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12 dead in Islamist attack on Somali prison
Date: 2014-08-31 18:50:38 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:108 - ID:900135
MOGADISHU, Aug 31 (MENA) - Islamist rebels dressed in government military uniforms approached the gate of a high security prison in Mogadishu on Sunday, set off a car bomb and fired their way into the building, eyewitness Farah Mohammed told ....
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Egypt chooses its experts in Ethiopia Dam committee - Min.
Date: 2014-08-31 13:31:34 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:67 - ID:899671
CAIRO, Aug 31 (MENA) - Egypt has chosen its representatives in the tripartite national committee on Ethiopia's controversial Renaissance Dam, Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi said on Sunday. The committee is made up of four experts from each ....
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Islamic militants attack Somalia top prison
Date: 2014-08-31 12:50:34 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:61 - ID:899509
MOGADISHU, Aug 31 (MENA) - Somalia's government forces have regained control of a high security prison in the capital, Mogadishu, that was attacked Sunday morning by heavily-armed suspected Islamic militants in an apparent attempt to free militants ....
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Jonathan to run for 2015 presidential bid in Nigeria
Date: 2014-08-30 20:39:09 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:118 - ID:898821
ABUJA, Aug 30 (MENA) – Nigerian Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, has said President Goodluck Jonathan would soon declare his intention to seek a second tenure as president in the 2015 elections, This Daylive ....
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Nigeria monitors 160 for Ebola
Date: 2014-08-29 21:39:36 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:110 - ID:897384
ABUJA, Aug 29 (MENA) - Some 160 people are being medically monitored in Nigeria's oil-producing hub Port Harcourt after a doctor died from the virus, local media quoted the government as saying on Friday. "As of today, none of them has shown ....
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57% West Africans have no access to electricity – AfDB
Date: 2014-08-29 21:22:56 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:105 - ID:897361
ABUJA, Aug 29 (MENA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said more than 57 percent of the people in West Africa are without access to electricity, Nigerian local media reported. The bank stated in its "West Africa Monitor Quarterly" for the ....
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12 killed in tribal clashes in North Darfur
Date: 2014-08-29 21:06:57 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:100 - ID:897338
KHARTOUM, Aug 29 (MENA) - Twelve people were killed while dozens others were injured Friday in an intertribal attack in north Darfur. About seven members of Bani Hussain tribe were shot down while three others were injured in attack by Al ....
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Guinean student is first case of Ebola confirmed in Senegal
Date: 2014-08-29 17:26:47 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:70 - ID:897186
ABUJA, Aug 29 (MENA) - Senegal, a major hub for the business and aid community in West Africa, became the region’s fifth country to confirm a case of Ebola on Friday after a student arrived from neighbouring Guinea carrying the disease, Nigerian Eye ....
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Egypt, Mali ink MoU in electricity, energy fields
Date: 2014-08-29 08:31:24 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:15 - ID:896446
CAIRO, Aug 29 (MENA) - Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mohamed Shaker inked a memorandum of understanding with his Malian counterpart Mamadou Keita on boosting cooperation in the fields of electricity and energy. This comes within ....
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Egyptian, Kenyan officials discuss bilateral ties
Date: 2014-08-29 06:48:15 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:9 - ID:896324
CAIRO, Aug 29 (MENA) - Assistant Foreign Minister for African Affairs Ambassador Sabri Magdi Sabri held talks with Principal Secretary at the Kenyan Foreign Ministry Karanja Kibicho on ways to boost bilateral ties last night. They called for ....
