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26 killed in road accident in Nigeria
Date: 2014-02-15 18:24:25 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:116 - ID:557225
ABUJA, Feb 15 (MENA) – As many as 26 Nigerians were killed in a road accident in the southern state of Enug, in a series of incidents that led to the killing and wounding of thousands of people over the past months. In a statement, the state ....
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IMF mission concludes Sudan visit
Date: 2014-02-15 17:13:57 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:97 - ID:556780
KHARTOUM, Feb 15 (MENA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission has concluded its visit to Khartoum after reviewing Sudan's economic reform program. The IMF mission has met finance minister Badr al-Din Mahmoud Abbas as well as the ....
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Egyptian-Sudanese permanent technical body of Nile Water convenes Sunday in Khartoum
Date: 2014-02-15 10:00:13 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:28 - ID:556183
KHARTOUM, Feb 15 (MENA) – The regular meeting of the joint Egyptian-Sudanese permanent technical body of the Nile water will start here on Sunday. The joint body meeting, chaired by Head of the Nile Water Sector Engineer Ahmed Bahaa El-Din from ....
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Ethiopia says dam talks should remain on ‘technical tracks’
Date: 2014-02-14 21:28:30 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:136 - ID:555776
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 14 (MENA) - The Ethiopian Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy said Friday that talks between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) should stick to technical issues rather than politicking, ....
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Death toll of Boko Haram attack on Borno state in Nigeria rises to 62
Date: 2014-02-14 20:57:07 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:133 - ID:555766
ABUJA, Feb 14 (MENA) - The death toll of those who died in Boko Haram Tuesday's attack on Konduga town in Borno State rose to 62 on Friday. The death toll rose to 57 on Thursday with four persons reportedly dead from injuries at University of ....
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UN chief warns Security Council over CAR violence
Date: 2014-02-14 19:59:14 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:123 - ID:555720
NEW YORK, Feb 14 (MENA) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon has called on the Security Council to act immediately to stop ethnic violence in Central African Republic, citing widespread attacks on Muslims there. "We must live up to the promises made around ....
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US condemns recent murders, abductions in Borno state, Nigeria
Date: 2014-02-14 19:30:51 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:122 - ID:555721
ABUJA, Feb 14 (MENA) - The US denounced on Friday an attack launched by a group of gunmen on the town of Konduga, Borno State, on February 11, which resulted in an abduction of a number of girls from their schools and left scores dead and ....
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Sudan, SPLMN continue negotiations on Blue Nile, South Kordofan areas
Date: 2014-02-14 15:19:06 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:80 - ID:555425
KHARTOUM, Feb 14 (MENA) - Representatives of the Sudanese government and Sudan People's Liberation Movement North (SPLMN) continued their negotiations on Friday in Addis Ababa about disputed states of the Blue Nile and South Kordofan, a ....
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UNHCR issues a non-return advisory for South Sudan
Date: 2014-02-14 12:24:51 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:49 - ID:555112
GENEVA, Feb 14 (MENA) - The UNHCR has released a non-return advisory for South Sudanese fleeing the current conflict, which has so far uprooted some 870,000 people. The conflict since mid-December 2013 has displaced 738,000 people within South ....
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Delegation of Ethiopia water ministry arrives in Egypt to receive training
Date: 2014-02-14 12:19:25 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:46 - ID:555113
CAIRO, Feb 14 (MENA) - A delegation of the Ethiopian Ministry of Water and Irrigation arrived in Cairo Friday to attend a course organized by Egypt's Golden Trade Company. Nine employees at the Ethiopian Ministry of Water and Irrigation will ....
