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Nigeria backs Egypt's return to AU activities
Date: 2014-02-27 09:38:51 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:38 - ID:579684
CAIRO, Feb 27 (MENA) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan stressed on Thursday that his country backs Egypt's return of the African Union (AU) activities as being a key country in the African continent. The president, in a meeting with ....
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$71-million World Bank aid for Mauritania water projects
Date: 2014-02-27 06:24:33 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:10 - ID:579312
NOUAKCHOTT, Feb 27 (MENA) - Mauritania and the World Bank signed a 71-million- dollar loan agreement to finance a project for developing water resources and the uses of the river basin, an official source said on Thursday. The deal was inked by ....
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Al-Shabaab Threatens to Attack Turkish Aid Workers and Officials in Somalia
Date: 2014-02-27 05:47:03 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:6 - ID:579306
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 26 (MENA) - Somali Militant group al-Shabab has threatened to attack Turkish aid workers and other officials currently operating in the country, ABC news reported. Spokesman of the group, Ali Dheere accused the Turks of working ....
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Ethiopia: S.Sudan's rival factions in Addis Ababa for talks
Date: 2014-02-26 22:21:42 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:179 - ID:579235
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 26 (MENA) – The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that the rival factions of South Sudan are in Addis Ababa for talks, Ethiopian Walta Information Center reported. "Rival factions of the Sudan People's Liberation ....
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Ethiopia says to continue promoting equitable utilization of Nile
Date: 2014-02-26 22:11:22 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:177 - ID:579227
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 26 (MENA) - Ethiopia will continue promoting the principle of the equitable and fair utilization of the Nile River, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday. While briefing journalists on current issues here today, the ....
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Ethiopian Defense Minister arrives in Khartoum
Date: 2014-02-26 18:43:38 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:138 - ID:578959
KHARTOUM, Feb 26 (MENA) - Ethiopian Defense Minister Siraj Fegessa arrived here on Wednesday to partake in a joint defense committee meeting between the two African states. The meeting will be held on Thursday with the aim to exchange security ....
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EFTCC to organize training course for diplomats from Asian, Eastern Europe
Date: 2014-02-26 16:53:08 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:118 - ID:577955
CAIRO, Feb 26 (MENA) - The Egyptian Fund for Technical Cooperation with Commonwealth (EFTCC) countries will organize a training course from April 6 until April 17 for a number of diplomats from Asian, Eastern European countries in coordination with ....
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Hospital patients in South Sudan shot dead in their beds – MSF
Date: 2014-02-26 16:37:45 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:112 - ID:578383
JUBA, Feb 26 (MENA) - Hospital patients in South Sudan have been murdered in their beds and arson attacks have been perpetrated against medical facilities, as violence in the country worsens, the Charity Doctors Without Borders or Médecins Sans ....
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Egyptian experts receive awards in creativity, innovation from COMESA
Date: 2014-02-26 13:38:15 GMT - Republic of the Congo - Africa - SN:66 - ID:578280
KINSHASA, Feb 26 (MENA) - Four Egyptian experts and professors received awards in fields of creativity and innovation during the summit of Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), currently in session here. The COMESA is a free ....
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Mauritania President: terrorism threatens Africa
Date: 2014-02-26 13:24:59 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:61 - ID:577973
NOUAKCHOTT, Feb 26 (MENA) - Mauritanian President Mohammad Ould Abdel Aziz, whose country assumed the rotating presidency of the African Union, has warned that terrorism poses a serious threat to the security and stability of the African ....
