Africa

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  • Fighting spreads in seven states in South Sudan

    Date: 2013-12-30 07:54:45 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:16 - ID:468916

    KHARTOUM, Dec 30 (MENA) – Fighting erupted in seven of 10 states in South Sudan, at a time the United Nations mission expressed concerns over worst humanitarian Scenarios. The South Sudanese army (SPLA) spokesperson Philip Aguer said rebel forces ....

  • UN warns of worsening crisis in South Sudan

    Date: 2013-12-30 06:11:45 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:10 - ID:468841

    NEW YORK, Dec 30 (MENA) - The United Nations has warned about the growing number of displaced people in South Sudan, as the humanitarian crisis continues to deteriorate in the African country. The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said on Sunday ....

  • S. Sudan: 25,000 strong 'White Army' returns home

    Date: 2013-12-29 19:09:19 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:140 - ID:468439

    JUBA, Dec 29 (MENA) - The estimated 25,000 armed fighters whom the government said had been marching toward a state capital in what could have been a vicious military confrontation have mostly disbanded and returned home, USA Today quoted a South ....

  • South Sudan gov't restores Bor, Bentiu from rebels

    Date: 2013-12-29 11:03:21 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:51 - ID:467140

    JUBA, Dec 29 (MENA) – South Sudan government forces restored the cities of Bor and Bentiu from the rebels led by former vice president of South Sudan Riek Machar, a South Sudan military source said. According to the Khartoum newspaper Akhbar ....

  • South Sudan to attack Bentiu if truce rejected: minister

    Date: 2013-12-29 07:51:56 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:13 - ID:467044

    JUBA, Dec 29 (MENA) - A South Sudanese minister has threatened that the government will attack the main stronghold of rebel forces if they reject Juba’s offer for a ceasefire, the Iranian Press TV reported. On Saturday, South Sudan Information ....

  • 50 feared dead in Nigeria boat mishap

    Date: 2013-12-28 18:24:53 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:101 - ID:466643

    ABUJA, Dec 28 (MENA) - Around 50 people are feared dead following a boat accident in Nigeria's central Benue State, said local media. Police spokesman Daniel Ezeala said the boat, which had been conveying fun-seekers returning from a beach, ....

  • More than 120,000 displaced by violence in South Sudan - UN

    Date: 2013-12-28 09:57:43 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:22 - ID:465811

    KHARTOUM, Dec 28 (MENA) - The escalation of violence in the last two weeks in South Sudan has left 121,000 people displaced, half of whom have taken refuge at bases of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), the UN reported. According to the UN ....

  • South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar wary of truce offer

    Date: 2013-12-28 08:25:36 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:13 - ID:465595

    JUBA, Dec 28 (MENA) - South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar has said there must be proper negotiations before the rebels can agree to a truce with the government. He was speaking after the government said it had agreed to an immediate end to ....

  • UN peacekeepers arrive to Juba

    Date: 2013-12-28 06:42:40 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:6 - ID:465521

    NEW YORK, Dec 28 (MENA) - Seventy-two peacekeepers from the MONUSCO, the UN peacekeeping in the Democratic Republic of Congo, arrived in Juba today. The officers are part of a group of five thousand five-hundred additional peacekeepers and UN ....

  • 50 Ethiopians deported to Addis Ababa

    Date: 2013-12-27 19:22:38 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:120 - ID:465185

    CAIRO, Dec 27 (MENA) – Authorities at Cairo airport deported on Friday 50 Ethiopians to Addis Ababa. They were arrested in the past few days after trying to infiltrate into Libya across the Egyptian-Libyan border. (MENA) MM/AH ....

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