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AU commissioner calls for supporting Egypt in fight against terrorism
Date: 2014-05-05 20:02:39 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:172 - ID:705300
CAIRO, May 5 (MENA) - African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security Ismail Sharqy called for supporting and cooperating with Egypt in its fight against terrorism to "eliminate this phenomenon for ever." Sharqi told reporters on Monday ....
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3 Dutch nationals kidnapped in Nigeria
Date: 2014-05-05 16:40:37 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:134 - ID:704918
ABUJA, May 5 (MENA) - Gunmen believed to be members of the Niger Delta Liberation rebel front have kidnapped three Dutch nationals in Nigeria's volatile Niger Delta region. The front threatened several times to target oil installations and oil ....
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Clashes between students at Khartoum University resume
Date: 2014-05-05 14:56:31 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:112 - ID:704334
KHARTOUM, May 5 (MENA) – Clashes have re-erupted Monday between students at Khartoum University in Bahri city, burning a number of buildings and wounding a student. This comes in the wake of the recent violent clashes between students in Khartoum ....
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New US charge d'affaires arrives in Khartoum soon
Date: 2014-05-05 14:45:30 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:109 - ID:704003
KHARTOUM, May 5, (MENA) – New US charge d'affaires in Khartoum Kerry Liner arrives in Sudan within the coming few days. In a statement, the director of the US department at Sudan's Foreign Ministry ambassador Mohammad Al-Abdullah al-Toum said ....
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Al-Bashir aide, Russian amb discuss bilateral relations
Date: 2014-05-05 14:03:27 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:99 - ID:704280
KHARTOUM, May 5, (MENA) - Sudanese presidential aide Jalal Yousef el-Digeir discussed on Monday with Russian Ambassador to in Khartoum Mirgayas Shirinsky bilateral cooperation and ties. El-Digeir expressed his hope for improving relations ....
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FM to meet AU peace commissioner
Date: 2014-05-05 13:21:06 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:86 - ID:704486
CAIRO, May 5 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy is scheduled to meet on Monday with Ismail Chergui, the African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security. The meeting will take on means to restore Egypt's full membership at the African ....
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Egyptian-Tanzanian business forum to kick off Wednesday
Date: 2014-05-05 11:56:02 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:62 - ID:704311
CAIRO, May 5 (MENA) - The Egyptian-Tanzanian business forum will kick off on Wednesday and continue for two days. The forum will be held in coordination with the Foreign Ministry and the embassies of the two countries. The forum is meant to ....
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Mauritania refuses to receive al-Qaradawi
Date: 2014-05-05 11:49:23 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:56 - ID:704286
NOUAKCHOTT, May 5 (MENA) - Mauritania refused to receive the Qatar-based Egyptian Muslim scholar Youssef al-Qaradawi. The move came as the Mauritanian Muslim Brotherhood (MB) is facing several problems with the political leadership ....
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Boko Haram 'abducted Nigeria girls'
Date: 2014-05-05 11:25:20 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:53 - ID:704244
ABUJA, May 5 (MENA) - Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram says it carried out the abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls in April, the BBC reported. In the pre-dawn hours of April 15, men dressed in Nigerian military uniforms showed up at ....
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2 dead in 2 explosions in Nairobi
Date: 2014-05-04 19:07:32 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:128 - ID:703165
NAIROBI, May 4 (MENA) - Two people were killed and 62 wounded when two homemade bombs exploded on buses along one of the busiest highways in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, ABC News quoted Kenyan authorities as saying on Sunday. Of the 62 wounded, ....
