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Sudan vice president meets S. Sudan president in Addis Ababa
Date: 2014-06-10 10:06:48 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:32 - ID:770283
KHARTOUM, June 10 (MENA) - First Vice President of Sudan Bakri Hassan Saleh met Tuesday with South Sudan President Salva Kiir on the sidelines of IGAD summit due to kicks off today in Addis Ababa. The meeting tackled the latest developments in ....
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Kenya cleric Sheikh Mohammed Idris shot dead in Mombasa
Date: 2014-06-10 09:49:37 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:31 - ID:770337
NAIROBI, June 10 (MENA) - A leading Muslim cleric has been shot dead in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa - the latest such killing, the BBC reported on Tuesday. Sheikh Mohammed Idris, chairman of the Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya, was ....
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50 'terrorists' killed in weekend clashes: Nigeria army
Date: 2014-06-09 19:32:40 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:138 - ID:769845
ABUJA, June 9 (MENA) - The Nigerian army announced on Monday that at least 50 Boko Haram fighters had been killed in weekend clashes with government troops in the county's north, The Daily Star reported. "Troops conducting an anti-terrorism ....
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Guinea opposition quits parliament
Date: 2014-06-09 18:33:14 GMT - Guinea - Africa - SN:128 - ID:769800
CONAKRY, June 9 (MENA) – Guinea's opposition announced Monday it is pulling out of parliament and threatening street demonstrations, which will paralyze the institution ahead of key votes, ABC News reported. The impoverished, yet mineral-rich, ....
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Former Libyan PM hails court ruling to reinstate him
Date: 2014-06-09 14:47:06 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:84 - ID:769457
TRIPOLI, June 9 (MENA) - Former Libyan prime minister Ali Zidan hailed a decision by Libya's supreme court that ruled against the country’s acting prime minister Ahmed Meteeg. The court effectively placed Meteeg's predecessor back in ....
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Sisi receives Ethiopian FM
Date: 2014-06-09 14:27:59 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:78 - ID:769458
CAIRO, June 9 (MENA) - Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi received Monday Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom in the presence of Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy and the Ethiopian ambassador to Egypt. During the meeting, Sisi ....
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South African president discharged from hospital after checkup
Date: 2014-06-09 07:04:07 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:9 - ID:768385
JOHANNESBURG, June 9 (MENA) - The office of South African President Jacob Zuma said he has been discharged from a hospital after a weekend checkup. Zuma's office wasq quoted by Fox News as saying in a statement Monday that the 72-year-old left ....
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Shura council of Libya's Gharyan condemns kidnap of head of anti-crime committee in Tripoli
Date: 2014-06-08 10:52:18 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:67 - ID:767296
TRIPOLI, June 8 (MENA) - Shura and reform council in Libya's Gharyan city condemned the kidnap of head of the anti-crime committee in Tripoli Abdel-Moneim el-Saed. In a statement Sunday, the council said that kidnapping officials will lead to ....
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At least 30 killed in ethnic raid in Congo
Date: 2014-06-07 21:09:53 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:128 - ID:766617
KINSHASA, June 7 (MENA) - At least 30 people have been killed in an inter-ethnic attack on a village in the South Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the BBC quoted local officials. Witnesses say the dead included women and children, ....
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Nigeria sending observers to presidential polls shows relations strength - diplomat
Date: 2014-06-07 14:45:44 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:65 - ID:766147
ABUJA, June 7 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador to Abuja Ashraf Abdel Qader Salama underlined that Nigeria's decision to send a high-rank delegation to monitor the Egyptian presidential elections reflected strong relations between the two ....
