Africa

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  • South Sudan President Salva Kiir rules out power share

    Date: 2013-12-31 06:07:45 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:11 - ID:470784

    JUBA, Dec 31 (MENA) - South Sudan President Salva Kiir has ruled out any power sharing with rebel leader Riek Machar to halt violence that has killed at least 1,000 people. In an interview with the BBC, Kiir said Machar - his deputy until sacked ....

  • US envoy making contacts to hold dialogue among conflicting sides in South Sudan -- official

    Date: 2013-12-31 04:36:13 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:5 - ID:470776

    WASHINGTON, Dec 31 (MENA) - US State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf has said that US Secretary of State John Kerry and senior officials in the US administration are in constant contacts with the leaders in South Sudan and a number of other ....

  • S. Sudan president says Africa should have helped quell bloody fighting

    Date: 2013-12-30 20:54:59 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:168 - ID:470669

    JUBA, Dec 30 (MENA) - African nations should have acted quickly to help quell the bloody fighting that has consumed parts of South Sudan this month, South Sudan President Salva Kiir told CNN. As soon as an attempted coup took place and violence ....

  • UN chief supports IGAD mediation to stop violence in S. Sudan

    Date: 2013-12-30 20:17:31 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:164 - ID:470555

    NEW YORK, Dec 30 (MENA) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke on Monday to the President of South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit, UN News Center reported. The Secretary-General welcomed the President's commitment to a cessation of ....

  • Heavy gunfire reported at Congolese international airport, military base

    Date: 2013-12-30 11:15:02 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:55 - ID:469427

    KINSHASA, Dec 30 (MENA) - Heavy gunfire was reported Monday at the international airport and a military base in Kinshasa. Reporters from Congolese state television RTNC were taken hostage by armed youths, RFI reported. Earlier, Heavy gunfire ....

  • Heavy gunfire reported at Congolese state TV headquarters

    Date: 2013-12-30 09:29:47 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - SN:33 - ID:469172

    KINSHASA, Dec 30 (MENA) - Heavy gunfire was reported Monday at the headquarters of Democratic Republic of Congo’s state radio and television. Congolese radio and television channels went off the air after the shooting was heard, Euronews ....

  • 100 passengers escape death as plane loses tyre on landing

    Date: 2013-12-30 08:47:20 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:25 - ID:469076

    ABUJA, Dec 30 (MENA) - The 100 passengers of the Boeing 737 plane escaped death when a tire blow-out at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, airport sources said. The accident took place as the plane, which departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, ....

  • Sudanese ruling party candidate for presidency not named yet

    Date: 2013-12-30 08:41:40 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:22 - ID:468956

    KHATROUM, Dec 30 (MENA) – The ruling Sudanese party National Congress confirmed it has not named its candidate for the coming presidential elections yet. According to the Khartoum newspaper out Monday, the party's spokesman said the party is ....

  • MSF appeals for urgent aid to 100,000 displaced people in CAR

    Date: 2013-12-30 08:34:25 GMT - Central African Republic - Africa - SN:21 - ID:468989

    BANGUI, Dec 30 (MENA) - Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has appealed for the international community to dispatch humanitarian aids to almost 100,000 displaces people who fled violence in the African nation. After days of ....

  • Nigeria steps offensive against radical Isamist Boko Haram group

    Date: 2013-12-30 08:13:10 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:19 - ID:468955

    ABUJA, Dec 30 (MENA) - Nigerian forces have stepped up the offensive against the rebels in the past few days after Boko Haram fighters armed with grenade launchers and anti-aircraft guns attacked an army barracks in the town of Bama, The Vanguard ....

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