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Egypt, Uganda stress importance of abidance by international water law
Date: 2013-12-16 14:06:39 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:99 - ID:442690
CAIRO, Dec 16 (MENA) - Egypt and Uganda asserted the importance of applying the international water law, especially when it comes to water rights and the establishment of projects and dams on trans-boundary water resources to ensure that the ....
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Sudan 1st VP contacts his counterpart in Juba to check on security conditions
Date: 2013-12-16 12:55:49 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:77 - ID:442472
KHARTOUM, Dec 16 (MENA) - Sudan's First Vice President Bakri Hassan Saleh telephoned on Monday South Sudan's Vice President James Wani Igga to inquire about the security conditions in the country after the failed coup attempt. The two sides ....
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Bashir phones Kiir to inquire about conditions after coup attempt
Date: 2013-12-16 11:45:57 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:55 - ID:442473
KHARTOUM, Dec 16 (MENA) - President Omar al-Bashir made a phone call on Monday to South Sudan President Salva Kiir to check on the situation in the country after last night's unrest and the reports on a foiled attempted coup. Bashir underlined the ....
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Everything now normal in Juba -- Defense Minister
Date: 2013-12-16 10:15:09 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:46 - ID:442368
KHARTOUM, Dec 16 (MENA) - Everything is back to normal in Juba as the president of South Sudan Salva Kiir prepares to hold a press conference to put his people in the picutre about what is going on on the ground, Defense Minister Kuol Manyang said ....
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Popular army vehicles deployed in Juba
Date: 2013-12-16 09:11:52 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:32 - ID:442231
KHARTOUM, Dec 16 (MENA) - Armored vehicles of the popular army in South Sudan have been deployed in southern areas of the capital, Juba, very close to the headquarters of the Defense Ministry. This comes in the wake of clashes between South ....
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Sacked Vice President leads coup attempt in South Sudan – sources
Date: 2013-12-16 09:04:25 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:30 - ID:442086
KHARTOUM, Dec 16 (MENA) - Sudanese Ashorooq Network reported Monday military forces headed by the sacked Vice President of South Sudan Riek Machar led a coup attempt this morning to overthrow President Salva Kiir. Pro-Kiir People's Army forces ....
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Armed clashes outside Defense Ministry in Juba
Date: 2013-12-16 07:58:55 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:21 - ID:442075
KHARTOUM, Dec 16 (MENA) - Armed clashes took place between an armed group of the People's Army of the Republican Guard and army troops stationed in front of ammunition depots of the Defense Ministry in Juba Monday morning. People's Army spokesman ....
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Juba hit by gunfire, reports about military coup
Date: 2013-12-16 07:21:01 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:15 - ID:442055
JUBA, Dec 16 (MENA) – Heavy gunfire have been heard early Monday morning in the South Sudanese capital Juba. There were reports about a military coup attempt. People's Army forces attacked the Ministry of Defense headquarters in Juba and tried to ....
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Sudan says no political motives behind support for Ethiopia Dam
Date: 2013-12-16 06:47:52 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:9 - ID:442028
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 16 (MENA) - Sudan denied having any political motives behind its support for the controversial Renaissance Dam, currently being constructed by Ethiopia. "We support this project because it will benefit Sudan," the Ethiopian ....
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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 ....
