Africa
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Mauritania FM visits Ethiopia
Date: 2014-02-23 13:11:52 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:80 - ID:571736
NOUAKCHOTT, Feb 23 (MENA) – Mauritanian Foreign Minister Ahmed Ould Teguedi left here on Sunday the African Union headquarters in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. An official Mauritanian source said it is a working visit that falls within the ....
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Fahmy meets Tanzania president
Date: 2014-02-23 07:47:49 GMT - Tanzania - Africa - SN:15 - ID:571042
DAR ES SALAM, Feb 23 (MENA) - Egypt's foreign minister Nabil Fahmi wound up his visit to Tanzania after meeting Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, the foreign minister and a number of senior officials, foreign ministry spokesman Badr Abdel Aty ....
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Fahmy underlines importance of private sector in bolstering cooperation between Egypt, Tanzania
Date: 2014-02-23 07:44:13 GMT - Tanzania - Africa - SN:13 - ID:571069
DAR-ALSALAM, Feb 23 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy underlined the importance of the private sector in Egypt and Tanzania in deepening the existing relations between the two countries in the various fields and buttressing trade exchange so as ....
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29 murdered, 17 injured in Nigeria
Date: 2014-02-22 22:04:52 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:149 - ID:570932
ABUJA, Feb 22 (MENA) - At least 29 people have been killed in a Saturday morning attack on Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, local media reported. Seventeen others were also injured in the attack, believed to have been ....
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Construction of Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam well in progress – project manager
Date: 2014-02-22 21:38:47 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:146 - ID:570921
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 22 (MENA) - The construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is well in progress, according to the project’s manager, Walta Information Center reported on Saturday. GERD, what will be Africa’s largest hydro-electric ....
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Taliban condemn violence in C. African Republic
Date: 2014-02-22 15:11:33 GMT - Afghanistan - Africa - SN:78 - ID:570300
KABUL, Feb 22 (MENA) - The Afghan Taliban is calling for an end to violence against Muslims in the Central African Republic in a rare statement on conflicts outside their region, ABC News reported. Central African Republic has been wracked by ....
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South Sudan peace talks stalled over Malakal fighting
Date: 2014-02-22 08:37:17 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:18 - ID:569388
KHARTOUM, Feb 22 (MENA) - Peace talks between South Sudan's government and rebels have stalled because of fierce fighting over the key oil hub of Malakal. The delegations representing the South Sudanese government and the rebels only met once ....
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British FM condemns attack in Somalia
Date: 2014-02-21 21:22:15 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:131 - ID:569118
LONDON, Feb 21 (MENA) – British Foreign Secretary William Hague condemned an attack on the government seat in Mogadishu on Friday. "My thoughts are with the families of the victims and those injured," he added. He paid tribute to the Somali ....
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South Sudan oil minister says all oil fields secure
Date: 2014-02-21 21:16:41 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:130 - ID:569098
KHARTOUM, Feb 21 (MENA) - South Sudan's Oil Minister Stephen Dhieu Dau asserted Friday that the security is totally maintained in all oil fields in the newly established country. Speaking to Khartoum based Ashorooq TV, Dau said that the ....
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Sudanese police deny connection with WhatsApp warning message
Date: 2014-02-21 13:09:30 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:52 - ID:568355
KHARTOUM, Feb 21 (MENA) - Sudanese police denied Friday that they had sent a cautionary message to warn citizens of new robbery methods. The message that was widely circulated via WhatsApp application has nothing to do with Sudanese Interior ....