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AU delegation decides to follow up Egypt's presidential polls
Date: 2014-05-07 11:55:10 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:63 - ID:708380
CAIRO, May 7 (MENA) - The African Union (AU) decided to dispatch a mission to follow up the upcoming presidential elections, which will be held on May 26-27, said Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ambassador Badr Abdel-Atti. The AU delegation will ....
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Khartoum to host Ethiopian-Sudanese investment forum Saturday
Date: 2014-05-07 07:12:45 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:24 - ID:707604
ADDIS ABABA, May 7 (MENA) - Sudanese capital Khartoum is due to host the Sudanese-Ethiopian Investment Forum this Saturday. The two-day forum is organized by Sudan's National Investment Agency in collaboration with the Ethiopian embassy in ....
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Study at Khartoum University suspended indefinitely
Date: 2014-05-07 07:07:46 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:22 - ID:707593
KHARTOUM, May 7 MENA) - Khartoum University board suspended on Wednesday study at all faculties of Shambat compound indefinitely after the latest wave of sit-ins and protests. In a statement, the board rebuffed the use of violence and arms inside ....
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Ethiopia information center highlights Mahlab's remarks on relations with Addis Ababa
Date: 2014-05-07 07:05:43 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:21 - ID:707516
ADDIS ABABA, May 7 (MENA) - Ethiopia's Walta Information Centre on Wednesday shed light on the remarks of Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab on the Nile River and relations with Ethiopia. Mahlab said the River Nile is an everlasting life of ....
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South Africa election: Polls open
Date: 2014-05-07 07:04:14 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:20 - ID:707545
PRETORIA, May 7 (MENA) - Polls have opened in South Africa's fifth general election since the end of apartheid 20 years ago, BBC reported. About 25 million people have registered to vote - roughly half the population. The governing African ....
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300 killed by Boko Haram in order Town with Cameroon
Date: 2014-05-07 06:38:17 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:17 - ID:707544
ABUJA, May 7 (MENA) -About 300 people were killed in Nigerian border town with Cameroon, Gamboru Ngala, when armed Boko Haram insurgents drove into the town in armored vehicles. The militants targeted a local market as they fired sporadically ....
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Obama: US to help Nigeria track down 200 kidnapped schoolgirls
Date: 2014-05-07 06:09:09 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:9 - ID:707506
WASHINGTON, May 7 (MENA) - President Barack Obama said the U.S. sent a team to help Nigeria locate more than 200 schoolgirls seized by Islamist militants three weeks ago, the BBC reported. President Obama said the U.S. team will combine military, ....
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Nigerian leader accepts US help in saving abducted schoolgirls
Date: 2014-05-06 21:23:55 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:144 - ID:707323
ABUJA, May 6 (MENA) – Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has accepted his US counterpart Barack Obama's offer to provide help in finding more than 200 schoolgirls, abducted in northeastern Borno State. US Secretary of State John Kerry has said ....
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Kerry asserts importance of Egypt-Ethiopia co-op
Date: 2014-05-06 19:54:48 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:133 - ID:707238
ADDIS ABABA, May 6 (MENA) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who concluded a three-day visit to Addis Ababa on Saturday, asserted the importance of cooperation between Egypt and Ethiopia, Ethiopian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Dina Mufti said on ....
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Egypt condemns abduction of Nigerian girls by Boko Haram
Date: 2014-05-06 18:48:34 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:124 - ID:707180
CAIRO, May 6 (MENA) - The Egyptian foreign ministry deplored the kidnapping of hundreds of Nigerian school girls by Boko Haram, spokesman for the ministry Badr Abdel-Ati said. He expressed hope that the abducted students would be released soon. ....
