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WIC sheds light on Mahlab, Mousa statements
Date: 2014-05-03 22:47:41 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:122 - ID:701697
ADDIS ABABA, May 3 (MENA) – Ethiopia's Walta Information Center (WIC) shed light Saturday on statements of Egypt's Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab and Head of the Conference Party Amr Mousa. Mahlab said to Al-Ahram paper that electricity in ....
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Somali al-Shabab claim responsibility for blast near Turkish Embassy
Date: 2014-05-03 22:32:31 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:119 - ID:701686
MOGADISHU, May 3 (MENA) - At least six people have been killed in a bomb explosion in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, the BBC reported. Islamist militant group al-Shabab said it carried out the attack, targeting the vehicle of a prominent former ....
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Blast targeting gov't vehicle kills 5 in Somalia
Date: 2014-05-03 12:58:16 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:35 - ID:700953
MOGADISHU, May 3 (MENA) – A Somali police official said five people have died and six others were wounded when a bomb believed to have been targeting a government vehicle exploded in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, Fox News Network ....
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UN officials urge Security Council to act before South Sudan plunges deeper into crisis
Date: 2014-05-02 22:16:17 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:130 - ID:700202
NEW YORK, May 2 (MENA) – Senior United Nations officials Friday reported a drastic deterioration in the human rights situation in South Sudan, marked by increasing ethnic violence and revenge killings, and urged the Security Council not to simply ....
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Boko Haram suspects slaughters 10 travelers in Nigeria
Date: 2014-05-02 17:27:07 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:97 - ID:699925
ABUJA, May 2 (MENA) - No fewer than ten commuters and motorists were slaughtered by suspected Boko Haram terrorists along a road in northern Nigeria on Friday. The massacre was committed on the Maiduguri-Beneshiek-Damaturu road. More than 200 ....
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Kerry: Kiir committed to taking steps to end fight
Date: 2014-05-02 14:16:22 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:66 - ID:699493
JUBA, May 2 (MENA) - Following a meeting with South Sudan President Salva Kiir in Juba, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that Kiir is committed to taking decisive steps to end the four-month fight in the newly-born country, Sky News reported ....
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IGAD meeting on S. Sudan postponed
Date: 2014-05-02 09:52:46 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:35 - ID:699076
KHARTOUM, May 2 (MENA) - The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) postponed an emergency meeting that was planned for Saturday in Juba to discuss the developments in South Sudan. The postponement decision was taken for further ....
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Kerry arrives in S. Sudan to call for applying ceasefire agreement
Date: 2014-05-02 09:49:21 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:33 - ID:699075
JUBA, May 2 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived here to call for applying a ceasefire agreement in South Sudan. There has been a conflict in South Sudan for months and there is a famine threat. (MENA) MHK/AS ....
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Sudanese rebels kill 22 army troops in S. Kordofan
Date: 2014-05-02 08:57:17 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:26 - ID:698982
KHARTOUM, May 2 (MENA) - The Sudan Revolutionary Front announced it killed 22 Sudanese army and militia troops in South Kordofan. According to a statement published by the "Sudan Tribune", the front said it is currently besieging the military ....
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Dozens killed, injured in Abuja explosion – health sources
Date: 2014-05-01 21:42:17 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:142 - ID:698639
ABUJA, May 1 (MENA) – Dozens of people were killed and wounded in a powerful explosion that hit Nyanya axis, Abuja, health sources said on Thursday. According to the sources, there were about sixteen bodies of dead people and dozens of wounded ....
