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Nigerian army denies freeing kidnapped girls
Date: 2014-04-18 18:48:32 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:104 - ID:675617
ABUJA, April 18 (MENA) – The Nigerian Army has withdrew an earlier statement that it had freed most of kidnapped girls. The Armed Forces said Wednesday that the military had rescued all but eight of the schoolgirls abducted by rebels suspected to ....
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Burundi expels UN official over arms report
Date: 2014-04-18 08:05:55 GMT - Burundi - Africa - SN:16 - ID:674578
BUJUMBURA, April 18 (MENA) - Burundi's foreign ministry has said it ordered a top United Nations official out of the country after a report claimed the government was arming young supporters ahead of elections, Al-Jazeera News reported. Paul ....
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Egypt condemns Abuja terror blasts
Date: 2014-04-18 07:02:10 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:8 - ID:674466
ABUJA, April 18 (MENA) - Egypt's embassy here condemned the bombings that targeted buses in Nigeria killing and injuring scores of people. The embassy said in a statement on Thursday that Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdel-Aati ....
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Ethiopia, S. Sudan discuss Renaissance Dam
Date: 2014-04-17 22:51:41 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:176 - ID:674330
ADDIS ABABA, April 17 (MENA) – Ethiopia's Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said Thursday that his talks with South Sudan President Salva Kiir tackled the Renaissance Dam. Desalegn was quoted by the Ethiopian news agency as saying that he ....
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AU Commission briefs Peace, Security Council on Egypt's presidential polls
Date: 2014-04-17 19:49:54 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:155 - ID:674204
ADDIS ABABA, April 17 (MENA) – The African Union Commission said that it briefed the AU's Peace and Security Council, at its 429th meeting, on the upcoming Egyptian presidential elections. The council reviewed its communiqué on the situation in ....
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UN chief condemns attacking civilians in S. Sudan
Date: 2014-04-17 17:30:23 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:133 - ID:674011
NEW YORK, April 17 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon strongly condemned Thursday the attack on civilians and United Nations peacekeepers in the UNMISS Protection of Civilians site in Bor, capital of Jonglei State in South Sudan, the UN ....
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President greets Zimbabwe on National day
Date: 2014-04-17 13:59:33 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:93 - ID:673580
CAIRO, April 17 (MENA) - Interim President Adly Mansour delegated Thursday presidential secretary Ahmed el-Ansary to visit the embassy of Zimbabwe to convey his greetings on the Independence Day. Zimbabweans commemorate their attainment of ....
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Shooting near UN-affiliated building in South Sudan leaves several injured
Date: 2014-04-17 12:55:14 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:81 - ID:673359
JUBA, April 17 (MENA) - A number of people were injured in a shooting near a building affiliated to the UN in South Sudan, according to Sky News. South Sudan is experiencing unrest since the end of last year due to the clashes between the ....
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Sudan names new representative to UN
Date: 2014-04-17 08:33:37 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:31 - ID:672826
KHARTOUM, April 17 (MENA) - Ambassador Rahmatollah Othman presented on Thursday his credentials to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as Sudan's new permanent representative to the international organization. The envoy expressed his readiness to ....
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Juba denies any tensions with Khartoum
Date: 2014-04-17 08:15:16 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:26 - ID:672772
KHARTOUM, April 17 (MENA) - South Sudanese Foreign Minister Barnaba Benjamin denied any tensions in relations between Juba and Khartoum, saying relations between the two countries are good. Benjamin told Al-Youm el-Tali newspaper out Thursday ....
