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Nigeria's Kaduna hit by deadly explosions
Date: 2014-07-23 19:29:28 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:132 - ID:842362
ABUJA, July 23 (MENA) - Two explosions have ripped through the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna, targeting moderate Islamic cleric Dahiru Bauchi and senior opposition leader Muhammadu Buhari, the BBC News reported Wednesday. Both escaped unhurt ....
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Death toll from Nigeria explosions hits 80 people
Date: 2014-07-23 16:00:11 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:99 - ID:842127
ABUJA, July 23 (MENA) - Death toll from the car bombs that exploded at a bustling market area in Nigeria's central city of Kaduna on Wednesday climbed to more than 80 people, the BBC reported. The first explosion targeted moderate Islamic cleric ....
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Int'l community promised to settle Sudan's debts if political consensus reached - opposition leader
Date: 2014-07-23 12:36:25 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:52 - ID:841512
KHARTOUM, July 23 (MENA) - Sudanese opposition leader Sadiq al-Mahdi revealed the approval of the international community, represented in the ambassadors of the European Union in Khartoum, to offer the Sudanese incentives if they agreed on political ....
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Fire Outbreak At Kano Airport
Date: 2014-07-23 07:25:12 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:9 - ID:841135
ABUJA, July 23 (MENA) - Fire service officials averted what could have been a tragedy at the Aminu Kano International Airport last night as they scrambled a response to a sudden fire that caught a fuel tanker feeding a Turkish airlines aircraft, a ....
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Cultural min. meets African ambassadors on projects
Date: 2014-07-22 20:24:25 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:121 - ID:840848
CAIRO, July 22 (MENA) – Minister of Culture Gaber Asfour met Tuesday with 30 African ambassadors in Cairo to review some proposed cultural projects in the coming period. Asfour stressed to the ambassadors during the meeting, which was held at the ....
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Sudan urged to speed up customs clearance for humanitarian aid supplies
Date: 2014-07-22 19:23:57 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:108 - ID:840817
KHARTOUM, July 22 (MENA) - The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Khartoum has called on the Sudanese authorities to speed up the customs clearance of the relief materials, retained since the end of 2013, for west ....
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3 killed as Nigerian helicopter crashes in Borno
Date: 2014-07-21 20:35:43 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:141 - ID:839243
ABUJA, July 21 (MENA) - Three crew members were killed on Monday as a Nigerian Air Force helicopter crashed South of Bama in Borno state, Nigeria’s Defense authorities have said. The Mi-35 helicopter was on a training mission, and crashed South ....
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US embassy apologizes to Ghana leader for Tweet
Date: 2014-07-21 19:17:04 GMT - Ghana - Africa - SN:125 - ID:839141
ACCRA, July 21 (MENA) - The US Embassy in Ghana is apologizing after a staff member sent what's being described as "an errant tweet" criticizing the president from the official Embassy Twitter account, ABC News reported on Monday. Ghanaian ....
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Two allegedly killed by pirates in Nigeria's Bayelsa state
Date: 2014-07-21 18:46:10 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:118 - ID:839107
ABUJA, July 21 (MENA) - At least two people have been allegedly killed by gunmen suspected to be sea pirates inside a boat on the Ogbia-Nembe waterways in Bayelsa state, Nigerian local media reported on Monday. According to the News Agency of ....
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Youth cooperation between Egypt, Kenya probed
Date: 2014-07-21 14:26:19 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:79 - ID:838626
CAIRO, July 21 (MENA) - Head of the Public and Foreign Relations in the Youth and Sports Ministry Gihad Amer met on Monday with Second Secretary in Kenya's Embassy here Stephen Katami. The step came as part of the meetings held by the Youth and ....
