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4 rebels killed in UN helicopter assault on vehicles
Date: 2015-01-21 19:50:36 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:153 - ID:1793833
BAMAKO, Jan 21 (MENA) - Authorities in northern Mali said at least four rebels were killed after a Dutch attack helicopter with the UN mission fired upon their car, Fox News reported. The violence took place near Tabancort north of the town of Gao ....
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Egyptian Ambassador in Dakar meets with UN envoy to West Africa
Date: 2015-01-21 12:17:42 GMT - Senegal - Africa - SN:53 - ID:1789757
DAKAR, Jan 21 (MENA) – Egyptian Ambassador here Hisham Maher on Wednesday met with Mohamed Ibn Chambas, the Special Envoy of United Nations Secretary General to West Africa. The Egyptian ambassador asserted at the meeting that Egypt has never been ....
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Egypt amb. to Burundi meets 1st VP
Date: 2015-01-21 08:45:14 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:20 - ID:1787745
CAIRO, Jan 21 (MENA) - Burundian First Vice President Prosper Bazombaza met Wednesday with Yasser Ragab, the Egyptian Ambassador in Bujumbura to discuss means of boosting bilateral cooperation. A statement by the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday ....
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Egypt condoles with Mozambique Malawi over flood victims
Date: 2015-01-21 07:19:31 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:8 - ID:1787653
CAIRO, Jan 21 (MENA) - Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ambassador Badr Abdel Aati Wednesday expressed Egypt's support and condolences to Malawi and neighboring Mozambique, where heavy rains have caused severe flooding, displaced thousands of people and ....
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Boko Haram may have displaced over million in Nigeria: IOM
Date: 2015-01-20 12:26:27 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:50 - ID:1782369
GENEVA, Jan 20 (MENA) - Nigeria’s displaced population may be close to a million due to the mounting violence by the Boko Haram insurgency, according to International Organization for Migration. Unless the insurgency is stopped, the tragedy ....
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Zambia votes for new president
Date: 2015-01-20 07:57:16 GMT - Zambia - Africa - SN:13 - ID:1780009
LUSAKA, Jan 20 (MENA) - Zambians lined up at polling stations on Tuesday to vote for a successor to President Michael Sata, who died in October after a long illness, according to ABC News. The central business district of Lusaka, the Zambian ....
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Sudan seeks press code of conduct with Egypt
Date: 2015-01-19 21:35:49 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:141 - ID:1779121
KHARTOUM, Jan 19 (MENA) - The Sudanese press freedom organization held on Monday a workshop on formulating a Sudanese-Egyptian press charter. The workshop aimed to formulate a code of conduct between the Egyptian and Sudanese media, said head of ....
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French president receives Guinea's counterpart at Elysee
Date: 2015-01-19 18:00:07 GMT - France - Africa - SN:116 - ID:1777937
PARIS, Jan 19 (MENA) - French President Francois Hollande received on Monday his Guinea's counterpart Alpha Omar Conde at the Elysee palace. In a press release, the Elysee palace said the meeting discussed ways of combating Ebola virus and ....
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Mali declares itself Ebola-free
Date: 2015-01-19 13:14:40 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:66 - ID:1775245
BAMAKO, Jan 19 (MENA) - Mali is free of Ebola, the country’s minister of health declared Sunday, saying that 42 days have passed since its last patient tested negative for the virus. In the outbreak afflicting West Africa - infecting more than ....
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Niger security forces fire tear gas to disperse protest
Date: 2015-01-18 21:54:39 GMT - Niger - Africa - SN:151 - ID:1771493
NIAMEY, Jan 18 (MENA) - Security forces in Niger used tear gas Sunday to disperse hundreds of opposition supporters taking part in a banned demonstration in the capital, ABC news reported Sunday. The political altercation came after 10 people ....
