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Egypt supports UN endeavors to settle Western Sahara issue – Official
Date: 2014-08-07 10:11:09 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:50 - ID:862600
CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - An official source has said that Egypt supports the United Nations' endeavors to reach a settlement to the Western Sahara issue. This case should be settled under the umbrella of the United Nations, the source said in ....
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Egypt provides technical aid to Burundian TV
Date: 2014-08-07 10:00:49 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:47 - ID:862576
BUJUMBURA, Aug 7 (MENA) – The Egyptian embassy to Burundi handed over technical aid worth $150,000 from Egypt to the Burundian state TV. The ceremony was attended by the Burundian information minister and officials and Egyptian embassy ....
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UN evacuates staff, aid workers in South Sudan
Date: 2014-08-07 09:48:11 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:43 - ID:862460
NEW YORK, Aug 7 (MENA) - UN peacekeepers evacuated 220 staff and aid workers from northeast South Sudan after militias killed at least six relief workers, ABC news reported quoting a UN spokesman said. The troops from the UN mission in South Sudan ....
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Boko Haram Kills ‘Dozens’ in Nigeria
Date: 2014-08-07 09:46:51 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:42 - ID:862489
ABUJA, Aug 7 (MENA) - Residents from the northeastern Nigerian town of Gwoza say Boko Haram militants killed dozens of locals on Thursday, Leadership newspaper reported. “The soldiers guarding us just went away as the militants advanced against ....
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Michelle Obama Calls on African First Ladies to Fight for Nigeria kidnapped Girls
Date: 2014-08-07 07:49:37 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:22 - ID:862286
ABUJA, Aug 7 (MENA) - United States First Lady, Mrs. Michelle Obama, has called on her fellow presidential spouses from across Africa to “fight for our girls,” saying no girl should fear getting an education, This Day newspaper reported. Obama ....
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'Islamist militants' kill 10 in northern Cameroon
Date: 2014-08-07 06:36:36 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:13 - ID:862215
YAOUNDE, Aug 7 (MENA) - Militants with suspected ties to Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram have killed 10 people in a raid on a remote village in north Cameroon, the BBC reported quoting police. Nine bus passengers and a soldier were shot dead ....
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Security council condemns killing of 6 aid workers in South Sudan
Date: 2014-08-07 04:22:24 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:2 - ID:862106
NEW YORK, Aug 7 (MENA) - The Security Council, which plans to visit South Sudan next week, expressed "outrage" at the recent attacks targeting civilians and humanitarian personnel, and underscored that such attacks "may constitute war crimes." A ....
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Libyan parliament urges warring factions stop fighting
Date: 2014-08-06 22:04:23 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:192 - ID:862039
TRIPOLI, Aug 6 (MENA) – The Libyan parliament issued Wednesday a decision urging all warring factions to immediately stop fighting and hostility actions in Tripoli and Benghazi. It demanded them to comply with the decision without any ....
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Sellal reiterates Algeria’s commitment to end Libya crisis
Date: 2014-08-06 21:25:12 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:185 - ID:862041
ALGIERS, Aug 6 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal met Wednesday in Washington with his Libyan counterpart Abdullah Al-Theni to whom he expressed Algeria’s commitment to end the crisis in Libya through the device of neighboring ....
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Nigeria pres. using third parties to talk with Boko Haram, free girls
Date: 2014-08-06 16:39:30 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:140 - ID:861746
ABUJA, Aug 6 (MENA) – The president of Nigeria disclosed Monday that his government is using third parties to talk to Islamist extremists and try to secure the safe release of the 200 schoolgirls they kidnapped, saying military action could prove ....
