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UK deploys RAF Sentinel to help search for missing schoolgirls in Nigeria
Date: 2014-05-18 11:13:23 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:61 - ID:728174
LONDON, May 18 (MENA) - A RAF Sentinel reconnaissance aircraft has flown to support the international search for more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls missing in Nigeria. The 5 (Army Cooperation) Squadron aircraft with a suite of intelligence ....
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West seeks crackdown on Boko Haram, says paper
Date: 2014-05-18 11:04:22 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:59 - ID:728171
WASHINGTON, May 18 (MENA) - Western powers are pressing the United Nations to designate Boko Haram a terrorist organization as early as next week, senior U.S. officials said Saturday, in an effort to turn up pressure on the insurgent group behind ....
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Boko Haram kills at least 50 people near Borno state, kidnaps 10 in Cameroon
Date: 2014-05-18 08:05:54 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:34 - ID:727651
ABUJA, May 18 (MENA) - At least 50 persons were killed in an attack on a market in Ngurosoye Village, Bama Local Government Area of Borno State, residents of the area said Sunday. Insurgents came in hundreds on motorcycles and six pick-up vans and ....
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South Sudan in peril, says NYT
Date: 2014-05-18 06:24:16 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:21 - ID:727510
NEW YORK, May 18 (MENA) - Transforming South Sudan into a viable state after it declared independence from Sudan in 2011 was always going to be a huge challenge. President Salva Kiir and rebel commander Riek Machar have made that task vastly more ....
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African Union strongly condemns terrorist attack in Nairobi
Date: 2014-05-18 05:31:45 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:11 - ID:727507
ADDIS ABABA, May 18 (MENA) – The African Union strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Nairobi two days ago, describing it as a "heinous and cowardly act against innocent civilians". The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), ....
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Nigeria keen on achieving roadmap in Egypt: amb.
Date: 2014-05-17 18:49:26 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:107 - ID:727232
ABUJA, May 17 (MENA) – Egypt's ambassador to Abuja said Saturday Nigeria was interested in the situation in Egypt and the implementation of the roadmap to achieve stability in the country. In statements to MENA, Abdel-Qader Salama said that he had ....
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Egypt keen on cooperation with Nile basin countries
Date: 2014-05-17 12:35:54 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:53 - ID:726226
CAIRO, May 17 (MENA) - Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Dr. Mohammad Abdel Motaleb asserted that Egypt is keen on bolstering all forms of cooperation with the Nile basin countries emanating from a belief of the importance of Egypt's role ....
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Boko Haram kill one Chinese, 10 missing in Cameroon
Date: 2014-05-17 11:04:27 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:36 - ID:726230
ABUJA, May 17 (MENA) - A Chinese national was killed and 10 others were feared kidnapped after an overnight attack in northern Cameroon believed to have been carried out by Boko Haram militants from Nigeria, a police said on Saturday. " Boko ....
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Villagers kill 70 Boko Haram terrorists
Date: 2014-05-17 06:40:42 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:11 - ID:725842
ABUJA, May 17 (MENA) - Members of a vigilance group in Madagali, a town in Adamawa State, northern Nigeria, have reportedly killed more than 70 Boko Haram members and handed over seven others to the police. The vigilance group acted after they ....
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US condemns Nairobi blasts
Date: 2014-05-17 06:26:50 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:10 - ID:725793
WASHINGTON, May 17 (MENA) - The White House condemned terror attacks targeting a market in Nairobi, Kenya, that left dozens dead and injured. "The United States condemns despicable terrorist attacks in the Gikoma market area of Nairobi, Kenya, that ....
