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Renegade S. Sudan general vows to teach Kiir 'lesson'
Date: 2013-12-23 17:00:58 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:127 - ID:457619
KHARTOUM Dec 23 (MENA) - A South Sudanese military commander who recently rebelled against the Juba government and joined forces with sacked vice-president Riek Machar said Monday that he would teach South Sudanese President Salva Kiir "a lesson" if ....
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Egyptian mission in S. Sudan evacuated to Juba
Date: 2013-12-23 16:47:23 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:125 - ID:457617
CAIRO, Dec 23 (MENA) – Members of the Egyptian medical mission, Irrigation Ministry representatives and Arab Contractors Company were airlifted from the South Sudanese violence-racked city of Bor to the capital Juba on Monday. Twelve Egyptians have ....
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S. Sudan FM denies army divisions
Date: 2013-12-23 16:04:20 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:114 - ID:457202
JUBA, Dec 23 (MENA) – South Sudanese Foreign Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin denied reports about dissidence among army ranks in the aftermath of a botched coup attempt by former Vice President Riek Machar. Such reports have nothing to do with ....
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Egypt to send special envoy to Juba
Date: 2013-12-23 16:01:57 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:111 - ID:457503
CAIRO, Dec 23 (MENA) – Egypt decided to dispatch deputy foreign minister for African affairs Hamdy Sanad Louza to Juba, South Sudan, on an urgent mission to help defuse the present crisis in the country and support existing regional and ....
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South Sudan army set to move on rebel-held town of Bor
Date: 2013-12-23 14:21:43 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:83 - ID:457310
JUBA, Dec 23 (MENA) - South Sudanese troops are preparing to enter the rebel-held town of Bor, President Salva Kiir has said. Kiir told parliament the army was "ready to move", adding that the counter-attack had been delayed to allow US ....
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AfDB says Egypt made progress in good governance, investment climate
Date: 2013-12-23 11:18:16 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:49 - ID:456783
CAIRO, Dec 23 (MENA) - Egypt has made progress in terms of good governance and investment climate, says Ali Abu-Sabaa, Vice President of the African Development Bank (AfDB). He still stressed that more efforts and reforms are needed. Egypt has ....
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Algeria asks Mali's Ansar Dine to lay down arms for settlement with Bamako, Paris
Date: 2013-12-23 07:48:03 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:11 - ID:456303
ALGERIA, Dec 23 (MENA) - Algeria proposed to the leaderships of Malian militant movement Ansar Dine to lay down arms and abandon Al-Qaida's support in return for a settlement with the Malian and French governments. Algeria also offered a ....
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South Sudan army ready to attack Bentiu
Date: 2013-12-23 06:59:45 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:9 - ID:456299
JUBA, Dec 23 (MENA) - The South Sudanese army is getting ready to launch an attack to retrieve control over Bentiu, a military spokesman has said. Earlier the South Sudanese army confirmed that Bentiu, the capital of oil-rich Unity State, had ....
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Americans airlifted from South Sudan city racked by violence
Date: 2013-12-22 20:43:09 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:135 - ID:456137
WASHINGTON, Dec 22 (MENA) - All Americans who presented themselves at the United Nations camp in Bor, South Sudan, were evacuated safely Sunday amid deadly violence in the country, the State Department said. A State Department official said about 15 ....
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Alexandria Folk Dance Troupe leaves Nigeria
Date: 2013-12-22 18:45:08 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:117 - ID:455969
ABUJA, Dec 22 (MENA) - Alexandria Folk Dance Troupe left here on Sunday on its way back home after performing many shows in the Nigerian capital. The Egyptian artists took part in the Calabar Festival and Carnival and performed charity shows for ....
