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Islamist militants attack Somali parliament
Date: 2014-05-24 14:01:14 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:79 - ID:740030
MOGADISHU, May 24 (MENA) - Islamist militants from the al-Shabab movement have attacked the Somali parliament in Mogadishu, leaving at least 10 people dead, the BBC reported. A car bomb exploded outside the gates of parliament shortly before ....
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South Africa inaugurates president for 2nd term
Date: 2014-05-24 10:48:59 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:42 - ID:739714
PRETORIA, May 24 (MENA) - South Africa's president has been inaugurated for a second term in a ceremony marked by prayer and air force flyover, the ABC news network reported. Leaders from Nigeria, Zimbabwe and other African countries were also ....
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SPLM-N calls on National Umma Party to join forces to overthrow regime
Date: 2014-05-24 09:12:39 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:27 - ID:739247
KHARTOUM, May 24 (MENA) - Secretary General of the rebel Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement/North (SPLM-N), Yasser Arman, has denounced the detention of the National Umma Party (NUP) leader, al-Sadiq al-Mahdi, calling upon the latter to work with ....
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Nigerian Islamic council condemns abduction of school girls
Date: 2014-05-24 06:48:29 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:11 - ID:739113
ABUJA, May 24 (MENA) - President of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) Sa'adu Abubakar condemned the abduction of 230 girls from a school in Borno state last month. The girls were allegedly forced to convert to Islam. In ....
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Nigeria violence: 'Boko Haram' destroy village
Date: 2014-05-23 14:23:11 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:77 - ID:738521
ABUJA, May 23 (MENA) - Suspected militant Islamists have killed more than 25 people in an attack on a village in north-eastern Nigeria, the BBC quoted residents as saying Friday. The gunmen burnt nearly all the homes in Chikongudo, and stole food ....
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UN blacklists Nigerian Boko Haram
Date: 2014-05-22 21:49:54 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:164 - ID:737430
ABUJA, May 22 (MENA) - The United Nations Security Council has imposed sanctions against Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram, which has carried out a wave of deadly attacks and the recent abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls in Nigeria, the Nigerian ....
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Bashir in good health, his secretary says
Date: 2014-05-22 09:54:21 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:57 - ID:736134
KHARTOUM, May 22 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan Bashir is in a good health and is recovering from a knee operation he underwent, his media secretary said. Bashir is following up the developments in Sudan through reports by the vice ....
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Nigeria helps Egypt's return to AU: envoy
Date: 2014-05-22 08:05:04 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:36 - ID:735813
ABUJA, May 22 (MENA) – Egyptian Ambassador to Nigeria Ashraf Salama said the relations binding Egypt and Nigeria are improving. Speaking to MENA, the envoy said the Nigerian government is supporting Egypt's efforts to implement the roadmap, that ....
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WB to lend Ethiopia 250 million dollars to create jobs
Date: 2014-05-22 05:19:50 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:11 - ID:735627
ADDIS ABABA, May 22 (MENA) - The World Bank agreed to offer a 250-million-dollar loan to Ethiopia to provide job opportunities, the Ethiopian radio reported. The loan will help increase Ethiopia's competitive capabilities in the manufacturing ....
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Ethiopia ready to examine Egyptian Dam suggestions - spokesman
Date: 2014-05-22 04:10:33 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:1 - ID:735576
ADDIS ABAA, May 22 (MENA) - The Ethiopian government is ready to examine Egyptian suggestions on the under-construction Renaissance Dam as part of a tripartite dialogue involving Sudan, the spokesman for the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said. If ....
