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60 women reportedly abducted in Nigeria
Date: 2014-06-23 20:33:36 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:163 - ID:794219
ABUJA, June 23 (MENA) - Sixty women were abducted by insurgents in Borno State of Nigeria on Monday, local media reported. No further information is available. Boko Haram, which Western governments and Abuja say is linked to al-Qaeda, had ....
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Africa has always been top priority for Egypt: FM
Date: 2014-06-23 20:05:01 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Africa - SN:159 - ID:794170
MALABO, June 23 (MENA) – Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shokry said on Monday that Africa has always been a top priority for Egypt. In a speech before the executive meeting of the African Union's foreign ministers to prepare for the AU summit ....
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Egypt proud to be among AU founders: FM
Date: 2014-06-23 20:04:06 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:158 - ID:794141
MALABO, June 23 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shokry said that Egypt was proud to be among the leading founders of the African Union, adding that the continent issues had always topped Egypt's priorities. During the AU foreign ministers' ....
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Kenya 'bombs al-Shabab bases' in Somalia
Date: 2014-06-23 17:01:13 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:128 - ID:793873
MOGADISHU, June 23 (MENA) - Kenyan fighter jets have bombed the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab group in Somalia, killing more than 80 of its fighters, the BBC news quoted the African Union (AU) force in Somalia as saying on Monday. The assault on the ....
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Explosion rocks college in Kano, Nigeria
Date: 2014-06-23 16:10:19 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:114 - ID:793787
ABUJA, June 23 (MENA) - An explosion has struck a public health college in Nigeria's second city of Kano, in the north, the BBC news reported. At least seven people were killed in the blast at the Kano School of Hygiene, the police said. The ....
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Bashir gets message from South Sudanese president on bilateral ties
Date: 2014-06-23 15:05:21 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:103 - ID:793681
KHARTOUM, June 23 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir received a message from South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit on bilateral ties and fostering cooperation between the two countries. South Sudan's Interior Minister Aleu Ayeny ....
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Sudan's defense minister affirms readiness to implement agreements with S. Sudan
Date: 2014-06-23 14:08:28 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:94 - ID:793471
KHARTOUM, June 23 (MENA) - Sudan’s Defense Minister Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein affirmed Monday his country's readiness to implement all agreements signed with South Sudan. During a meeting with South Sudanese Interior Minister Aleu Ayeny Aleu, ....
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Zuma welcomes Egypt's resumption of AU activities
Date: 2014-06-23 12:11:58 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Africa - SN:70 - ID:793353
MALABO, June 23 (MENA) - Chairperson of the AU Commission Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma welcomed Egypt's resumption of its activities at the African Union (AU). Zuma made the remark during the opening of the meeting of the executive council of the ....
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African FMs meeting kicks off in Equatorial Guinea
Date: 2014-06-23 10:24:15 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:48 - ID:793079
MALABO, June 23 (MENA) - Meetings of the executive council of the foreign ministers of the African Union kicked off here on Monday to prepare for the the 23rd Ordinary Summit of the African Union (AU). President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will lead ....
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US lauds Sudan's efforts to face human trafficking
Date: 2014-06-23 08:32:39 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:28 - ID:792775
KHARTOUM, June 23 (MENA) - The US Department of State lauded the efforts of the Sudanese government to combat human trafficking. This came in the periodical report of the US Department of State in this regard. The report aims at encouraging ....
