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Diplomats see S. Sudan spiraling into open-ended civil war
Date: 2014-01-29 11:28:18 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:54 - ID:526811
WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (MENA) - After two years of independence, South Sudan has entered what diplomats term a civil war that could last years, World Tribune said on its website. Western diplomats said the Juba government was incapable of quelling ....
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Africans' appreciation to Abdel-Nasser allows his daughter participation in AU meetings
Date: 2014-01-29 10:28:02 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:43 - ID:526544
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 29 (MENA) - Although Egypt's membership in the African Union is suspended, the daughter of late Egyptian president Gamal Abdel-Nasser was allowed to attend the AU's meetings, even in-camera sessions, in appreciation of her father's ....
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Security measures tightened at Russian embassy in Sudan after stabbing Russian diplomat, wife
Date: 2014-01-29 07:47:51 GMT - Russia - Africa - SN:18 - ID:526289
MOSCOW, Jan 29 (MENA) - Russia's chargé d'affaires in Khartoum, Yury Vidakas, said that security measures at the Russian embassy in Sudan have been strengthened after the stabbing of the Russian consul in Sudan and his wife. “Embassy employees’ ....
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Real situation in Egypt clarified to Ethiopian, African people, female leading figure says
Date: 2014-01-29 07:27:43 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:17 - ID:526274
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 29 (MENA) - Dr. Amany Asfour, a veteran Egyptian female leadership, said the real situation in Egypt was clarified to the Ethiopian and other African figures while attending a conference for supporting women in the Ethiopian capital ....
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Violence in Nigeria kills more than 100
Date: 2014-01-29 07:08:46 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:13 - ID:526247
ABUJA, Jan 29 (MENA) - Some 85 people were killed when suspected Boko Haram militants opened fire on the village of Kawuria in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno late Sunday, local officials said. Twenty-two people were killed in an attack on ....
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UN chief welcomes formation of new Central Africa gov't
Date: 2014-01-29 06:02:00 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:3 - ID:526194
NEW YORK, Jan 29 (MENA) – United Nations Secretary General Ban ki-moon welcomed the announcement of the new Government in the Central African Republic (CAR), the UN News Center reported. Ban congratulated the Head of State of the Transition, Ms. ....
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Sudan prsident, Ethiopian PM discuss ties, S. Sudan crisis
Date: 2014-01-28 22:30:06 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:182 - ID:526146
KHARTOUM, Jan 28 (MENA) – Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn held talks in Addis Ababa on Tuesday. The talks tackled ways of boosting bilateral relations in political, economic and trade fields to ....
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Russian consul, his wife stabbed in Sudan by man from CAR
Date: 2014-01-28 20:44:15 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:169 - ID:526061
KHARTOUM, Jan 28 (MENA) - A Russian diplomat and his wife were stabbed in Sudan's capital on Tuesday by a man from Central African Republic, reported the Voice of Russia. The attacker had just heard his brother had been killed by European troops ....
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Sudanese president heads for Ethiopia for AU summit
Date: 2014-01-28 18:29:48 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:145 - ID:525568
KHARTOUM, Jan 28 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir headed on Tuesday for Addis Ababa to take part in the African Union (AU) 22nd Summit of African Heads of State and Government, which will be held on 30-31 January. A host of officials ....
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Youth minister discusses cooperation with African counterparts
Date: 2014-01-28 16:30:15 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:112 - ID:525567
CAIRO, Jan 28 (MENA) – Minister of Youth Khaled Abdel Aziz held a meeting with his Ugandan counterpart Ronald Kibuule to discuss means of enhancing cooperation. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the second youth forum of Nile Basin ....
