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Sisi receives message from Gambian president on boosting bilateral relations
Date: 2014-06-17 14:25:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:103 - ID:783136
CAIRO, June 17 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Tuesday received a message from Gambian President Yahya Jammeh on means of boosting bilateral relations. President Sisi received the message at a meeting in the presidential palace with ....
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Kenya attacks: Al-Shabab raid village near Mpeketoni
Date: 2014-06-17 08:36:12 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:29 - ID:782160
NAIROBI, June 17 (MENA) - At least 10 people have been killed in a new attack by Islamist militants near Kenya's coastal town of Mpeketoni, local police say, BBC reported. They say the gunmen raided at least one village overnight. Somalia's ....
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Curfew imposed on Nigeria town for secterian violence
Date: 2014-06-16 21:32:07 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:160 - ID:781838
ABUJA, June 16 (MENA) - Governor of Nigeria’s Taraba state Garba Umar imposed a 24-hour curfew on Wukari town due to sectarian violence that left 30 people dead, StarAfrica reported. Several houses and properties were destroyed in the violence, ....
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Somalia's Shabab group claims responsibility for Kenya attacks
Date: 2014-06-16 21:07:36 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:156 - ID:781811
NAIROBI, June 16 (MENA) - Somalia's al-Shabab group has calimed the responsibility for attacks in Kenya that left 48 people dead, the BBC reported Monday. At least 48 people have died after al-Qaeda-linked militants attacked hotels and a police ....
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Sudan to host Nile Basin water resources ministers meeting
Date: 2014-06-16 18:53:36 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:138 - ID:781694
KHARTOUM, June 16 (MENA) – Sudan will host Thursday meetings of the water resources ministers of the Nile Basin countries: Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, DR Congo, Tanzania and Kenya. The 22nd ministerial meeting will ....
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15 killed as Boko Haram attacked local market
Date: 2014-06-15 19:51:42 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:143 - ID:779806
ABUJA, June 15 (MENA) – Fifteen people were killed Sunday as suspected members of Boko Haram stormed a local market Borno state, northern east of Nigeria. Eyewitnesses said that 20 elements of Boko Haram group attacked the local market in Daku ....
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UN contractor released in Darfur after 94 days
Date: 2014-06-13 13:42:43 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:67 - ID:776023
PARIS, June 13 (MENA) - An abducted Indian man working for the peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID), was freed in Kabkabiya (North Darfur) after 94 days in captivity. The contractor, a national of India, was immediately taken to the Mission's ....
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Arab Contractors Company carrying out projects in Ethiopia
Date: 2014-06-13 10:59:27 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:42 - ID:775693
CAIRO, June 13 (MENA) - The Arab Contractors Company is working according to schedule regarding its projects in Ethiopia, including road projects worth $110 million, company chairman Mohsen Salah said. The company started its activities in the ....
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Egypt FM holds talks with Uganda, Gambia counterparts
Date: 2014-06-13 05:46:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:3 - ID:775315
CAIRO, June 13 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy had made phone calls with his Ugandan and Gambian counterparts and Egypt's ambassador to Ethiopia. The phone conversations with the two African foreign ministers took up ways to promote ....
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Egypt, Mali to establish model farm
Date: 2014-06-12 15:31:12 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:105 - ID:774521
CAIRO, June 12 (MENA) – Egypt and Mali have inked an agreement to set up a model farm for food crops, livestock and fish production in Mali. The agreement was signed by Egypt's Agriculture Minister Ayman Farid Abu-Hadid and the director of the ....
