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More than 120,000 displaced by violence in South Sudan - UN
Date: 2013-12-28 09:57:43 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:22 - ID:465811
KHARTOUM, Dec 28 (MENA) - The escalation of violence in the last two weeks in South Sudan has left 121,000 people displaced, half of whom have taken refuge at bases of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), the UN reported. According to the UN ....
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South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar wary of truce offer
Date: 2013-12-28 08:25:36 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:13 - ID:465595
JUBA, Dec 28 (MENA) - South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar has said there must be proper negotiations before the rebels can agree to a truce with the government. He was speaking after the government said it had agreed to an immediate end to ....
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UN peacekeepers arrive to Juba
Date: 2013-12-28 06:42:40 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:6 - ID:465521
NEW YORK, Dec 28 (MENA) - Seventy-two peacekeepers from the MONUSCO, the UN peacekeeping in the Democratic Republic of Congo, arrived in Juba today. The officers are part of a group of five thousand five-hundred additional peacekeepers and UN ....
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50 Ethiopians deported to Addis Ababa
Date: 2013-12-27 19:22:38 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:120 - ID:465185
CAIRO, Dec 27 (MENA) – Authorities at Cairo airport deported on Friday 50 Ethiopians to Addis Ababa. They were arrested in the past few days after trying to infiltrate into Libya across the Egyptian-Libyan border. (MENA) MM/AH ....
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Sudan to open 14 border crossings with neighboring countries in 2014
Date: 2013-12-27 17:03:06 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:99 - ID:465061
KHARTOUM, Dec 27 (MENA) – Sudanese Transport, Roads and Bridges Ministry has said it will inaugurate 14 border crossings with neighboring countries in 2014. In a press release on Friday, head of road transport department at the ministry Abdelilah ....
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Boko Haram claims resposibility for military base attack
Date: 2013-12-27 17:01:42 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:98 - ID:464931
ABUJA, Dec. 27 (MENA) – Rebel group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for Tuesday's attack on a military barracks in the village of Bama in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno, which left 15 soldiers and 50 fighters dead. “This is a victory ....
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Sudan starts evacuating nationals from S. Sudan
Date: 2013-12-27 16:28:28 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:87 - ID:464960
KHARTOUM, Dec 27 (MENA) - The Sudanese government stared on Friday evacuating its citizens and some nationals of the IGAD states from South Sudan on UNICEF airplanes. Five flights were operated over the day to evacuate people from South Sudan's ....
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Egypt envoy meets Salva Kiir
Date: 2013-12-27 16:05:45 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:88 - ID:464898
CAIRO, Dec. 27 (MENA) – spokesman for the foreign ministry Badr Abdel-Aati said that South Sudan President Salva Kiir received Friday the Egyptian envoy, Hamdi Louza, who leads a high-profile diplomatic delegation to the world's newest ....
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Abducted Lebanese businessman freed in Nigeria
Date: 2013-12-27 15:21:41 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:81 - ID:464875
ABUJA, Dec 27 (MENA) - A Nigerian security official said Friday that police have found Lebanese businessman Hassan Zein, who was kidnapped by gunmen earlier this week. Zein was found unharmed on the outskirts of the northern Nigerian capital city ....
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S Sudan government 'committed to ceasefire'
Date: 2013-12-27 14:42:22 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:74 - ID:464838
NAIROBI, Dec 27 (MENA) - Leaders of South Sudan's neighbors have said President Salva Kiir is committed to an immediate ceasefire as they urged rebel leader Riek Machar to make the same commitment, Al-Jazeera reported Friday. A statement issued ....
