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MB members held in remand over violence-related charges in Tanta
Date: 2014-08-24 11:43:44 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:69 - ID:883754
TANTA, Egypt, Aug 24 (MENA) – A Tanta court on Sunday held six members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group to more 30 days in remand pending investigation over charges of riot acts in the Delta city. They are facing other charges including ....
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Ebola crisis: Sierra Leone law makes hiding patients illegal
Date: 2014-08-24 08:54:14 GMT - Sierra Leone - Africa - SN:33 - ID:888374
FREETOWN, Aug 24 (MENA) - Sierra Leone's parliament has passed a new law making it a criminal offence to shelter Ebola patients, the BBC reported. Those caught face up to two years in prison, the justice minister said. The measure still needs to ....
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AU authorizes deployment of humanitarian mission
Date: 2014-08-24 07:05:17 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:20 - ID:888275
ABUJA, Aug 24 (MENA) - The Peace and Security Council of the African Union, at its 450th meeting held in Addis Ababa, decided, given the emergency situation caused by the Ebola outbreak, to authorize the immediate deployment of an AU-led Military ....
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Ebola crisis: Ivory Coast closes land borders
Date: 2014-08-23 19:43:52 GMT - Cote d'Ivoire - Africa - SN:91 - ID:887972
ABIDJAN, Aug 23 (MENA) - Ivory Coast has become the latest African country to close its land borders to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus on to its territory. Days after banning flights from three countries, it said land borders with ....
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Somali PM regrets spread of weapons in country
Date: 2014-08-23 18:07:09 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:77 - ID:887830
NAIROBI, Aug 23 (MENA) - Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed said on Saturday that his country started an operation to disarm the Somalian people, voicing regret over the illegal spread of weapons among citizens. The spread of weapons ....
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Sudan-Egypt crossing to open Wed.
Date: 2014-08-23 12:17:57 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:40 - ID:887219
KHARTOUM, Aug 23 (MENA) – The experimental operation of the Egypt-Sudan Ashkit-Qastal land crossing will start on Wednesday instead of Monday, Egypt's Ambassador in Khartoum Osama Shaltout has said. The opening of the land terminal will achieve a ....
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Egypt to participate in IGAD summit in Ethiopia
Date: 2014-08-23 11:48:23 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:38 - ID:887308
CAIRO, Aug 23 (MENA) – An Egyptian delegation left Saturday for Ethiopia to participate in the regional leaders’ summit of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), which takes place on Sunday, the Foreign Ministry spokesman ....
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Ebola crisis: Speed and extent of outbreak 'unprecedented'
Date: 2014-08-23 05:49:51 GMT - Liberia - Africa - SN:7 - ID:886711
MONROVIA, Aug 23 (MENA) - The World Health Organization has said the speed and extent of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is "unprecedented", the BBC reported Saturday. The WHO's Dr Keiji Fukuda expressed concern over so-called "shadow zones", ....
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Nigeria confirms 2 new Ebola cases
Date: 2014-08-22 12:38:03 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:50 - ID:886071
ABUJA, Aug 22 (MENA) - Two new cases of Ebola have been detected in Nigeria, ABC News cited Nigerian Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu as saying Friday. Chukwu told reporters in Abuja, the capital, the two are spouses of a man and woman who had ....
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Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan to negotiate over Renaissance dam
Date: 2014-08-22 08:59:08 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:25 - ID:885698
CAIRO, Aug 22 (MENA) - Water ministers of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia will meet on Monday in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum to kick off win-win tripartite negotiations on Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam. "Egypt will go to these talks with a new ....
