Africa
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Bashir to visit Juba Monday
Date: 2014-01-05 21:14:29 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:174 - ID:481361
KHARTOUM, Jan 5 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar Bashir will head to Juba on Monday to meet with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir to discuss the latest developments in South Sudan, said media in Khartoum. Bashir will reiterate Sudan’s support ....
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Tripartite meeting on Renaissance Dam to hold 4th session, says Sudanese official
Date: 2014-01-05 18:16:24 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:147 - ID:481143
KHARTOUM, Jan 5 (MENA) - Sudanese Water Resources Minister Moataz Moussa said on Sunday that water ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan agreed on holding a fourth round of negotiations on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. During their third ....
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S. Sudan general killed in ambush
Date: 2014-01-05 14:32:02 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:92 - ID:480802
JUBA, Jan 5 (MENA) - A South Sudanese army general has been killed in fighting outside the rebel-held town of Bor, the BBC has reported. A convoy advancing on Bor came under heavy fire in an ambush. The fighting is continuing as the warring ....
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No result reached from meeting of Nile basin water ministers
Date: 2014-01-05 13:52:28 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:83 - ID:480362
KHARTOUM, Jan 5 (MENA) – The final statement of the water experts and ministers meeting of the Eastern Nile Basin countries; Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, on Ethiopia Renaissance Dam project, asserted that no agreement has been reached among the three ....
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AU welcomes talks between conflicting parties in S.Sudan
Date: 2014-01-05 12:09:27 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:58 - ID:480373
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 4 (MENA) - Chairperson of the African Union Commission Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma welcomed Sunday the beginning of talks between the parties to the conflict in South Sudan as advocated for by its Peace and Security Council (PSC) on 30 ....
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Ethiopia FM: Realizing stability, peace necessary for Ethiopia's security
Date: 2014-01-05 09:50:53 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:34 - ID:479979
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 5 (MENA)- Addis Ababa’s foreign ministry spokesman Dina Mufti said realizing stability and peace in the neighboring countries was a necessity for Ethiopia's internal security. In statements made on Sunday, Mufti said Ethiopia ....
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Water experts of Nile basin countries continue their meetings
Date: 2014-01-05 09:21:21 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:31 - ID:480020
KHARTOUM, Jan 5 (MENA) - Experts and technicians of the three Nile Basin countries; Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, continued on Sunday their talks over Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam project. The talks kicked off on Saturday night in in-camera sessions ....
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Ethiopian FM voices hope over success of S. Sudan talks
Date: 2014-01-05 08:24:47 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:19 - ID:479799
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 5 (MENA) - Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom has voiced hope over the success of direct peace talks between the warring parties in South Sudan. Tedors was quoted by the Ethiopian Observatory as saying: “We wish all our ....
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Britain welcomes peace talks in South Sudan
Date: 2014-01-05 07:23:28 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:11 - ID:479776
LONDON, Jan 5 (MENA) - British Foreign Office Minister Mark Simmonds welcomed peace negotiations between representatives of South President President Salva Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar in Addis Ababa. "This is a constructive step ....
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Machar says his troops seeking to take over Juba
Date: 2014-01-04 21:26:46 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:155 - ID:479642
KHARTOUM, Jan 4 (MENA) - Former Vice-President of South Sudan Riek Machar said Saturday his forces clashed with President Salva Kiir's forces west of Juba in an attempt to take control of the capital it's the seat of rule. In statements quoted by ....