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Sudan's NCP accuses opposition of staging coup d'état
Date: 2014-02-28 12:42:01 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:55 - ID:581897
KHARTOUM, Feb 28 (MENA) - The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) has accused opposition parties of plotting a coup d'état to topple the Sudanese regime. The party accused the opposition of disrespecting the constitution and laws in an attempt ....
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Shell Nigeria closes major pipeline, cites theft
Date: 2014-02-28 12:26:22 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:50 - ID:581828
ABUJA, Feb 28 (MENA) - Shell Nigeria has closed a 6,000-kilometer (3,700-mile) oil pipeline to repair leaks from oil theft, reported ABC News. Shell recently threatened to close the Nembe Creek Trunk Line because of repeated sabotage. It carries ....
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Sudanese opposition leader calls for forming peace council for dialogue with armed movements
Date: 2014-02-28 10:49:11 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:36 - ID:581543
KHARTOUM, Feb 28 (MENA) – Sadiq al-Mahdi, head of the opposition National Ummah Party in Sudan, called on Friday to form a national council for peace for holding dialogue with armed movements in the country. His remarks came during his reception ....
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Hollande arrives in CAR
Date: 2014-02-28 10:43:15 GMT - Central African Republic - Africa - SN:33 - ID:581552
BANGUI, Feb 28 (MENA) - French President Francois Hollande has arrived in the Central African Republic (CAR) to meet the French troops deployed there and hold talks with the interim president of the troubled former colony, said international France ....
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Nigerian army launches security operation to fight Boko Haram
Date: 2014-02-27 21:45:56 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:190 - ID:581142
ABUJA, Feb 27 (MENA) – Nigerian Army has started a security operation to fight extremist "Boko Haram" group, which is accused of killing and injuring thousands of people during the past years. In press statements, Army spokesman said that the ....
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UN welcomes Friday's negotiations between S. Sudan gov't, rebels
Date: 2014-02-27 21:41:50 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:188 - ID:581149
NEW YORK, Feb 27 (MENA) - The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the Sudan Adnan Khan has welcomed the African Union High-Level Implementation Panel’s (AUHIP) invitation to the Sudanese Government and the Sudan People’s ....
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Fahmy wraps up Nigeria visit
Date: 2014-02-27 17:20:41 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:143 - ID:580809
ABUJA, Feb 27 (MENA) – Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy has left Abuja, Nigeria en route back home after participating in the Humanitarian Security, Peace and Development Summit in Abuja, held on the occasion of the centenary anniversary of the ....
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UNICEF slams killing of students in northeastern Nigeria
Date: 2014-02-27 17:08:22 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:137 - ID:580877
ABUJA, Feb 27 (MENA) - UNICEF expressed its outrage at the brutal killing of some 45 children, between 13 and 17 years old, by unidentified gunmen at the Federal Government College of Buni Yadi, Yobe State, Nigeria. “We condemn in the strongest ....
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Efforts to develop kidney center in Addis Ababa
Date: 2014-02-27 16:12:21 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:127 - ID:580170
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 27 (MENA) – Efforts are exerted to develop the Egyptian-Ethiopian Center for Kidney and Urinary Tract at the Saint Paul Hospital here, said center supervisor Galal Abdel-Salam. Speaking to MENA correspondent here, Abdel-Salam ....
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FM leads Egypt’s delegation to Abuja summit
Date: 2014-02-27 15:58:01 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:121 - ID:580624
CAIRO, Feb 27 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy led Egypt’s delegation to the Humanitarian Security, Peace and Development Summit in Abuja, held on the occasion of the centenary anniversary of the unification of Nigeria, on ....
