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Security Council urges Sudan, S. Sudan to withdraw troops from Abye
Date: 2014-03-19 07:41:46 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:18 - ID:617752
KHARTOUM, March 19 (MENA) - The UN Security Council (UNSC) has demanded that South Sudan and Sudan immediately withdraw their troops from Abyei, saying it has grave concerns over the volatile security and humanitarian situation in the contested ....
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Al Shabaab militants' acts contradict with Islam - AMISOM
Date: 2014-03-18 22:53:55 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:182 - ID:617604
ADDIS ABABA, March 18 (MENA) – The ongoing offensive by AMISOM together with the Somali National Army (SNA) against the al Shabaab has exposed the insurgents as engaging in practices contrary to Islam, the religion which they claim to fight for, ....
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Ethiopia needs more investment from UAE -- minister
Date: 2014-03-18 22:09:26 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:179 - ID:617571
ADDIS ABABA, March 18 (MENA) - Ethiopian Industry Minister Ahmed Abitew has stressed that Ethiopia needs more investment from the United Arab Emirates, Walta Information Center has reported. The minister made his remarks during the Ethiopian-UAE ....
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Booby-trapped car hit AMISOM convoy
Date: 2014-03-18 11:53:56 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:68 - ID:616105
MOGADISHU, March 18 (MENA) – A booby-trapped car targeted on Tuesday a convoy affiliated to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in Mogadishu and the Somali Al Shabab group claimed responsibility for the incident. The attack, which took ....
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Kenya arrests two after bombs 'found in car'
Date: 2014-03-18 09:25:53 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:31 - ID:615730
NAIROBI, March 18 (MENA) - Police in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa say they have arrested two people who were driving a car with two improvised bombs hidden inside it, BBC reported Tuesday. The suspects, one Kenyan and the other of Somali ....
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Egypt, Sudan seek close trade ties
Date: 2014-03-17 22:12:53 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:197 - ID:615489
KHARTOUM, March 17 (MENA) – Sudan and Egypt have agreed to remove all obstacles facing transport and roads linking the two countries, with the Sudanese Ministry of Transport, Roads and Bridges pledging to open all border crossings with Egypt soon to ....
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UN human rights chief to begin visit to CAR Tuesday
Date: 2014-03-17 16:26:08 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:130 - ID:614788
GENEVA, March 17 (MENA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, will visit the war-torn Central African Republic from 18 to 20 March 2014, to discuss the dire human rights situation there with the interim Government and key ....
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Libyan gov't thanks international parties for seizing North Korean oil tanker
Date: 2014-03-17 15:55:16 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:124 - ID:614721
TRIPOLI, March 17 (MENA) - Oil is the core of the national economy and tampering with the Libyan people's destiny is totally unacceptable, the Libyan government said in a statement released here on Monday. The government expressed thanks and ....
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Mahlab stresses Egypt's seriousness in meeting needs of Nile Basin states
Date: 2014-03-17 13:31:17 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:75 - ID:614594
CAIRO, March 17 (MENA) - Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab stressed Egypt's seriousness as regards proving the strategic needs of the Nile Basin states and eagerness to activate joint cooperation in a way that meets the aspirations of the African ....
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Death toll from Benghazi blast rises to 5 killed, 13 injured
Date: 2014-03-17 13:05:55 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:70 - ID:614463
TRIPOLI, March 17 (MENA) - The death troll from the car bomb explosion in Benghazi on Monday has risen to five people, while 13 others were injured, Spokesman for the Special Forces Melod al-Zawi told MENA. A booby-trapped vehicle went off ....
