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Army officers arrested for suspected plot against Mali's president
Date: 2014-06-06 17:24:47 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:104 - ID:764875
BAMAKO, June 6 (MENA) - Military intelligence in Mali have arrested an army officer and a number of associates suspected of plotting against President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, press sources said on Friday. The West African nation was engulfed into ....
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US stops importation of Nigeria’s crude oil
Date: 2014-06-05 12:29:57 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:77 - ID:762597
ABUJA, June 5 (MENA) - Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Alison-Madueke announced Thursday that the United States stopped the importation of crude oil from Nigeria and began to search for alternative markets. Madueke, who attended ....
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Djibouti FM hails Egypt's cooperation to qualify Djibouti cadres
Date: 2014-06-05 11:29:23 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:58 - ID:762435
CAIRO, June 5 (MENA) – The Djibouti Institute for Diplomatic Studies held a celebration on the occasion of the end of its first diplomatic course. The celebration was attended by Djibouti's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International ....
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All options being considered to free Nigerian girls - official
Date: 2014-06-05 08:44:51 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:35 - ID:761965
ABUJA, June 5 (MENA) - The Nigerian National Information Centre (NIC) has refuted a report suggesting that it turned down Australia’s offer to send its Special Air Services (SAS) to help in finding the abducted Chibok secondary schoolgirls, the ....
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Death toll rises to 100 after Boko Haram strike in Borno
Date: 2014-06-05 07:44:47 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:27 - ID:761964
ABUJA, June 5 (MENA) - More than 100 people are believed to have been killed in Nigeria's Borno State following Tuesday's attack by the terrorist group Boko Haram on four border communities with Cameroun. The attack was a retaliatory one on the ....
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UN chief urges South Sudanese rivals to meet as required in peace accord
Date: 2014-06-05 06:09:39 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:14 - ID:761820
NEW YORK, June 5 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged South Sudanese President Salva Kiir to meet with former Vice-President Riek Machar on Monday, as agreed to in the May 9 document that aimed to end the fighting in the world’s newest ....
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Sudan's vice president urges cooperation to help S. Sudan refugees
Date: 2014-06-04 16:54:00 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:142 - ID:761294
KHARTOUM, June 4 (MENA) - Sudan's First Vice-President, Gen. Bakri Hassan Saleh called Wednesday on Sudanese authorities to coordinate efforts to address the humanitarian situation in South Sudan and continue providing aid to refugees. The vice ....
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DHQ Debunks Alleged Court Martial of Nigerian Army Generals
Date: 2014-06-04 06:23:36 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:20 - ID:759825
ABUJA, June 4 (MENA) - The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has debunked reports that about 15 senior officers including 10 generals in the army have been court martialled for various acts of sabotage against military operations, especially leaking ....
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OIC shows solidarity with Nigeria against terrorist Boko Haram
Date: 2014-06-03 14:40:59 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Africa - SN:104 - ID:758728
JEDDAH, June 3 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Eyad Madani expressed Tuesday the OIC's willingness to assist the Nigerian Government in fighting the Boko Haram insurgents, describing them as criminals. In a ....
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UN hails Sudan decision to open borders with South Sudan
Date: 2014-06-03 12:10:00 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:62 - ID:758232
KHARTOUM, June 3 (MENA) –The United Nations welcomed Sudan's decision to keep its borders with South Sudan open. The UN mission in Sudan hailed Sudan's decision to evacuate more than 30,000 refugees, who are at the risk of floods, from South ....
