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UNESCO chooses Boutros-Ghali as honorary president of African Week
Date: 2014-05-25 11:13:11 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:62 - ID:741314
CAIRO, May 25 (MENA) - The African group of the UNESCO chose former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali as honorary president of the African Week the organization stages annually on May 25. UNESCO official sources said the African ....
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Libyan interim premier receives EU envoy
Date: 2014-05-25 11:04:27 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:61 - ID:741303
TRIPOLI, May 25 (MENA) - Libyan interim Premier Abdullah al-Thinni received on Sunday at the government's premises in Tripoli the EU Special Representative for the Southern Mediterranean, Bernardino Leon. They discussed the developments of the ....
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Gabonese FM supports Egypt's resuming AU activities
Date: 2014-05-25 10:45:58 GMT - Gabon - Africa - SN:57 - ID:741156
LIBERVILLE, May 25 (MENA) - Gabon's Foreign Minister Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet voiced his country's backing for Egypt's resuming its activities in the African Union. The remarks were made during the minister's meeting with Egypt's Ambassador to ....
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On Africa Day, more must be done to unleash continent’s agricultural potential - UN
Date: 2014-05-25 10:38:03 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:54 - ID:741349
CAIRO, May 25 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the concepts of transformation, growth, dynamism, progress and partnership are central to the African Union’s (AU) narrative as it embarks on the second half of its first ....
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Kenyan president lauds Egypt's technuical support programs
Date: 2014-05-25 07:48:41 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:28 - ID:741000
NAIROBI, May 25 (MENA) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta lauded on Sunday the technical support programs Egypt has been offering to African nations, especially his country. Kenyatta, in a meeting with Egyptian Ambassador Qadri Abdel Motleb on the ....
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US condemns Al-Shabaab's terror attack on Somali parliament
Date: 2014-05-25 06:24:02 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:13 - ID:740827
WASHINGTON, May 25 (MENA) - The United States on Saturday strongly condemned a deadly attack on the Somali parliament by the radical Islamist group of Al-Shabaab, vowing continued support to eliminate the threat of the militant group. "The United ....
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Deadly blast hits Nigerian city of Jos
Date: 2014-05-25 05:45:11 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:7 - ID:740799
ABUJA, May 25 (MENA) - An explosion in the central Nigerian city of Jos has killed at least three people in a suicide attack, BBC reported quoting police as having said. Police said the blast happened near an open-air TV viewing center where ....
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Malawian president annuls elections
Date: 2014-05-24 16:09:37 GMT - Malawi - Africa - SN:104 - ID:740263
LILONGWE, May 24 (MENA) - Malawi's President Joyce Banda has annulled this week's general election - in which she was a candidate - because of voting "irregularities," the BBC News reported. Banda had earlier said Tuesday's vote had been marred ....
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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 ....
