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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 ....
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Sudanese elections on time - Commission
Date: 2014-11-04 15:03:47 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:78 - ID:1264145
KHARTOUM, Nov 4 (MENA) - The Sudanese elections will be held in April 2015 as scheduled, the National Election Commission said on Tuesday. It added that 38 parties expressed their readiness to participate in the coming year's elections. About ....
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Ticket value to travel from Egypt to Sudan via ferries 'reduced'
Date: 2014-11-04 13:20:17 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:62 - ID:1263185
ASWAN, Egypt, Nov 4 (MENA) - The value of tickets to travel from Egypt to Sudan via ferries was reduced from 260 to 220 pounds. The decision aims at serving the social ties between Egypt and Sudan, Head of the High Dam Port Authority Assad ....
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Sudan bans entry of foreigners coming from Ebola-affected countries
Date: 2014-11-04 11:59:21 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:49 - ID:1262297
KHARTOUM, Nov 4 (MENA) – The Sudanese Directorate of Nationality, Passports and Immigration (DNPI) prohibited officially on Tuesday the issuance of entry visas to foreigners coming from Ebola-affected west African countries. In a statement, ....
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Bashir, Salva Kiir hold talks
Date: 2014-11-04 10:50:51 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:40 - ID:1262077
KHARTOUM, Nov 4 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir on Tuesday conferred with his visiting South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir who arrived here on official visit to Sudan. The talks covered bilateral relations, regional issues of common ....
