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Cholera kills 7 persons in Kano
Date: 2014-01-02 08:30:49 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:26 - ID:474645
ABUJA, Jan 2 (MENA) - No fewer than seven persons have died from cholera at Badawa-Galadima ward in Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano State, the health official in the area said. The Head of Health Department of the local government, Alhaji ....
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Gunmen attack church in Nigeria, three killed: Reports
Date: 2014-01-02 07:44:56 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:17 - ID:474588
ABUJA, Jan 2 (MENA) – Nigerian gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen stormed a curch at Maiakworigold Maikatako village in Plateau state during new year eve service, local reports have said. The gunmen fired shots sporadically during the attack, ....
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South Sudanese peace talks to begin in Addis Ababa Thursday
Date: 2014-01-01 20:14:58 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:168 - ID:474206
KHARTOUM, Jan 1 (MRNA) - South Sudanese rival groups have agreed to negotiate a ceasefire in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, to stop the two-week violence which erupted on December 15 in the capital, Juba, and rapidly spread to some other major ....
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Nigerian President underscores economic achievements in 2013
Date: 2014-01-01 09:54:25 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:34 - ID:472889
ABUJA, Jan 1 (MENA) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan rolled out Tuesday a list of his “economic achievements” in the past year in a New Year message to Nigerians. Despite several continuing domestic and global challenges, for us in ....
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Khartoum receives 25% of oil transit fees from South Sudan - minister
Date: 2014-01-01 09:26:13 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:35 - ID:472912
KHARTOUM, Jan 1 (MENA) - Sudan received 25 percent of oil transit fees from unrest-hit South Sudan as 240,000 barrels are being pumped daily from areas away from fighting in the South, Sudan's Finance Minister Badreldin Mahmoud Abbas said. Abbas ....
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South Sudan FM says govt ready for talks with rebels
Date: 2014-01-01 09:23:26 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:32 - ID:472968
JUBA, Jan 1 (MENA) - South Sudanese Foreign Minister Baranaba Marial Benjamin said the government is ready for talks with the government, the BBC reported Wednesday. "We do not want people in South Sudan to be subjected to meaningless war," he ....
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Khartoum names Dabi its representative in IGAD mediation team for S.Sudan talks
Date: 2014-01-01 08:25:02 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:22 - ID:472827
KHARTOUM, Jan 1 (MENA) - The Khartoum government named Lieutenant General Mohammed Ahmed Mustafa al-Dabi as its representative in the three-man mediation team to be sent by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to end three weeks of ....
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Last batch of Nigerians deported from Saudi Arabia arrives
Date: 2014-01-01 08:04:28 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:17 - ID:472771
ABUJA, Jan 1 (MENA) - The last batch of the 508 Nigerians who were deported from Saudi Arabia arrived here in Abuja on Wednesday. This batch included 131 Nigerian deportees, said head of the Immigration Service at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ....
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US envoy to S. Sudan says warring factions agree to talks in Ethiopia
Date: 2013-12-31 17:46:13 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:139 - ID:472319
JUBA, Dec 31 (MENA) - The US special envoy to South Sudan said that the country’s warring factions have agreed to attend peace talks in Ethiopia, ABC news reported. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Donald Booth said that the commitment of both ....
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South Sudan rebel 'agrees to talks after taking Bor'
Date: 2013-12-31 11:40:17 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:73 - ID:471555
JUBA, Dec 31 (MENA) - South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar has told the BBC he will enter peace talks, claiming his forces have captured the key town of Bor, the BBC reported on Tuesday. He had previously demanded 11 detainees accused of being ....
