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Bombing at Nigerian soccer match kills at least 40
Date: 2014-06-01 21:17:37 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:167 - ID:755677
ABUJA, June 1 (MENA) – Forty people were killed and dozens were injured after a bomb explosion hit the town of Mubi, northeast of Nigeria. The attack targeted football match field, said eyewitnesses. But local media reported that the bomb ....
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Cameroon security forces kill 40 Boko Haram militants
Date: 2014-06-01 16:58:15 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:120 - ID:755411
ABUJA, June 1 (MENA) - Troops in Cameroon have killed around 40 Boko Haram Islamist militants in clashes in the far north of the country, the International Business Times reported on Sunday. According to state radio, the bloody skirmish took ....
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Khartoum denies official's statements on Ibrahim release
Date: 2014-06-01 11:11:37 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:52 - ID:754675
KHARTOUM, June 1 (MENA) - The Sudanese Foreign Ministry denied on Sunday statements by deputy foreign minister Abdullah Azraq about the release of Mariam Ibrahim who is being tried for abandoning Islam. The foreign ministry spokesman affirmed ....
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20 decapitated bodies found in Juba
Date: 2014-06-01 10:30:24 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:41 - ID:754660
KHARTOUM, June 1 (MENA) - South Sudanese authorities found 20 headless bodies in Juba, sources at Juba hospital said Sunday. The bodies were moved to the hospital under the UN supervision on Saturday, the sources told Al-Intibaha ....
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17 killed, wounded in new suspected Boko Haram violence
Date: 2014-06-01 09:56:00 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:36 - ID:754186
ABUJA, June 1 (MENA) - A series of suspected Boko Haram attacks in four villages in Nigeria's restive northeast killed and wounded 17 people, residents said on Sunday. The army was not immediately available to comment on the raids in Borno state, ....
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77 Ethiopians arrive at Cairo airport to be deported home
Date: 2014-05-31 15:12:26 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:71 - ID:753611
CAIRO, May 31 (MENA) - As many as 77 Ethiopians arrived at Cairo airport in preparation for their deportation to home as they have illegally entered the country via the southern borders. The infiltrators, including three children, entered the ....
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Malawi election: Peter Mutharika sworn in as president
Date: 2014-05-31 13:17:01 GMT - Malawi - Africa - SN:50 - ID:753381
LILONGWE ,May 31 (MENA) - Peter Mutharika has been sworn in as Malawi's president after the High Court rejected a request for a recount following allegations of vote-rigging, the BBC reported. The leader of the Democratic Progressive Party urged ....
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Egypt's amb. to Abuja visits Kogi city's governor
Date: 2014-05-31 10:49:04 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:33 - ID:753092
CAIRO, May 31 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador to Nigeria Ashraf Abdel Qader Salama visited Kogi City's Governor Idris Wada in light of the unique relations between Egypt and Nigeria during the current phase. Salama expressed Egypt's desire to reach ....
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Somali soldier killed in car blast
Date: 2014-05-31 08:39:25 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:22 - ID:752734
MOGADISHU, May 31 (MENA) - A Somali soldier was killed and several others were injured in a car bomb explosion close to a hotel and government security offices in the capital, Mogadishu. The blast, which comes amid a wave of attacks in the ....
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Electricity Minister to leave for Ethiopia Sunday to attend energy conference
Date: 2014-05-31 08:38:14 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:21 - ID:752753
CAIRO, May 31 (MENA) - Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker will head for Ethiopia Sunday to attend the US-Africa Energy Ministerial conference. The conference will kick off in Addis Ababa on June 2 and will end June 4. It will focus on the ....
