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Efforts underway to settle Mahala carpet factory problems - minister
Date: 2014-05-25 11:19:31 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:66 - ID:741380
CAIRO, May 25 (MENA) - Efforts are underway to settle the problems of El-Mahla carpet factory workers, Manpower Minister Nahed el-Ashri said. First, the overdue April salaries of the workers will be paid within days after an agreement was reached ....
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Egypt marks 51st anniversary of OAU
Date: 2014-05-25 11:15:56 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:64 - ID:741352
CAIRO, May 25 (MENA) - Egypt marks on Sunday the 51st anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), an international organization created in 1963 by 37 African nations to promote unity and development in the continent. At this occasion, ....
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UNESCO chooses Boutros-Ghali as honorary president of African Week
Date: 2014-05-25 11:13:11 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:62 - ID:741314
CAIRO, May 25 (MENA) - The African group of the UNESCO chose former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali as honorary president of the African Week the organization stages annually on May 25. UNESCO official sources said the African ....
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Libyan interim premier receives EU envoy
Date: 2014-05-25 11:04:27 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:61 - ID:741303
TRIPOLI, May 25 (MENA) - Libyan interim Premier Abdullah al-Thinni received on Sunday at the government's premises in Tripoli the EU Special Representative for the Southern Mediterranean, Bernardino Leon. They discussed the developments of the ....
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Gabonese FM supports Egypt's resuming AU activities
Date: 2014-05-25 10:45:58 GMT - Gabon - Africa - SN:57 - ID:741156
LIBERVILLE, May 25 (MENA) - Gabon's Foreign Minister Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet voiced his country's backing for Egypt's resuming its activities in the African Union. The remarks were made during the minister's meeting with Egypt's Ambassador to ....
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On Africa Day, more must be done to unleash continent’s agricultural potential - UN
Date: 2014-05-25 10:38:03 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:54 - ID:741349
CAIRO, May 25 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the concepts of transformation, growth, dynamism, progress and partnership are central to the African Union’s (AU) narrative as it embarks on the second half of its first ....
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Kenyan president lauds Egypt's technuical support programs
Date: 2014-05-25 07:48:41 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:28 - ID:741000
NAIROBI, May 25 (MENA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta lauded on Sunday the technical support programs Egypt has been offering to African nations, especially his country. Kenyatta, in a meeting with Egyptian Ambassador Qadri Abdel Motleb on the ....
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US condemns Al-Shabaab's terror attack on Somali parliament
Date: 2014-05-25 06:24:02 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:13 - ID:740827
WASHINGTON, May 25 (MENA) - The United States on Saturday strongly condemned a deadly attack on the Somali parliament by the radical Islamist group of Al-Shabaab, vowing continued support to eliminate the threat of the militant group. "The United ....
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Deadly blast hits Nigerian city of Jos
Date: 2014-05-25 05:45:11 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:7 - ID:740799
ABUJA, May 25 (MENA) - An explosion in the central Nigerian city of Jos has killed at least three people in a suicide attack, BBC reported quoting police as having said. Police said the blast happened near an open-air TV viewing center where ....
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Malawian president annuls elections
Date: 2014-05-24 16:09:37 GMT - Malawi - Africa - SN:104 - ID:740263
LILONGWE, May 24 (MENA) - Malawi's President Joyce Banda has annulled this week's general election - in which she was a candidate - because of voting "irregularities," the BBC News reported. Banda had earlier said Tuesday's vote had been marred ....
