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Nelson Mandela buried at Qunu ancestral home
Date: 2013-12-15 14:29:14 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:74 - ID:441279
PRETORIA, Dec 15 (MENA) - Anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela's body has been laid to rest in a family plot, after political and religious leaders paid tribute to South Africa's first black president at a state funeral service, according to the ....
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Nigerian army kills scores of Boko Haram militants during air raid
Date: 2013-12-15 07:12:03 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:13 - ID:440435
ABUJA, Dec 15 (MENA) - Nigeria's military killed scores of Boko Haram militants during an air raid on a funeral in northeast Nigeria. Spokesman Col. Muhammed Dole said the Boko Haram terrorist network has been forcefully conscripting youths and ....
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Saudi-Mauritanian investment forum to kick off in January
Date: 2013-12-15 06:45:22 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:7 - ID:440400
NOUAKCHOTT, Dec 15 (MENA) - A Saudi-Mauritanian investment forum will kick off in the Mauritanian capital in January with the aim of increasing Saudi investments in Mauritania, Akhbar Nnouakchott newspaper reported on Sunday. Mauritanian Economy ....
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UN chief condemns killing of peacekeepers in Mali
Date: 2013-12-15 06:37:20 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:5 - ID:440394
NEW YORK, Dec 15 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned in the strongest terms the bombing attack at the Banque malienne de solidarité in Kidal, taking the lives of two United Nations peacekeepers and injuring at least seven other ....
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UN peacekeepers killed in northern Mali
Date: 2013-12-14 15:03:04 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:71 - ID:439713
NOUAKCHOTT, Dec 14 (MENA) - Several peacekeepers in Mali have been killed by a bomb in the troubled northern town of Kidal, a spokesman for the United Nations peacekeeping mission said Saturday. Eyewitnesses said the blast hit a bank guarded by ....
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Twin explosions hit northeast Kenya
Date: 2013-12-14 11:36:51 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:37 - ID:439304
NAIROBI, Dec 14 (MENA) – At least one was killed and three were injured in an attack in northeast Kenyan town of Wajir, according to Sky News. Kenya is witnessing surge in attacks since its troops entered Somalia at the end of 2011 to combat ....
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Sudan is strategic partner for Ethiopia, Egypt in all issues -- diplomat
Date: 2013-12-14 11:33:21 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:35 - ID:439311
KHARTOUM, Dec 14 (MENA) - Sudanese Ambassador to Ethiopia Abdel Rahman Serel-Khatem asserted that relations between Sudan and Ethiopia are deeply-rooted and have economic and social dimensions. In statements carried by the Sudanese News Agency, ....
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UN says several peacekeepers killed in Mali
Date: 2013-12-14 10:53:03 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:32 - ID:439310
BAMAKO, Mali, Dec 14 (MENA) – A bomb explosion killed several members of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali in the troubled northern city of Kidal, a spokesman for the mission said on Saturday. "There was an explosion this morning ....
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Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan close to forming joint committee on controversial dam
Date: 2013-12-13 17:15:29 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:83 - ID:438547
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 13 (MENA) - Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan are edging closer to forming a committee that will follow through recommendations put forth by an experts’ panel regarding the construction of the controversial Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia, ....
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Israel trains Nigerian youths on counter-terrorism
Date: 2013-12-12 08:46:11 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:25 - ID:435953
ABUJA, Dec 12 (MENA) - No fewer than 1,000 Nigerian youths drawn from the 17 local government areas of Nigeria's Plateau State are undergoing counter-terrorism training handled by Israeli security experts, The Punch newspaper reported. The ....
