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Guinea opposition quits parliament
Date: 2014-06-09 18:33:14 GMT - Guinea - Africa - SN:128 - ID:769800
CONAKRY, June 9 (MENA) – Guinea's opposition announced Monday it is pulling out of parliament and threatening street demonstrations, which will paralyze the institution ahead of key votes, ABC News reported. The impoverished, yet mineral-rich, ....
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Former Libyan PM hails court ruling to reinstate him
Date: 2014-06-09 14:47:06 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:84 - ID:769457
TRIPOLI, June 9 (MENA) - Former Libyan prime minister Ali Zidan hailed a decision by Libya's supreme court that ruled against the country’s acting prime minister Ahmed Meteeg. The court effectively placed Meteeg's predecessor back in ....
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Sisi receives Ethiopian FM
Date: 2014-06-09 14:27:59 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:78 - ID:769458
CAIRO, June 9 (MENA) - Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi received Monday Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom in the presence of Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy and the Ethiopian ambassador to Egypt. During the meeting, Sisi ....
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South African president discharged from hospital after checkup
Date: 2014-06-09 07:04:07 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:9 - ID:768385
JOHANNESBURG, June 9 (MENA) - The office of South African President Jacob Zuma said he has been discharged from a hospital after a weekend checkup. Zuma's office wasq quoted by Fox News as saying in a statement Monday that the 72-year-old left ....
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Shura council of Libya's Gharyan condemns kidnap of head of anti-crime committee in Tripoli
Date: 2014-06-08 10:52:18 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:67 - ID:767296
TRIPOLI, June 8 (MENA) - Shura and reform council in Libya's Gharyan city condemned the kidnap of head of the anti-crime committee in Tripoli Abdel-Moneim el-Saed. In a statement Sunday, the council said that kidnapping officials will lead to ....
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At least 30 killed in ethnic raid in Congo
Date: 2014-06-07 21:09:53 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:128 - ID:766617
KINSHASA, June 7 (MENA) - At least 30 people have been killed in an inter-ethnic attack on a village in the South Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the BBC quoted local officials. Witnesses say the dead included women and children, ....
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Nigeria sending observers to presidential polls shows relations strength - diplomat
Date: 2014-06-07 14:45:44 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:65 - ID:766147
ABUJA, June 7 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador to Abuja Ashraf Abdel Qader Salama underlined that Nigeria's decision to send a high-rank delegation to monitor the Egyptian presidential elections reflected strong relations between the two ....
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Egypt embassy in Addis Ababa participates in launching group of Friends of Ethiopian culture
Date: 2014-06-07 11:06:01 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:35 - ID:765624
CAIRO, June 7 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador to Ethiopia Mohamed Idris took part in the launch of the "Group of Friends of the Ethiopian culture", in the presence of the Ethiopian culture and tourism minister along with a number of diplomatic missions ....
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US-Africa energy conf. in Ethiopia provided opportunity to do business in Egypt - ambassador
Date: 2014-06-07 10:31:13 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:32 - ID:765619
CAIRO, June 7 (MENA) - The US-Africa Energy Conference, which was hosted by Ethiopia, was a great opportunity for the foreign private companies to meet with the Egyptian delegation members to look into ways of carrying out investment projects in ....
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UN official: Nigerian schoolgirls face rape danger
Date: 2014-06-07 09:07:22 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:22 - ID:765404
NEW YORK, June 7 (MENA) - More than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls who remain captives of Boko Haram militants “definitely” face the danger of being raped, the UN special representative on sexual violence in conflict said. “My worry is those girls ....
