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Cameroon's senate president hails relations with Egypt
Date: 2014-02-18 20:10:02 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:194 - ID:563302
ABUJA/YAOUNDE, Feb 18 (MENA) - Senate President of Cameroon Marcel Niat Njifendji has voiced deep appreciation and respect for the historic relations binding Egypt and Cameroon since the 1960s, expressing admiration of Egypt's great ....
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Rebels attack oil-rich Malakal of South Sudan
Date: 2014-02-18 11:54:36 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:72 - ID:561966
JUBA, Feb 18 (MENA) - South Sudanese government said rebels headed by former vice-president Riek Machar attacked Malakal, the capital of the oil-rich Upper Nile state. The two sides, the government and the rebels, have traded accusations over ....
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Businessmen, companies meet at foreign ministry to prepare Nile basin tour
Date: 2014-02-18 10:18:45 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:39 - ID:561806
CAIRO, Feb 18 (MENA) - Foreign minster's deputy assistant for Nile basin countries affairs Ambassador Mohamed Hamzawy held a meeting with businessmen and representatives of big companies investing in a number of African countries in preparation for ....
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20 S. Sudan soldiers charged for killing civilians
Date: 2014-02-17 20:24:32 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:168 - ID:561252
JUBA, Feb 17 (MENA) - More than 20 South Sudanese soldiers have been charged with murdering civilians, ABC News quoted a South Sudanese military official as saying on Monday. South Sudanese military spokesman Colonel Philip Aguer said that since ....
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Ethiopia thanks Switzerland on hijacked plane
Date: 2014-02-17 20:10:21 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:164 - ID:561229
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 17 (MENA) – Ethiopian authorities have thanked Switzerland over dealing with the situation of the Ethiopian plane that was hijacked earlier and landed in Geneva airport, a spokesman for the government of Ethiopia Radwan Hussein said ....
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Bashir heads for Ethiopia to attend Ethiopia independence anniversary celebrations
Date: 2014-02-17 17:12:48 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:133 - ID:560646
KHARTOUM, Feb 17 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir along with a high-level delegation headed for Ethiopia on Monday to attend celebrations marking the anniversary of its independence day. Ethiopian Prime Minister Haile Miriam Dessalines ....
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Salloum border terminal closed over Libyan revolt anniversary
Date: 2014-02-17 14:41:52 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:101 - ID:560644
MATROUH, Egypt, Feb 17 (MENA) – The travel and trade movement through Salloum border crossing between Egypt and Libya has been completely halted Monday in tandem with the third anniversary of the Libyan Revolution, an official source said. The ....
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Egyptian official starts African tour Tuesday
Date: 2014-02-17 11:44:03 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:47 - ID:560108
CAIRO, Feb 17 (MENA) – Deputy Foreign Minister Hamdy Sanad Louza will embark on an African tour Tuesday that includes Ghana and Gabon. The tour comes within the ministry's keenness to promote ties with the African continent, the ministry said in a ....
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Karti visit to Cairo likely to be delayed -- sources
Date: 2014-02-17 10:25:09 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:37 - ID:559817
KHARTOUM, Feb 17 (MENA) - A visit by Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti to Egypt is likely to be delayed, well-placed sources told Sudan's "Al Rai" newspaper, out Monday. Karti was scheduled to visit Egypt in the coming few days. The sources ....
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South Sudan's Machar says “third bloc” choice unfortunate
Date: 2014-02-17 09:56:07 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:30 - ID:559805
KHARTOUM, Feb 17 (MENA) - South Sudan’s former vice president turned rebel leader, Riek Machar, said the decision of the seven recently released party leaders to form a third bloc “does not help the cause” of the resistance, according to Sudan ....
