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Sudanese churches council condemns death sentence in apostasy case
Date: 2014-05-29 07:58:44 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:62 - ID:749760
KHARTOUM, May 29 (MENA) - The Sudanese Churches Council considered on Thursday the death sentence against a Sudanese woman who was convicted of apostasy a clear-cut oppression against Christians in Sudan. In a statement, the council said the ....
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CAR Seleka rebels kill many in Bangui church attack
Date: 2014-05-29 06:22:07 GMT - Central African Republic - Africa - SN:48 - ID:749680
BANGUI, May 29 (MENA) - At least 11 people have been killed in an attack on a church in the Central African Republic, the BBC reported Thursday. Eyewitnesses said members of the Seleka militia group threw grenades before shooting indiscriminately ....
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4 people killed in renewed violence in Nigeria
Date: 2014-05-28 16:56:36 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:136 - ID:748825
ABUJA, May 28 (MENA) - Four people have been killed by unidentified gunmen in a village near Jos city in the center of Nigeria, police said on Wednesday. The gunmen attacked the village in the early morning, killing four people and others were ....
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Egypt satisfied with Tanzanian initiative to reconsider Entebbe agreement
Date: 2014-05-28 12:45:07 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:74 - ID:748377
CAIRO, May 28 (MENA) – Egyptian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ambassador Badr Abdel Aati on Wednesday expressed satisfaction at an initiative by Tanzania calling to reconsider the Entebbe agreement on quotas of the Nile water. The Tanzanian foreign ....
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9 policemen abducted in Nigeria
Date: 2014-05-28 10:14:56 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:34 - ID:747886
ABUJA, May 28 (MENA) - Nigerian police said Wednesday that nine of its personnel were kidnapped last week by pipeline vandals at Arepo, after fire exchange between the police and the vandals, which resulted into an explosion. A top security ....
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Somali Al-Shabaab claims Djibouti attack
Date: 2014-05-28 06:52:27 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:14 - ID:747414
MOGADISHU, May 28 (MENA) - Somali rebel group al-Shabaab was behind the restaurant attack in Djibouti by two suicide bombers over the weekend that killed a Turkish national and wounded several Western soldiers, the militants said on Tuesday, Radio ....
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Egypt welcomes Tanzania's initiative to reconsider Entebbe agreement
Date: 2014-05-27 15:03:53 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:132 - ID:746487
CAIRO, May 27 (MENA) – Egypt welcomed on Tuesday a Tanzanian initiative to reconsider the Entebbe agreement in a manner that maintains Egypt's rights to the Nile water. "Egypt supports any initiative aiming to maintain the historic ties with all ....
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UNICEF : over 200,000 malnourhished Somali children could die by end of 2014
Date: 2014-05-27 13:17:52 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:107 - ID:746372
GENEVA, May 27 (MENA) - Up to 200,000 children under the age of five could die from severe malnutrition in Somalia by the end of 2014, the UNICEF warned on Tuesday. It called for mobilizing international efforts to raise funds to avert the ....
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US trains African commandos to fight terrorism
Date: 2014-05-27 12:18:26 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:93 - ID:746204
NEW YORK, May 27 (MENA) — United States Special Operations troops are forming elite counter-terrorism units in four countries in North and West Africa that American officials say are pivotal in the widening war against Al Qaeda’s affiliates and ....
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Egypt's mission in Vienna to partake in celebrations of AU 51st anniv.
Date: 2014-05-27 11:59:01 GMT - Austria - Africa - SN:80 - ID:746089
VIENNA, May 27 (MENA) – The Egyptian diplomatic mission in Vienna will partake Wednesday in the celebration of the 51st anniversary of the creation of the Organization of African Unity, now known as the African Union (AU), which will be held at the ....
