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Boko Haram stages attacks in Nigeria and Cameroon
Date: 2015-01-18 20:59:30 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:145 - ID:1771345
YAOUNDE, Jan 18 (MENA) - Boko Haram attacked a village in northern Cameroon early Sunday, killing three people and staging its largest kidnapping yet in the country, the information minister said, adding that some of the hostages were ....
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Medical adviser of Egyptian embassy in Khartoum dies
Date: 2015-01-18 12:12:27 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:61 - ID:1767261
KHARTOUM, Jan 18 (MENA) - The Egyptian Embassy in Khartoum mourned the death of the embassy's medical adviser Adel Abu Zeid, who breathed his last on Saturday after a sudden heart attack. In a statement Sunday, the Egyptian Embassy in Sudan ....
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Chadian president says to answer Cameroon's call to fight Boko Haram
Date: 2015-01-18 08:42:22 GMT - Chad - Africa - SN:14 - ID:1764693
N'DJAMENA, Jan 18 (MENA) - Chadian President Idriss Deby said that his country has answered the call of Cameroon's President Paul Biya to fight Islamist group Boko Haram, Deutsche Welle reported on Sunday. "We cannot remain indifferent to what ....
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Egypt, Uganda mull plan to combat flood effects
Date: 2015-01-17 15:25:56 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:81 - ID:1762357
KAMPALA, Jan 17 (MENA) - Egypt and Uganda have agreed to implement a plan to combat the effects of floods in the African country. The agreement was reached during meetings of the joint technical committee held in Kampala. Egypt's Nile water ....
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Cabinet reshuffle in Mauritania
Date: 2015-01-16 22:28:06 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:129 - ID:1757753
NOUAKCHOTT, Jan 16 (MENA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz issued a decree on Friday appointing new ministers upon suggestion made by premier Yahya Ould Hademine. As part of the government reshuffle, four ladies took the office of ....
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4 killed, dozens wounded in violent protests against French newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Niger
Date: 2015-01-16 22:11:27 GMT - Niger - Africa - SN:127 - ID:1757761
NIAMEY, Jan 16 (MENA) – Niger's interior minister said at least four people have died and dozens have been wounded in violent protests against French newspaper Charlie Hebdo's publication of a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad, FOX News reported on ....
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Malawi floods kill 170, leave thousands homeless
Date: 2015-01-16 21:39:32 GMT - Malawi - Africa - SN:121 - ID:1757501
LILONGWE, Jan 16 (MENA) - The authorities in Malawi said on Friday at least 170 people have died in flash floods - a sharp rise on previous figures, the BBC News reported. Heavy rain over the past month has swept many houses away and caused ....
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Sudan to host Arab, African culture ministers' conf. in March
Date: 2015-01-16 12:19:19 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:55 - ID:1754965
KHARTOUM, Jan 16 (MENA) – Sudan will host a conference of Arab and African culture ministers mid March, the Sudanese culture minister said Friday. Speaking after he took part in the 19th session of Arab culture ministers held in Riyadh, Hassan ....
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Carter Center not to monitor Sudan elections, says commission
Date: 2015-01-16 11:03:21 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:37 - ID:1754005
KHARTOUM, Jan 16 (MENA) - Sudan's election commission said the Carter Center will not monitor the country's elections scheduled for April 13. The center did not work in Sudan so far, the commission chairman said. He added that some opposition ....
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Kenya's paper apologizes for reprinting Charlie Hebdo cartoon
Date: 2015-01-15 18:56:09 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:94 - ID:1751873
NAIROBI, Jan 15 (MENA) - A Kenyan newspaper has apologized for reproducing a caricature of Prophet Muhammad featured in the Paris-based Charlie Hebdo magazine in its first issue since it was attacked by Islamic extremists, Fox News reported. The ....
