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UN Chief Urges Special Tribunal for South Sudan
Date: 2014-05-13 08:27:37 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:25 - ID:718338
NEW YORK, May 13 (MENA) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Monday for a special tribunal for South Sudan, saying there are grounds to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed since widespread violence began five months ago, ....
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US deploys planes in search for abducted Nigerian girls
Date: 2014-05-13 06:18:46 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:5 - ID:718139
ABUJA, May 13 (MENA) - The US has revealed it is flying manned surveillance missions over Nigeria to try to find more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram. The US is also sharing commercial satellite imagery ....
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New Mauritania amb. arrives in Cairo
Date: 2014-05-12 22:08:05 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:163 - ID:718051
CAIRO, May 12 (MENA) - New Mauritanian Ambassador to Egypt Wadadi Ould Sidi Haiba arrived here on Monday. A number of Foreign Ministry officials received the new envoy at the airport. (MENA) WN ....
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UNAMID official hails authorities efforts to keep peace in Darfur
Date: 2014-05-12 21:45:30 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:162 - ID:717999
KHARTOUM, May 12 (MENA) – UNAMID Deputy Joint Special Representative Joseph Mutaboba praised the Darfur authorities' efforts to keep the coexistence and peace in the region through the implementation of development projects. Mutaboba asserted the ....
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Sudan criticizes Cairo’s approach in dealing with Ethiopian dam
Date: 2014-05-12 21:44:46 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:161 - ID:718038
ADDIS ABABA, May 12 (MENA) - Sudanese foreign minister Ali Karti has criticized Cairo’s approach in dealing with the issue of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam (EGRD), calling on the Egyptian media and other circles to stop what he described as ....
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Security Council voices concern over CAR violence
Date: 2014-05-12 18:17:31 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:129 - ID:717777
NEW YORK, May 12 (MENA) – In a presidential statement, the Security Council expressed its concern at the deterioration in the security situation in parts of Central Africa, in particular the crisis in CAR and its growing regional impact, and the ....
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Nigeria refuses Boko Haram offer to free schoolgirls in exchange for prisoners
Date: 2014-05-12 17:29:34 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:118 - ID:717639
ABUJA, May 12 (MENA) - The Nigerian government refused Monday a Boko Haram offer to free more than 200 schoolgirls in exchange for prisoners. Most of the abducted girls' parents refused the offer, demanding the release of their daughters ....
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Nigeria's Boko Haram, others received $3m from bin Laden
Date: 2014-05-12 09:02:54 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:31 - ID:716323
ABUJA, May 12 (MENA) - A US intelligence report showed that Osama bin Laden provided everything from seed money to strategic direction to the now-infamous Nigerian terror group, The Punch newspaper reported. In 2002, Osama bin Laden dispatched an ....
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Nigeria state governor "has information" on abducted girls
Date: 2014-05-12 06:42:10 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:7 - ID:716138
ABUJA, May 12 (MENA) - The governor of Nigeria's Borno state says he has information on the whereabouts of about 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist group Boko Haram, the BBC reported Monday. Governor Kashim Shettima said he had passed reports ....
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Sectarian tension rises in Nigeria as groups burn churches, mosques
Date: 2014-05-11 19:42:18 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:146 - ID:715889
ABUJA, May 11 (MENA) - Sectarian tension is currently heightened in Kachia local government area of Kaduna State of Nigeria as religious groups, Christian and Muslim, burned churches and mosques, local media reported on Sunday. Military personnel ....
