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Riots erupt in Zambia capital
Date: 2014-11-04 10:26:15 GMT - Zambia - Africa - SN:35 - ID:1262009
LUSAKA, Nov 4 (MENA) - Police and demonstrators clashed early Tuesday in protests against the acting president, a white Zambian who fired the ruling party's chief following the death last week of President Michael Sata, ABC news reported. The ....
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Salva Kiir arrives in Khartoum on official visit to Sudan
Date: 2014-11-04 09:43:28 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:31 - ID:1261489
KHARTOUM, Nov 4 (MENA) - South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit arrived here on Tuesday, kicking off his one-day visit to Sudan. Kiir is accompanied by a delegation grouping a high-profile officials and ministers in the South Sudan ....
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S. Sudanese president visits Sudan Tuesday
Date: 2014-11-03 22:03:10 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:183 - ID:1259621
KHARTOUM, Nov 3 (MENA) – South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit is expected to arrive in Sudan Tuesday on a one-day visit accompanied with a high-level delegation including the ministers of foreign affairs, defense and petroleum. In a press ....
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UN: Mixed picture in Sierra Leone, as victims outpace beds in Port Loko
Date: 2014-11-03 21:03:36 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:172 - ID:1259421
NEW YORK, Nov 3 (MENA) – Anthony Banbury, head of the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER), visited Sierra Leone on Monday, where he reported efforts to halt the virus in former hotspot Kenema are starting to pay off, while some 200 ....
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Ethiopia Foreign Ministry holds ceremony for Egyptian delegation
Date: 2014-11-03 20:21:37 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:161 - ID:1259153
ADDIS ABABA, Nov 3 (MENA) - Ethiopia's Foreign Ministry held on Monday a ceremony in honor of the Egyptian delegation which took part in the fifth session of the Egyptian-Ethiopian committee which was held in the capital Addis Ababa. The Egyptian ....
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Kenyan ban on export of domestic workers still on
Date: 2014-11-03 18:44:10 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:152 - ID:1258797
NAIROBI, Nov 3 (MENA) – Kenyan government will take firm action against any foreign recruitment agency contravening the temporary ban on domestic labor export to Middle East and the Gulf region, the KBC reported on Monday. Kenyan Foreign Affairs ....
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Burkina army told to hand over power
Date: 2014-11-03 18:43:30 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:151 - ID:1258789
ADDIS ABABA, Nov 3 (MENA) - The African Union (AU) has given Burkina Faso's military a two-week deadline to hand power to a civilian ruler or face sanctions, the BBC reported Monday. The AU said the army had acted unconstitutionally when it took ....
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2015 Nations Cup: CAF gives Morocco new deadline
Date: 2014-11-03 18:04:28 GMT - Morocco - Africa - SN:137 - ID:1258437
RABAT, Nov 3 (MENA) - The Confederation of African Football has reiterated it will not move the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations from January and has given Morocco until Saturday to decide if they will host the event as scheduled. After a meeting in ....
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Nigeria jailbreak: Blast frees 132 inmates
Date: 2014-11-03 17:15:33 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:119 - ID:1258109
ABUJA, Nov 3 (MENA) - More than 130 prisoners are on the run after dynamite was used to free them from a jail in Kogi state, central Nigeria, Sky News reported on Monday. Jacob Edi, a spokesman for the area governor's office said: "There were 145 ....
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Nigeria Shias hit by suicide attack; 20 killed
Date: 2014-11-03 15:30:01 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:102 - ID:1257429
ABUJA, Nov 3 (MENA) - A suicide bomber has blown himself up at a Shia religious ceremony in north-east Nigeria, killing about 20 people, eyewitnesses have told the BBC. The bomber joined the ceremony in Potiskum town and blew himself up, the ....
