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Businessmen, companies meet at foreign ministry to prepare Nile basin tour
Date: 2014-02-18 10:18:45 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:39 - ID:561806
CAIRO, Feb 18 (MENA) - Foreign minster's deputy assistant for Nile basin countries affairs Ambassador Mohamed Hamzawy held a meeting with businessmen and representatives of big companies investing in a number of African countries in preparation for ....
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20 S. Sudan soldiers charged for killing civilians
Date: 2014-02-17 20:24:32 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:168 - ID:561252
JUBA, Feb 17 (MENA) - More than 20 South Sudanese soldiers have been charged with murdering civilians, ABC News quoted a South Sudanese military official as saying on Monday. South Sudanese military spokesman Colonel Philip Aguer said that since ....
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Ethiopia thanks Switzerland on hijacked plane
Date: 2014-02-17 20:10:21 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:164 - ID:561229
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 17 (MENA) – Ethiopian authorities have thanked Switzerland over dealing with the situation of the Ethiopian plane that was hijacked earlier and landed in Geneva airport, a spokesman for the government of Ethiopia Radwan Hussein said ....
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Bashir heads for Ethiopia to attend Ethiopia independence anniversary celebrations
Date: 2014-02-17 17:12:48 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:133 - ID:560646
KHARTOUM, Feb 17 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir along with a high-level delegation headed for Ethiopia on Monday to attend celebrations marking the anniversary of its independence day. Ethiopian Prime Minister Haile Miriam Dessalines ....
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Salloum border terminal closed over Libyan revolt anniversary
Date: 2014-02-17 14:41:52 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:101 - ID:560644
MATROUH, Egypt, Feb 17 (MENA) – The travel and trade movement through Salloum border crossing between Egypt and Libya has been completely halted Monday in tandem with the third anniversary of the Libyan Revolution, an official source said. The ....
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Egyptian official starts African tour Tuesday
Date: 2014-02-17 11:44:03 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:47 - ID:560108
CAIRO, Feb 17 (MENA) – Deputy Foreign Minister Hamdy Sanad Louza will embark on an African tour Tuesday that includes Ghana and Gabon. The tour comes within the ministry's keenness to promote ties with the African continent, the ministry said in a ....
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Karti visit to Cairo likely to be delayed -- sources
Date: 2014-02-17 10:25:09 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:37 - ID:559817
KHARTOUM, Feb 17 (MENA) - A visit by Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti to Egypt is likely to be delayed, well-placed sources told Sudan's "Al Rai" newspaper, out Monday. Karti was scheduled to visit Egypt in the coming few days. The sources ....
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South Sudan's Machar says “third bloc” choice unfortunate
Date: 2014-02-17 09:56:07 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:30 - ID:559805
KHARTOUM, Feb 17 (MENA) - South Sudan’s former vice president turned rebel leader, Riek Machar, said the decision of the seven recently released party leaders to form a third bloc “does not help the cause” of the resistance, according to Sudan ....
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African union to discuss Africa-Europe ties
Date: 2014-02-17 09:21:02 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:25 - ID:559628
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 17 (MENA) – The African Union Commission (AUC) holds a special session on February 28 to promote relations between Africa and the European Union throughout 2014. In a released statement Sunday night, the AUC said the session, ....
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Hijacked Ethiopian plane sent mayday to control tower at Cairo airport -- Minister
Date: 2014-02-17 08:44:27 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:22 - ID:559518
CAIRO, Feb 17 (MENA) - The Ethiopian plane that was hijacked earlier Monday sent a mayday to the control tower at Cairo airport as it flew over Egypt, Aviation Minister Abdel-Aziz Fadel said. The mayday was sent from a plane-installed device that ....
