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Khartoum names new ambassador to Egypt
Date: 2014-03-30 08:48:10 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:24 - ID:638504
KHARTOUM, March 30 (MENA) - The Sudanese Foreign Ministry nominated Mahgoub Abdullah Sharfi, the former head of the military intelligence, to serve as the country's new ambassador to Egypt. Sharfi will succeed Kamal Hassan Ali, who was appointed ....
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UN: Over one million displaced by S. Sudan conflict
Date: 2014-03-29 20:44:56 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:129 - ID:638120
JUBA, March 29 (MENA) - More than one million people have been forced from their homes by the ongoing conflict in South Sudan, a UN report has said. Of these, 803,200 have been displaced within the country, and another 254,000 have fled to ....
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C. African Republic grenade attack kills 9 people
Date: 2014-03-29 19:12:59 GMT - Central African Republic - Africa - SN:113 - ID:638049
BANGUI, March 29 (MENA) - United Nations officials are condemning an attack on a funeral in Central African Republic that killed at least nine people including several children, the ABC news reported on Saturday. Manuel Fontaine, the regional ....
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Egypt envoy: Egypt, FAO set up an agricultural development strategy until 2030
Date: 2014-03-29 14:46:16 GMT - Tunisia - Africa - SN:71 - ID:637487
TUNIS, March 29 (MENA) – In his speech at the FAO Regional Conference for Africa, held in Tunis, 24-28 March, Egypt's ambassador to Tunis Ayman Mosharafa said that Egypt recognizes the importance of the fight against hunger in Africa as well as ....
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Kenya police kill 2 suspects in church killings
Date: 2014-03-29 07:19:35 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:12 - ID:636678
NAIROBI, March 29 (MENA) - A Kenyan official says police have killed two men suspected of being terrorists who fatally shot six people in a church. Mombasa County police chief Robert Kitur said the gunmen were killed by officers after a gunfight ....
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Security Council extends UN mission in DR Congo
Date: 2014-03-28 18:13:28 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:112 - ID:636297
NEW YORK, March 28 (MENA) The Security Council on Friday extended for one year the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) – along with its Intervention Brigade – noting the need for the ....
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Armed groups in Darfur agree in principle on dialogue: Sudanese PCP
Date: 2014-03-28 15:04:52 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:79 - ID:635975
KHARTOUM, March 28 (MENA) - Bashir Adam, head of foreign relations at the Sudanese Popular Congress Party (PCP), announced Friday that armed groups in Darfur have agreed in principle to participate in the national dialogue called for by Sudanese ....
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Arab Contractors Company has $3bn projects in Africa
Date: 2014-03-28 09:42:18 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:20 - ID:635259
CAIRO, March 28 (MENA) - The total value of contracts signed to carry out projects in Africa has reached $3 billion in early February, said Board Chairman of the Arab Contractors Company Mohamed Mohsen Salah. The projects are being executed in 18 ....
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Ruling party in Sudan willing for dialogue with political powers
Date: 2014-03-28 08:16:01 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:12 - ID:635192
KHARTOUM, March 28 (MENA) - Sudanese Presidential assistant Ibrahim Ghandour, who is also Deputy Chairman of the ruling party, asserted that his party will go ahead in dialogue with the different political powers. Ghandour voiced keenness that ....
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Supply minister heads for Nigeria to attend UNECA meeting
Date: 2014-03-28 07:58:15 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:9 - ID:635143
CAIRO, March 28 (MENA) - Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Khaled Hanafi left here Friday heading for Nigeria to attend the 7th meeting of United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) due there on Saturday. Ministers of planning, ....
