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9 killed in suicide attack in Nigeria
Date: 2014-11-07 14:29:02 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:65 - ID:1285729
ABUJA, Nov 7 (MENA) - At least nine people were killed Friday in a suicide attack that targeted a bank in northeastern Nigeria. The blast targeted a branch of the "First Bank of Nigeria" in the town Azare, Bauchi state, said a banking ....
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Sudan's president backs home
Date: 2014-11-07 09:18:20 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:23 - ID:1283597
KHARTOUM, Nov 7 (MENA) – Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and his accompanying delegation returned home after their participation in the urgent Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Summit held in Addis Ababa. In a statement, ....
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Mauritanian PM to discuss political crisis with opposition leader
Date: 2014-11-07 08:00:53 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:13 - ID:1282849
NOUAKCHOTT, Nov 7 (MENA) – Mauritanian Prime Minister Yahya Ould Hademine is expected to meet with Chairman of Mauritanian Union of the Forces of Progress' party Mohamed Ould Mouloud to discuss the current political situation, according to a ....
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Central African Republic: UN credibility at stake amid rising attacks against civilians
Date: 2014-11-06 17:01:05 GMT - Central African Republic - Africa - SN:116 - ID:1280793
BANGUI, Nov 6 (MENA) - The UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic must take bold measures to protect civilians amid an escalating wave of sectarian attacks in the central regions of the country, said Amnesty International after ....
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Nigeria reveals wave of jailbreaks
Date: 2014-11-06 06:19:51 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:13 - ID:1275549
ABUJA, Nov 6 (MENA) - More than 2,000 prisoners have escaped over the past five years in Nigeria, officials say, mainly as a result of attacks on jails by the Islamist militant Boko Haram group, BBC reported. They say that dozens of prison staff ....
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Anti-radicalism Muslim cleric gunned down in Kenya
Date: 2014-11-05 13:58:11 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:69 - ID:1271005
NAIROBI, Nov 5 (MENA) - Unknown assailants riding a motorbike shot dead a senior Kenyan Muslim cleric who supported government efforts to stamp out radicalism among youths in the country's restive coastal region, Sky News reported. Sheikh Salim ....
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Salva Kiir leaves Khartoum for homeland
Date: 2014-11-05 10:02:35 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:21 - ID:1267949
KHARTOUM, Nov 5 (MENA) - South Sudanese president Salva Kiir Mayardit has concluded his official visit to Sudan and headed for Juba on Wednesday. The negotiations were positive and profitable, said Sudanese ambassador to South Sudan Mutrif Sidiq ....
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Khartoum, Juba voice keenness on strong relations
Date: 2014-11-04 21:21:53 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:132 - ID:1266701
KHARTOUM, Nov 4 (MENA) – Sudan and South Sudan asserted Tuesday their keenness on commitment to bilateral agreements and peaceful relations to reach settlement on contested borders. The two states made the remarks during a meeting between South ....
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AU envoys meet Burkina Faso opposition
Date: 2014-11-04 18:34:05 GMT - Burkina Faso - Africa - SN:115 - ID:1266013
OUAGADOUGOU, Nov 4 (MENA) - International envoys tried Tuesday to resolve Burkina Faso's political crisis, with the specter of a power vacuum looming after the country's longtime president fled last week, Fox news reported. Opposition protesters ....
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Shoukri receives COMESA secretary general
Date: 2014-11-04 15:41:17 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:87 - ID:1264133
CAIRO, Nov 4 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri received Tuesday Sindiso Ndema Ngwenya, the Secretary-General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), who is the coordinator of three African blocs, namely COMESA, the ....
