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Egypt to host conf. of most powerful women entrepreneurs in Africa
Date: 2014-10-08 14:23:00 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:92 - ID:1084413
CAIRO, Oct 8 (MENA) – The Cairo-based Business Women of Egypt 21 Society will host on Thursday the first conference of the most powerful women entrepreneurs in Africa. About one hundred business women from 25 African countries are expected to ....
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FAO launches new initiative to tackle growing food security threat in West Africa
Date: 2014-10-08 12:40:39 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:70 - ID:1083389
CAIRO, Oct 8 (MENA) - The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched a new program to urgently assist 90,000 vulnerable households in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone whose food supplies and livelihoods are threatened by the disruptive ....
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SEcurity Council condemns deadly attacks in Mali
Date: 2014-10-08 05:36:53 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:4 - ID:1080865
NEW YORK, Oct 8 (MENA) - The UN Security Council condemned, in the strongest terms, the deadly attack against peacekeepers in Mali and "called on the government of Mali to swiftly investigate this attack and bring the perpetrators to ....
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Kenyan president leaves for The Hague
Date: 2014-10-07 11:30:00 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:39 - ID:1077885
NAIROBI, Oct 7 (MENA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta traveled to The Hague Tuesday for his status conference at the International Criminal Court. On Monday, he temporarily handed presidential powers to his deputy William Ruto until he returns ....
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Kenya president to step down during court hearing
Date: 2014-10-06 17:19:27 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:68 - ID:1075073
NAIROBI, Oct 6 (MENA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday told the nation in an address before parliament that he would temporarily step down as president while attending a hearing at the International Criminal Court this week, the ABC news ....
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Sudan's opposition party backs national dialogue
Date: 2014-10-05 18:53:21 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:89 - ID:1071533
KHARTOUM, Oct 5 (MENA) - Sudan's opposition Popular Congress Party has voiced support for comprehensive national dialogue called for by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. The party will work during the coming period with all political parties and ....
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Sudan takes part in 4th Nile Basin development meeting in Nairobi
Date: 2014-10-05 13:39:56 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:50 - ID:1070577
KHARTOUM, Oct 5 (MENA) - Sudan will take part in the 4th Nile Basin development meeting, to be held in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Monday. Sudan's delegation to the two-day meeting will be led by Minister of Water Resources and Electricity ....
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Algeria says five militants killed in border clashes with army
Date: 2014-10-03 14:04:03 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:60 - ID:1062753
ALGIERS, Oct 3 (MENA) - Five militants were killed and four others were injured on Thursday night in clashes with the Algerian army near the Algeria-Niger border, the Algeria Press Agency reported. The militants were attempting to sneak into ....
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S. Sudanese refugees in Sudan reach 96,600 - UN office
Date: 2014-10-03 13:34:31 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:58 - ID:1062385
KHARTOUM, Oct 3 (MENA) - The United Nations Office for coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that the number of South Sudanese refugees in Sudan has reached 96,600, according to humanitarian organizations and the Sudanese government. In a ....
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Ebola crisis: Aid workers risking all to combat virus
Date: 2014-10-02 22:25:59 GMT - Sierra Leone - Africa - SN:117 - ID:1059961
FREETOWN, Oct 2 (MENA) – Five new cases of Ebola virus are reported each hour in Sierra Leone alone. Yet despite the risks, UK aid workers and volunteers are heading in increasing numbers to west Africa to battle the epidemic, the BBC News cited the ....
