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Somalia's Shabab group claims responsibility for Kenya attacks
Date: 2014-06-16 21:07:36 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:156 - ID:781811
NAIROBI, June 16 (MENA) - Somalia's al-Shabab group has calimed the responsibility for attacks in Kenya that left 48 people dead, the BBC reported Monday. At least 48 people have died after al-Qaeda-linked militants attacked hotels and a police ....
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Sudan to host Nile Basin water resources ministers meeting
Date: 2014-06-16 18:53:36 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:138 - ID:781694
KHARTOUM, June 16 (MENA) – Sudan will host Thursday meetings of the water resources ministers of the Nile Basin countries: Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, DR Congo, Tanzania and Kenya. The 22nd ministerial meeting will ....
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15 killed as Boko Haram attacked local market
Date: 2014-06-15 19:51:42 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:143 - ID:779806
ABUJA, June 15 (MENA) – Fifteen people were killed Sunday as suspected members of Boko Haram stormed a local market Borno state, northern east of Nigeria. Eyewitnesses said that 20 elements of Boko Haram group attacked the local market in Daku ....
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UN contractor released in Darfur after 94 days
Date: 2014-06-13 13:42:43 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:67 - ID:776023
PARIS, June 13 (MENA) - An abducted Indian man working for the peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID), was freed in Kabkabiya (North Darfur) after 94 days in captivity. The contractor, a national of India, was immediately taken to the Mission's ....
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Arab Contractors Company carrying out projects in Ethiopia
Date: 2014-06-13 10:59:27 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:42 - ID:775693
CAIRO, June 13 (MENA) - The Arab Contractors Company is working according to schedule regarding its projects in Ethiopia, including road projects worth $110 million, company chairman Mohsen Salah said. The company started its activities in the ....
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Egypt FM holds talks with Uganda, Gambia counterparts
Date: 2014-06-13 05:46:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:3 - ID:775315
CAIRO, June 13 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy had made phone calls with his Ugandan and Gambian counterparts and Egypt's ambassador to Ethiopia. The phone conversations with the two African foreign ministers took up ways to promote ....
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Egypt, Mali to establish model farm
Date: 2014-06-12 15:31:12 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:105 - ID:774521
CAIRO, June 12 (MENA) – Egypt and Mali have inked an agreement to set up a model farm for food crops, livestock and fish production in Mali. The agreement was signed by Egypt's Agriculture Minister Ayman Farid Abu-Hadid and the director of the ....
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Humanitarian condition in South Sudan dire - ICRC
Date: 2014-06-12 12:52:02 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:73 - ID:774366
GENEVA, June 12 (MENA) - The humanitarian situation in South Sudan is dire and could further deteriorate now that the rainy season has arrived, the International Committee of the Red Cross has warned. The rains disrupt the delivery of aid because ....
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Five dead as Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo border tensions grow
Date: 2014-06-12 10:39:38 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:53 - ID:774112
KINSHASA, June 12 (MENA) - Tensions are rising along the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo with each side accusing the other of mounting cross-border raids, Euronews reported on Thursday. The Rwandan government admitted ....
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Egypt attends 1st Japanese-African business forum in Tokyo
Date: 2014-06-12 10:13:10 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:45 - ID:774031
CAIRO, June 12 (MENA) - The Egyptian Embassy in Tokyo took part in the first Japanese-African business forum, which was organized by the Japanese Government and the African Development Bank. Egypt's Ambassador to Japan Hisham el- Zimaity said ....
