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5 schools in Nigeria closed after deadly attack
Date: 2014-03-05 20:29:55 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:181 - ID:592580
ABUJA, March 5 (MENA) - The Education Ministry in Nigeria decided Wednesday to close five schools after suspected Boko Haram fighters opened fire on secondary school students in Nigeria's northeastern Yobe state a few days ago. In a statement, ....
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Nigerian president appoints 11 new ministers
Date: 2014-03-05 15:20:55 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:110 - ID:592173
ABUJA, March 5 (MENA) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday announced the dropping of Minister of Sports Bolaji Abdullahi from his cabinet, in continuation of his plan to reposition his team to achieve the administration's ....
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Nile Project team leaves Addis Ababa after successful visit
Date: 2014-03-05 12:19:14 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:66 - ID:591588
ADDIS ABABA, March 5 (MENA) - The Nile Project crew, which groups a host of musicians and artists from the various countries of the Nile Basin, left here Wednesday, after a successful visit in which they performed three heavily packed live concerts ....
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Nigeria air force shells hideouts of Boko Haram
Date: 2014-03-05 09:39:17 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:32 - ID:591047
ABUJA, March 5 (MENA) - Incensed by the rising number of deaths arising from attacks by the terrorist Boko Haram group, Nigeria Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Adesola Amosu, personally entered the battle zone last weekend when he flew one of ....
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Militants kill villagers in raid in Nigeria
Date: 2014-03-04 17:39:04 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:161 - ID:590229
ABUJA, March 4 (MENA) - Suspected Islamist militants have torched a village in north-eastern Nigeria's Borno state, killing at least 11 people, a lawmaker told the BBC. They raided Jakana overnight, destroying about a third of homes, Senator ....
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Boko Haram attacks another Borno village, many feared killed
Date: 2014-03-04 16:49:15 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:138 - ID:589846
ABUJA, March 4 (MENA) - Boko Haram militants invaded Jakana Village of Konduga Local Government Area killing scores of residents after setting ablaze houses, shops and a police station along the Maiduguri-Damaturu road, local Nigerian media outlet ....
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Egypt chargé d'affaires attends 1st session of Djibouti National Assembly for 2014
Date: 2014-03-04 12:56:24 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:83 - ID:589524
CAIRO, March 4 (MENA) - Egyptian chargé d'affaires in Djibouti Mohamed el-Ghazawi attended Tuesday the inaugural session of the first legislative session of the National Assembly for 2014. A statement by the Foreign Ministry said that Ghazawi met ....
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Central African Republic: an equal share of wealth equals lasting peace in CAR: report
Date: 2014-03-03 17:41:16 GMT - Central African Republic - Africa - SN:155 - ID:588093
BANGUI, March 3 (MENA) - While wrangling over Central African Republic's (CAR) wealth in natural resources played a role in the country's crisis, its future peace and stability still partly depends on a solution that factors in how to equitably ....
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Egypt's refusing stance on Renaissance Dam unchanged
Date: 2014-03-03 16:48:50 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:138 - ID:587896
ISMAILIA, Egypt, March 3 (MENA) - Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamad Abdel-Motaleb affirmed that Egypt still adheres to its stand regarding rejecting the Renaissance Dam. "The Nile River and its water are a red line which should ....
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Sudanese FM arrives in Cairo
Date: 2014-03-03 12:05:06 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:72 - ID:587369
CAIRO, March 3 (MENA) – Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Kerti arrived here Monday on a several hours' visit to Egypt to discuss means of promoting bilateral relations. Kerti will meet his Egyptian counterpart Nabil Fahmy to probe files of mutual ....
