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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 ....
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SPLM-N calls on National Umma Party to join forces to overthrow regime
Date: 2014-05-24 09:12:39 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:27 - ID:739247
KHARTOUM, May 24 (MENA) - Secretary General of the rebel Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement/North (SPLM-N), Yasser Arman, has denounced the detention of the National Umma Party (NUP) leader, al-Sadiq al-Mahdi, calling upon the latter to work with ....
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Nigerian Islamic council condemns abduction of school girls
Date: 2014-05-24 06:48:29 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:11 - ID:739113
ABUJA, May 24 (MENA) - President of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) Sa'adu Abubakar condemned the abduction of 230 girls from a school in Borno state last month. The girls were allegedly forced to convert to Islam. In ....
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Nigeria violence: 'Boko Haram' destroy village
Date: 2014-05-23 14:23:11 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:77 - ID:738521
ABUJA, May 23 (MENA) - Suspected militant Islamists have killed more than 25 people in an attack on a village in north-eastern Nigeria, the BBC quoted residents as saying Friday. The gunmen burnt nearly all the homes in Chikongudo, and stole food ....
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UN blacklists Nigerian Boko Haram
Date: 2014-05-22 21:49:54 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:164 - ID:737430
ABUJA, May 22 (MENA) - The United Nations Security Council has imposed sanctions against Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram, which has carried out a wave of deadly attacks and the recent abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls in Nigeria, the Nigerian ....
