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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 ....
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Egypt partakes in Peace, Security Council of African Union meetings
Date: 2014-01-28 16:16:33 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:107 - ID:525565
CAIRO, Jan. 28 (MENA) - Assistant Foreign Minister for African affairs Hamdy Sanad arrived in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, to inform the Peace and Security Council of the African Union about the latest developments in Egypt especially ....
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Deputy FM arrives in Ethiopia to partake in AU Peace, Security Council meetings
Date: 2014-01-28 16:02:11 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:105 - ID:525461
CAIRO, Jan 28 (MENA) - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Hamdy Sanad arrived in Ethiopia on Tuesday to partake in meetings of the African Peace and Security Council. Sanad will brief the council, which convenes on the sidelines of the African ....
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Death toll from attack on Nigeria church rises to 22
Date: 2014-01-27 19:47:13 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:159 - ID:524038
ABUJA, Jan 27 (MENA) – The death toll from an attack on a church service in Waga Chakawa village, Adamawa state, on Sunday rose to 22 people. The attack was blamed on Boko Haram. The Islamist group - whose name means "Western education is ....
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Ethiopia FM warns against disturbing situations in S. Sudan, CAR
Date: 2014-01-27 15:33:22 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:111 - ID:523249
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 27 (MENA) – Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tewodros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned against the disturbing situation in South Sudan and the Central African Republic (CAR). Addressing the opening session of the executive council of the ....
