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Israel offers to help Nigeria find abducted girls
Date: 2014-05-11 18:15:50 GMT - Israel - Africa - SN:136 - ID:715797
GAZA CITY, May 11 (MENA) - Israel offered Sunday Nigeria help in locating 200 schoolgirls abducted last month by Islamist rebel group Boko Haram in an attack that had drawn global condemnation and prompted some Western powers to provide assistance, ....
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Prominent Qaeda leader killed in northern Mali
Date: 2014-05-11 11:57:36 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:75 - ID:715016
NOUAKCHOTT, May 11 (MENA) - The French army killed in Mali last month Abu Bakr el-Nasr, a close aide to Algerian Islamic leader of Al-Murabitoun Mokhtar Belmokhtar. Al-Murabitoun is a leader in the Qaeda-linked group in Mali. Nasr, an ....
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Egyptians in Ethiopia get ready for voting in presidential elections
Date: 2014-05-11 09:59:51 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:44 - ID:714692
ADDIS ABABA, May 11 (MENA) - Members of the Egyptian community here are getting ready for voting in the upcoming presidential elections as Egyptian expats will start balloting on May 15. In statements on Sunday, Egypt's Ambassador to Ethiopia ....
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Egypt keen on security of its "sisterly" countries
Date: 2014-05-11 09:53:35 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:42 - ID:714673
ADDIS ABABA, May 11 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador to Ethiopia Mohammad Idris asserted that Egypt was keen on the security of its sisterly countries, noting that some parties are intentionally harming Egyptian-Ethiopian relations. The ambassador's ....
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South Sudan govt committed to ceasefire deal - spokesman
Date: 2014-05-11 07:35:45 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:16 - ID:714441
JUBA, May 11 (MENA) - South Sudanese President Salva Kiir's spokesman, Ateny Wek Ateny, told the BBC that the government is committed to the ceasefire deal brokered with rebel leader Riek Machar on Friday. "It was up to Machar to rebuild the ....
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Three abducted Dutch nationals in Nigeria freed
Date: 2014-05-11 07:03:29 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:9 - ID:714361
ABUJA, May 11 (MENA) - Kidnappers in Nigeria's Niger Delta region released three Dutch nationals held since May 4, security sources said. The Dutch foreign ministry confirmed the trio's release, but had "no information" on whether a ransom was ....
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IGAD's mediator congratulates Kiir, Machar over peace deal
Date: 2014-05-10 15:18:42 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:66 - ID:713793
ADDIS ABABA, May 10 (MENA) - IGAD's chief mediator at South Sudan peace talks Seyoum Mesfin congratulated Saturday South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar over the signed peace deal. Kiir and Machar agreed a peace deal in ....
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Ethiopian PM hails ceasefire deal inked by S. Sudan's rivals
Date: 2014-05-10 14:01:14 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:54 - ID:713678
ADDIS ABABA, May 10 (MENA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn welcomed Saturday a ceasefire deal signed by South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebel commander Riek Machar. The Ethiopian radio aired the remarks quoting Desalegn ....
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Cabinet: Mahlab's visit to Equatorial Guinea successful
Date: 2014-05-10 13:00:50 GMT - Guinea - Africa - SN:49 - ID:713439
MALABO, May 10 (MENA) – Cabinet spokesman Hosam Qawish said Saturday the visit made by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab to Equatorial Guinea would come out with positive results in the near future to restore the effectiveness of the Egyptian major role ....
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S. Sudan army: Cease-fire accord not entered into force yet
Date: 2014-05-10 12:59:08 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:48 - ID:713464
JUBA, May 10 (MENA) - South Sudan's military spokesman Colonel Philip Aguer said Saturday that a cease-fire deal signed late Friday has not been put into force by the two rivals till now. “The agreement will be simply communicated to all the ....
