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Al-Azhar calls upon Int'l organizations to protect Muslims in Central Africa
Date: 2013-12-22 18:04:44 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:113 - ID:455960
CAIRO, Dec 22 (MENA) - Al-Azhar called upon the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), African Union (AU), the United Nations (UN) and the free world to exert utmost efforts to protect persecuted Muslims in the Central African ....
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UN evacuates non-essential staff from Juba
Date: 2013-12-22 16:26:48 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:92 - ID:455689
NEW YORK, Dec 21 (MENA) – The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) announced on Sunday that it started to evacuate non-essential staff from Juba to the Ugandan city of Entebbe. It said at least 20 civilians were killed during an attack ....
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Unity fourth division commander defects in South Sudan
Date: 2013-12-22 16:16:29 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:87 - ID:455705
JUBA, South Sudan, Dec 21 (MENA) – The fourth division commander of South Sudan's army in oil-producing Unity state has declared that he has deposed the caretaker governor and that his forces were no longer loyal to President Salva Kiir, Sky News ....
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Egypt deeply concerned about S. Sudan developments
Date: 2013-12-22 14:16:30 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:68 - ID:455306
CAIRO, Dec 22 (MENA) – Egypt is following up with deep concern the security and political developments in South Sudan and their repercussions on humanitarian conditions in the country. In a statement, the Egyptian presidency urged all sides to ....
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Boko Haram kidnap Nigerian army officers' wives, children
Date: 2013-12-22 09:08:07 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:23 - ID:454780
ABUJA, Dec 22 (MENA) - Many wives and children of military men were reportedly kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram militants who attacked the Nuhu Muhammed Barracks in Bama, Borno State, on Friday, The Nation and Sunday Tribune newspapers ....
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Sudan will not militarily intervene in S. Sudan
Date: 2013-12-22 09:03:54 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:20 - ID:454702
KHARTOUM, Dec 22 (MENA) - The Sudanese Armed Forces asserted that it will not militarily intervene in the conflict in South Sudan or send any military airplanes. In Statements to "Al -Yom Al-Tali" newspaper out on Sunday, Sudan's Armed Forces ....
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US military aircraft hit by rebels in South Sudan
Date: 2013-12-21 13:48:58 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:45 - ID:453759
ABUJA, Dec 21 (MENA) - Two US military aircraft have been fired at during an evacuation mission in South Sudan, wounding three service personnel, according to reports. One is said to be in a critical condition. It is thought that at least one of ....
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40,000 Sudanese return to Sennar State from S. Sudan
Date: 2013-12-21 08:57:59 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:14 - ID:453184
KHARTOUM, Dec 21 (MENA) - About 40,000 Sudanese arrived in Sennar State from South Sudan over the past period, said governor of Sudan's Sennar State Ahmed Abbas. In statements to Sudan's Al-Tagheer newspaper on Saturday, Abbas said that measures ....
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Chinese firm pulls workers out of South Sudan oilfields after attack
Date: 2013-12-21 07:39:09 GMT - China - Africa - SN:12 - ID:453069
BEIJING, Dec 21 (MENA) - Chinese state oil company CNPC said it was evacuating workers from South Sudan because of political violence that has left hundreds dead, South China Morning Post reported Saturday. "We are arranging the orderly ....
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S. Sudan denies deployment of foreign troops in Juba
Date: 2013-12-21 07:37:44 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:11 - ID:453048
JUBA, Dec 21 (MENA) – South Sudanese Information Minister Michael Makuei Leuth denied media reports about the deployment of US or African troops in the country. No state is involved in the conflict in South Sudan, Al-Arabiya TV quoted Leuth as ....
