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Terrorism will not hinder 2015 elections - Nigerian President
Date: 2014-06-22 20:15:49 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:130 - ID:792257
ABUJA, June 22 (MENA) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday assured that the challenges of terrorism and insecurity would not curtail the conduct of a free, fair and credible general elections in 2015, local media reported. The ....
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Egypt FM to participate in AU meet in Malabo
Date: 2014-06-22 16:27:03 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:90 - ID:791888
MALABO, June 22 (MENA) – Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will head his country's delegation participating in the meeting of African Union (AU) foreign ministers set for June 24 in Equatorial Guinea. Those meetings are a prelude to the ....
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Bomb planted under car seat kills Somali journalist
Date: 2014-06-21 16:52:23 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:89 - ID:790320
MOGADISHU, June 21 (MENA) - A journalist in Somalia's capital says a bomb planted under the car seat of a Somali reporter exploded and killed him, the Fox News network reported. Abdinasir Mohamed Ali said that his colleague at Mustaqbal radio, ....
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Nigeria receives artifacts looted in 1897
Date: 2014-06-21 16:51:41 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:87 - ID:790319
ABUJA, June 21 (MENA) - The Oba Museum of Benin City, Southwest Nigeria, has taken delivery of two bronze works looted by British soldiers from the Oba palace during the British invasion of Benin in 1897. Adrian Mark Walker, great grandson of one ....
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Preparatory meetings for African Summit resumed
Date: 2014-06-21 12:51:14 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Africa - SN:50 - ID:789927
MALABO, June 21 (MENA) - The preparatory meetings for the African Summit were resumed on Saturday in Equatorial Guinea's capital city Malabo. The summit will be held in Sipopo Congress Center. Egypt's delegation in the summit will be led by ....
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AU to welcome Sisi on June 26
Date: 2014-06-21 08:57:02 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:24 - ID:789501
MALABO, June 21 (MENA) - Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will attend the inaugural session of the African Union (AU) on June 26, according to a statement by the pan-African body. In keeping with tradition, the newly-elected presidents of ....
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ECOWAS meeting focuses on terrorism
Date: 2014-06-20 18:00:31 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:87 - ID:788943
ABUJA, June 8 (MENA) - Grave security threats posed by growing extremist and terrorist groups in the West African sub-region, especially by Al Qaeda and Boko Haram, took center stage at the opening of the 72nd Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Council ....
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14 university students killed in car accident in Nigeria
Date: 2014-06-20 14:56:22 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:54 - ID:788649
ABUJA, June 20 (MENA) – 14 students of Medicine faculties were killed in a car crash in Kogi State, central North Nigeria. An official with the Federal Road Safety Commission in the state Goodwin Aumiko said in statements that the accident occurred ....
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Egypt received with applause in preparatory meeting for AU summit
Date: 2014-06-20 13:41:52 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:47 - ID:788539
MALABO, June 30 (MENA) – Head of Egypt's delegation at the African Union (AU) Mohamed Idris was received with applause during a meeting of the permanent representatives here Friday. Idris got a frenzied welcome while delivering Egypt's speech in ....
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Environment Minister unveils plan to protect Nile River
Date: 2014-06-20 08:32:08 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:11 - ID:787881
CAIRO, June 20 (MENA) – Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy unveiled on Friday his ministry's plan to deal with the Nile River file and protecting the river. Speaking to MENA, he said the ministry will review the environmental records of all ....
