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Over one million displaced by South Sudan conflict: UN
Date: 2014-03-30 21:44:53 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:182 - ID:640085
NEW YORK, March 30 (MENA) - More than a million people in South Sudan have been forced from their homes during more than three months of fighting, with conditions continuing to worsen, the United Nations has warned on Sunday. “In the 100 days ....
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Chadian soldiers kill 30 civilians in C. African Republic
Date: 2014-03-30 20:56:19 GMT - Central African Republic - Africa - SN:178 - ID:640016
BANGUI, March 30 (MENA) - Chadian peacekeeping soldiers opened fire on civilians in Central African Republic's strife-torn capital city over the weekend, killing more than 30 people and sparking fears of reprisal attacks, ABC News quoted officials ....
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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 ....
