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Sudan FM to visit Cairo on March 3 - newspaper
Date: 2014-02-21 12:41:45 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:46 - ID:568346
KHARTOUM, Feb 21 (MENA) - Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti is due to pay a visit to Cairo on March 3, a Sudanese newspaper reported Friday. Sudan's "Khartoum" newspaper quoted informed sources as saying that this visit is expected to restore ....
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Car bomb attack near Somali presidential palace in Mogadishu
Date: 2014-02-21 12:17:33 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:39 - ID:568167
MOGADISHU, Feb 21 (MENA) - A huge car bomb has exploded at the gates of Somalia's presidential palace, followed by a fierce gun battle inside, the BBC news cited officials as saying. It is not clear how many people died in the attack but a ....
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Al-Qaeda-linked group claims presidential palace bomb attack in Somalia
Date: 2014-02-21 11:58:30 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:34 - ID:568168
MOGADISHU, Feb 21 (MENA) - Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab movement said Friday it carried out the suicide attack against the presidential palace in Mogadishu. Earlier, the palace was hit by a bomb followed by a gunfight. (MENA) MI/MA ....
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WB supports upgrading roads in Ethiopia by US$ 320 mln
Date: 2014-02-20 22:15:24 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:204 - ID:567615
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 20 (MENA) - The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved funds worth US 320 million to help Ethiopia upgrading the country's road system, Walta News reported Thursday. The Road Sector Support Project is supported by a ....
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Fahmy starts visit of Congo, Tanzania within hours
Date: 2014-02-20 14:56:15 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:120 - ID:566949
CAIRO, Feb 20 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy will lead a high-level delegation to a tour of Democratic Congo and Tanzania within hours. Fahmy will deliver messages from Interim President Adly Mansour to the two countries’ presidents and ....
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Nigeria central bank head Lamido Sanusi ousted
Date: 2014-02-20 12:04:19 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:72 - ID:566417
ABUJA, Feb 20 (MENA) - Nigeria's central bank governor Lamido Sanusi has been suspended by the president pending investigations into "far-reaching irregularities". Sanusi caused shockwaves in Nigeria when he alleged that $20bn (£12bn) in oil ....
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Zimbabwe president celebrates his 90th birthday
Date: 2014-02-20 11:47:20 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:66 - ID:566511
HARARE, Feb 20 (MENA) - Long-time President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe will mark on Friday his 90th birthday after rumors of his cancer illness, Radio Africa reported. Mugabe, born Feb. 21, 1924, is the founding father of Zimbabwe and has ruled ....
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Sudan's Bashir participates in COMESA summit in Congo
Date: 2014-02-20 10:05:42 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:40 - ID:566087
KHARTOUM, Feb 20 (MENA) - Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir will participate in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) summit in Congo on February 26-27. Bashir will head ٍ Sudan's delegation to the 17th summit in Kinshasa. The ....
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UN warns against ongoing violence against Muslims in CAR
Date: 2014-02-19 20:20:36 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:200 - ID:565535
NEW YORK, Feb 19 (MENA) – The United Nations warned Wednesday against the continued violence against human rights in the Central African Republic. “I remind all leaders in key positions, whether they belong to anti-Balaka, ex-Séléka or the ....
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Al Shabaab orders residents to evacuate Somalia's Hudur town
Date: 2014-02-19 20:16:43 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:199 - ID:565537
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 19 (MENA) - Hundreds of residents have begun to flee from Hudur, capital of Somali Bakool region, following a warning by hardliner Al-Shabaab group to leave the region, Walta Information Center reported. According to a number of ....
