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Intensified activities to support cooperation between Egypt, Nigeria
Date: 2014-07-02 13:13:52 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:65 - ID:808171
ABUJA, July 2 (MENA) - Egyptian cultural attache in Nigeria Ahmed el-Thaqbi intensified activities over the past days as part of efforts to support cultural and educational cooperation between Egypt and Nigeria. In statements to MENA ....
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Juba ready for peace agreement if rebels resume talks: minister
Date: 2014-07-02 11:58:37 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:56 - ID:807713
KHARTOUM, July 2 (MENA) - South Sudanese information minister and spokesperson of the government's peace negotiating team said they are ready to conclude a peace agreement within two weeks with the rebel SPLM if they resume their participation in ....
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Ebola death toll in West Africa rises to 467, WHO says
Date: 2014-07-01 19:24:46 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:109 - ID:807228
GENEVA, July 1 (MENA) - The number of people killed by the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa has risen to 467, the BBC quoted a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) as saying. Sixty-eight of the deaths had been recorded since 23 June, ....
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Water ministers of eastern Nile basin states to convene soon
Date: 2014-07-01 18:37:14 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:99 - ID:807161
KHARTOUM, July 1 (MENA) - Water ministers in the eastern Nile basin states are set to meet soon to arrange for negotiations on Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam. Egypt's Hossam Moghazi, in a statement after a meeting here Tuesday with his Sudanese ....
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Egypt, COMESA agree to activate comprehensive agricultural development program
Date: 2014-07-01 14:11:43 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:62 - ID:806752
CAIRO, July 1 (MENA) - Egypt and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa ( COMESA) have agreed to enhance cooperation in various agricultural fields within the framework of activating the comprehensive agricultural development ....
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Land mine kills UN peacekeeper in Mali
Date: 2014-07-01 12:31:22 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:46 - ID:806522
BAMAKO, July 1 (MENA) - The U.N. said one peacekeeper died and six were injured after their vehicle struck a land mine in northern Mali, ABC News reported Tuesday. The incident occurred Monday 30 kilometers west of Timbuktu, which like the rest ....
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17 killed, scores injured in Nigeria blast
Date: 2014-07-01 12:04:44 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:42 - ID:806454
ABUJA, July 1 (MENA) - At least 17 people have been killed and 25 others injured in an explosion at a market in Maiduguri, north-eastern Nigeria. The explosives were reportedly hidden in a vehicle carrying charcoal that went off at the town's ....
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Car bomb rocks crowded Nigeria market
Date: 2014-07-01 11:44:34 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:37 - ID:806277
ABUJA, July 1 (MENA) - An explosion hit a market in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, a stronghold of the violent Islamist group Boko Haram, on Tuesday. The explosion, believed to be caused by a car bomb, occurred at around 8:00 a.m. when ....
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Rainstorm destroys 60 buildings, kills 15 persons in Nigeria
Date: 2014-06-30 18:46:11 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:120 - ID:805654
ABUJA, June 30 (MENA) - The Nigerian Cross River Emergency Management Agency said on Monday that a rainstorm had destroyed not less than 60 residential buildings and public structures and killed no fewer than 15 persons in different parts of the ....
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Nigeria gunmen attack village, fire on worshippers in churches
Date: 2014-06-29 21:16:25 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:130 - ID:804177
ABUJA, June 29 (MENA) - Suspected Islamic extremists sprayed gunfire at worshipers and torched four churches Sunday in a village just miles from the town where more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped, The Star reported. At least 30 bodies have ....
