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South Sudan committed to ceasefire: minister
Date: 2014-01-31 16:00:27 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:66 - ID:530453
KHARTOUM, Jan 31 (MENA) - South Sudanese Foreign Minister Bernaba Benjamin affirmed Friday that his government was abiding by a cessation of hostilities, saying that efforts continued to deal with detained rebels. He praised the Sudanese ....
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Nigerian Navy intercepts hijacked Greek merchant tanker: Report
Date: 2014-01-31 12:02:43 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:39 - ID:530108
ABUJA, Jan 31 (MENA) - The Nigerian Navy has intercepted a Greek-owned merchant tanker, MT KERALA, purportedly hijacked off the coast of Luanda after `spirited four-day' search in the Gulf of Guinea, local media reported. In a statement, the navy ....
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Sudanese, Ugandan presidents meet in Addis Ababa over South Sudan
Date: 2014-01-31 09:40:21 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:20 - ID:529844
KHARTOUM, Jan 31 (MENA) – Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir met with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on the sidelines of the African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, a Sudanese daily reported. They discussed the latest ....
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Boko Haram storms police station in northern Nigeria, release prisoners
Date: 2014-01-30 22:36:09 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:170 - ID:529554
ABUJA, Jan 30 (MENA) – Militants, suspected to be linked to the Boko Haram extremists, stormed Thursday a police station in northern Nigeria, and released prisoners held there. Ten militants raided the police station, using explosives and guns, ....
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Sudanese, Turkish FMs discuss fostering ties
Date: 2014-01-30 21:50:36 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:163 - ID:529571
KHARTOUM, Jan 30 (MENA) – Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti met Thursday with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davotoglu on the sidelines of the 22nd session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The meeting tackled ....
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UN is Africa’s ‘unwavering partner’ on road to stability and growth – Deputy Secretary-General
Date: 2014-01-30 21:31:45 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:158 - ID:529555
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 30 (MENA) - Africa will always find a ready and willing partner in the United Nations as it progresses on the road of economic development to provide peace, more jobs, greater equality and better living conditions to its peoples, ....
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Policeman killed in Darfur armed attack
Date: 2014-01-30 18:35:21 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:134 - ID:529372
KHARTOUM, Jan 30 (MENA) – A Sudanese policeman was killed on Thursday in northern Darfur after some militant rebels attacked a security patrol, a source said. Security forces clashed with the militants in an attempt to manhunt them, the security ....
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Africa should assume appropriate place in int'l fora: new AU chairman
Date: 2014-01-30 18:31:02 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:133 - ID:529369
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 30 (MENA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel-Aziz, the new African Union chairman said Thursday that Africa should assume an appropriate place in the international forums, especially in the UN Security Council. In his ....
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Deputy FM partakes in African Union meeting
Date: 2014-01-30 16:14:40 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:116 - ID:529168
CAIRO, Jan. 30 (MENA) – Deputy Foreign Minister for African Affairs Ambassador Hamdy Loza took part yesterday in the meeting of Peace and Security Council of the African Union. The participation came in response to the union's invitation for ....
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AU Peace, Security Council hopes Egyptians achieve national reconciliation
Date: 2014-01-30 10:25:08 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:40 - ID:528317
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 30 (MENA) - The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) has voiced hope that all Egyptian people achieve national reconciliation. In a statement after talks on the situation in Egypt in the Ethiopian capital Addis ....
