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Libya PM-designate meets AL envoy to Libya
Date: 2014-07-09 13:40:33 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:74 - ID:819238
TRIPOLI, July 9 (MENA) - Libya's Prime Minister-designate, Abdullah al-Thini discussed here Wednesday with the Arab League Special Envoy to Libya Nasser el-Qodwa cooperation between Libya and the AL along with a host of issues of mutual ....
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Somali president's palace under attack from al-Shabab
Date: 2014-07-08 20:14:11 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:145 - ID:818309
MOGADISHU, July 8 (MENA) - Islamist al-Shabab militants have attacked the presidential palace in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, and entered the heavily fortified compound, the BBC reported Tuesday. An al-Shabab spokesman said fighting was ....
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MoU inked between Egypt, FAO on agriculture, food security in Africa
Date: 2014-07-08 19:18:59 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:131 - ID:818241
CAIRO, July 8 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shokri inked a memorandum of understanding with director general of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to establish cooperation in the field of agriculture and food security in ....
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NCW secretary-general calls for containing African issues
Date: 2014-07-08 10:54:36 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:54 - ID:817225
CAIRO, July 8 (MENA) - National Council for Women (NCW) Secretary-General Mona Omar has said that her campaign dubbed "Who Loves Egypt?" has provided the foreign ministry with a three-language copy of an initiative to eliminate slums in Africa. In ....
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EgyptAir operates new air route to N'Djamena
Date: 2014-07-07 22:01:00 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:170 - ID:816696
CAIRO, July 7 (MENA) - EgyptAir, the national flag carrier, will operate a new line to the Chadian capital, N'Djamena, as of August 2. The move is part of the government's policy to consolidate relations with the African continent, said head of ....
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Ethiopia urged to protect opposition leader
Date: 2014-07-07 18:01:38 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:130 - ID:816387
NEW YORK, July 7 (MENA) - Human Rights Watch says an exiled Ethiopian opposition leader who was recently deported from Yemen to Ethiopia is at risk of abuses including torture, ABC News reported. In a statement Monday, the rights group urged ....
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Nigerian Muslim scholar, wife abducted
Date: 2014-07-07 15:08:23 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:87 - ID:816094
ABUJA, July 7 (MENA) - A prominent Muslim scholar and his wife have been reportedly abducted from their home in Ogun State in southwestern Nigeria, local media reported. "Ustadh AbdulGaniy Jumahand his wife Shakirah were reportedly whisked away ....
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Egypt's strategy aims to foster cooperation with all African countries -- Minister
Date: 2014-07-07 13:25:00 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:64 - ID:815798
CAIRO, July 7 (MENA) – Egypt's Petroleum Minister Sherif Ismail asserted that Egypt's strategy aims to foster cooperation with all African countries in all fields especially that of hydrocarbon. His statement was given on his behalf by Head of ....
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Suspected Boko Haram leader killed in gun battle
Date: 2014-07-07 06:47:26 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:10 - ID:815012
ABUJA, July 7 (MENA) - A suspected Boko Haram leader was killed late Sunday by security operatives following a raid on a hideout in Kinkinau, Kaduna state. The suspect and his men were believed to have engaged security operatives in a gun battle ....
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Al-Shabaab claims new deadly attacks on Kenya's coast
Date: 2014-07-06 21:03:50 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:143 - ID:814809
MOGADISHU, July 6 (MENA) - Al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militants have claimed responsibility for the attacks on two of Kenya's coastal towns, France 24 reported Sunday. At least 29 people were killed in the overnight attacks. The Red Cross ....
