Africa
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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 ....
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Sierra Leone peacekeepers to leave Somalia mission
Date: 2014-12-20 19:23:09 GMT - Sierra Leone - Africa - SN:100 - ID:1578197
FREETOWN, Dec 20 (MENA) - A Sierra Leone military official says the country is withdrawing from the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia after being blocked from rotating its soldiers over concerns about the spread of Ebola, ABC News ....
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More than 6,800 dead from Ebola – WHO
Date: 2014-12-20 18:43:37 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:96 - ID:1578097
GENEVA, Dec 20 (MENA) - The Ebola death toll has risen to more than 6,800 people, almost all of them in West Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. As of December 13, there had been 18,464 cases of infection from the deadly ....
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Confrontations between Sudanese army, SPLA-N in South Kordofan
Date: 2014-12-20 08:08:04 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:14 - ID:1573609
KHARTOUM, Dec 20 (MENA) - The Sudan People's Liberation Army-North (SPLA-N) said that its forces managed to repel an attack by the Sudanese Army in South Kordofan state. A force of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) attempted to capture Daloka area, ....
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Ebola kills Sierra Leone's most senior doctor
Date: 2014-12-19 19:27:10 GMT - Sierra Leone - Africa - SN:103 - ID:1572141
LONDON, Dec 19 (MENA) - Sierra Leone's most senior doctor has died of Ebola just hours after an experimental drug to treat him arrived at Freetown's airport, The Guardian reported on Friday. Dr. Victory Willoughby is the 11th of the country's 120 ....