Africa
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Nigerian president slams terrorist attacks northeastern country
Date: 2014-06-29 19:03:35 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:106 - ID:804036
ABUJA, June 29 (MENA) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has slammed an explosion Friday in a brothel in the northeastern Nigerian city of Bauchi that killed 10 people, said a statement on Sunday. The Nigerian government will work to arrest ....
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Scores killed in attacks on churches northeast of Nigeria
Date: 2014-06-29 18:24:44 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:94 - ID:804005
ABUJA, June 29 (MENA) - Suspect Boko Haram Islamists armed with explosives attacked a series of churches on Sunday near Chibok, the northeastern town where more than 200 teenage girls were kidnapped in April, France 24 reported. According to ....
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Khartoum calls on Libya to protect its embassy in Tripoli
Date: 2014-06-29 08:53:24 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:24 - ID:803095
KHARTOUM, June 29 (MENA) - Khartoum government called on the Libyan government to protect its embassy in Tripoli. The Sudanese request comes after the Sudanese embassy was attacked in Tripoli by unidentified people Friday. The government also ....
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Egypt slams terrorist attack in Abuja
Date: 2014-06-28 15:13:06 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:64 - ID:802338
CAIRO, June 28 (MENA) - Egypt condemns the terrorist attack that took place in a mall in the Nigerian capital of Abuja last night, said Foreign Ministry spokesman Ambassador Badr Abdel-Atti on Saturday. Abdel-Atti expressed his heart-felt ....
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UK condemns Abuja explosion
Date: 2014-06-27 22:31:58 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:132 - ID:801465
ABUJA, June 27 (MENA) - The British government on Friday condemned the recent bomb attack on a shopping mall in Nigeria's capital Abuja and promised to stand with the authorities of the West African country as they seek to bring the perpetrators of ....
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AU summit issues important resolutions – 2 last Malabo
Date: 2014-06-27 22:05:36 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Africa - SN:129 - ID:801442
The African leaders committed to the elimination of child and maternal preventable mortality in Africa by 2035 through setting up an African roadmap ensuring access of mothers, infants and children to suitable healthcare services. The AU ....
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Mauritania president announces formation of African force to face crises as of Jan.
Date: 2014-06-27 21:51:49 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Africa - SN:125 - ID:801421
MALABO, June 27 (MENA) – Mauritanian President and the current chairman of the African Union Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz announced the establishment of an African force for immediate response to crises as of next January. The announcement was made ....
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AU summit issues important resolutions
Date: 2014-06-27 21:09:38 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Africa - SN:124 - ID:801359
MALABO, June 27 (MENA) – At the end of the Malabo AU summit, the African leaders adopted a number of important declarations and took many important resolutions. They adopted two declarations which are "Malabo Declaration on the elimination of child ....
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AU satisfied over Egypt's return
Date: 2014-06-27 19:45:17 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:112 - ID:801285
MALABO, June 27 (MENA) – The African Union Summit expressed satisfaction over resuming Egypt's activities in the African Union. The summit welcomed the restoration of the constitutional order in Egypt after carrying out the constitutional ....
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AU summit in Malabo wrapped up
Date: 2014-06-27 19:24:16 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Africa - SN:108 - ID:801294
MALABO, June 27 (MENA) - The 23rd Summit of the African Union member states wrapped up its activities Friday in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. The summit held an open session, on which the Chairman of the AU and Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould ....