makes him a possible successor to the longtime leader, Fox News reported. Mugabe on Wednesday told a ruling party ....
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Female suicide bombers kill, wound scores in north Nigeria
Date: 2014-12-10 18:11:14 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:121 - ID:1512621
ABUJA, Dec 10 (MENA) - Four people were killed when two female suicide bombers detonated their explosives Wednesday in the northern city of Kano, the ABC news network reported. State Police commissioner Aderenle Shinaba said the explosions ....
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Sudan presidency calls for registration of South Sudanese refugees
Date: 2014-12-10 13:13:45 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:53 - ID:1509777
KHARTOUM, Dec 10 (MENA) - The Sudanese presidency has instructed aid agencies to register and determine the increasing number of South Sudanese refugees in Sudan. Sudan's Vice President Hassabo Mohamed Abdel-Rahman who met with State Minister of ....
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Sudan no longer welcomes UN/AU Blue Helmets in Darfur
Date: 2014-12-10 09:57:18 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:19 - ID:1507297
KHARTOUM, Dec 10 (MENA) - The Sudanese government said the United Nations and Africa Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) was asked to leave the country as it has failed to execute its mandate. President Omar Al Bashir had earlier demanded UNAMID ....
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China supports African rapid response forces - Spokesman
Date: 2014-12-09 18:27:12 GMT - China - Africa - SN:115 - ID:1505329
BEIJING, Dec 9 (MENA) - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said on Tuesday said his country supports African countries to set up rapid response forces to reinforce Africa's capabilities to deal with crisis. China is always a constructive ....
