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UNICEF : over 200,000 malnourhished Somali children could die by end of 2014
Date: 2014-05-27 13:17:52 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:107 - ID:746372
GENEVA, May 27 (MENA) - Up to 200,000 children under the age of five could die from severe malnutrition in Somalia by the end of 2014, the UNICEF warned on Tuesday. It called for mobilizing international efforts to raise funds to avert the ....
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US trains African commandos to fight terrorism
Date: 2014-05-27 12:18:26 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:93 - ID:746204
NEW YORK, May 27 (MENA) — United States Special Operations troops are forming elite counter-terrorism units in four countries in North and West Africa that American officials say are pivotal in the widening war against Al Qaeda’s affiliates and ....
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Egypt's mission in Vienna to partake in celebrations of AU 51st anniv.
Date: 2014-05-27 11:59:01 GMT - Austria - Africa - SN:80 - ID:746089
VIENNA, May 27 (MENA) – The Egyptian diplomatic mission in Vienna will partake Wednesday in the celebration of the 51st anniversary of the creation of the Organization of African Unity, now known as the African Union (AU), which will be held at the ....
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Four died of Ebola in Sierra Leone
Date: 2014-05-27 07:20:21 GMT - Sierra Leone - Africa - SN:22 - ID:745458
FREETOWN, May 27 (MENA) - Four people in eastern Sierra Leone have died after contracting the Ebola virus, a health ministry official said, the BBC reported on Tuesday. They died in the eastern Kailahun district, which borders southern Guinea ....
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Nigerian military official claims he knows whereabouts of kidnapped girls
Date: 2014-05-26 21:07:50 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:234 - ID:745226
ABUJA, May 26 (MENA) - A top Nigerian military official believes he knows the whereabouts of girls kidnapped last month, but he says the nation's military will not use force to try to rescue them, CNN quoted a state news report as saying on ....
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OIC deplores Djibouti terror attack
Date: 2014-05-25 18:15:53 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:151 - ID:742353
CAIRO, May 25 (MENA) - The OIC Secretary General Iyad Ameen Madani condemned a terror attack that targeted a restaurant in Djibouti on Saturday in which a number of civilians were killed and injured. In a press release on Sunday, Madani offered his ....
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AL condemns terrorist acts in Somalia, Djibouti
Date: 2014-05-25 13:57:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:99 - ID:741699
CAIRO, May 25 (MENA) – Arab League (AL) chief Nabil el-Araby strongly condemned the terrorist acts in Somalia and Djibouti. He also offered condolences to the families of the victims who were killed in terrorist acts. Islamist militants from ....
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Efforts underway to settle Mahala carpet factory problems - minister
Date: 2014-05-25 11:19:31 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:66 - ID:741380
CAIRO, May 25 (MENA) - Efforts are underway to settle the problems of El-Mahla carpet factory workers, Manpower Minister Nahed el-Ashri said. First, the overdue April salaries of the workers will be paid within days after an agreement was reached ....
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Egypt marks 51st anniversary of OAU
Date: 2014-05-25 11:15:56 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:64 - ID:741352
CAIRO, May 25 (MENA) - Egypt marks on Sunday the 51st anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), an international organization created in 1963 by 37 African nations to promote unity and development in the continent. At this occasion, ....
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UNESCO chooses Boutros-Ghali as honorary president of African Week
Date: 2014-05-25 11:13:11 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:62 - ID:741314
CAIRO, May 25 (MENA) - The African group of the UNESCO chose former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali as honorary president of the African Week the organization stages annually on May 25. UNESCO official sources said the African ....
