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UN chief to attend Mandela's funeral Tuesday
Date: 2013-12-08 06:01:05 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:3 - ID:428265
NEW YORK, Dec 8 (MENA) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon will take part in the funeral service of late South African President Nelson Mandela to take place on Tuesday, according to Ban's office on Sunday. The funeral is part of a week of official ....
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Official: Deadly clashes in northern Kenya
Date: 2013-12-07 17:42:18 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:82 - ID:427886
NAIROBI, Dec 7 (MENA) - Several people have been killed and injured in fighting between rival ethnic groups in the country's north, ABC News quoted a Kenyan official as saying on Saturday. Marsabit county governor Ukur Yatani said there were ....
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AU lowers flags in mourning of Mandela death
Date: 2013-12-06 17:59:33 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:90 - ID:426422
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 6 (MENA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has instructed that flags at the AU will fly at half-mast in mourning of the death of late South African leader Nelson Mandela. Zuma, on behalf of ....
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AU expresses grief on Nelson Madela's death
Date: 2013-12-06 17:53:29 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:89 - ID:426379
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 6 (MENA) - The African Union (AU) expressed grief on the death of Africa’s illustrious and transformational leader, Nelson Mandela. "Today as we mourn his loss, we wish to pay tribute to his life and legacy in Africa, especially ....
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Egypt FM: Mandela's role 'went beyond the borders' of South Africa
Date: 2013-12-06 09:30:08 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:21 - ID:425327
CAIRO, Dec 6 (MENA) – Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi said Egypt is so deeply sad over the death of Nelson Mandela, the first black president of South Africa on Thursday. "Mandela was a symbol for fighting against apartheid in South ....
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Egypt mourns Mandela
Date: 2013-12-06 06:44:42 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:6 - ID:425095
CAIRO, Dec 6 (MENA) – The Egyptian presidency mourned South Africa's first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, who passed away at the age of 95. In a statement on Friday, the presidency said Egypt had a major role in ....
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Nigeria's Abuja international airport reopened
Date: 2013-12-05 17:40:03 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:152 - ID:424575
ABUJA, Dec 5 (MENA) - The Nigerian Civil Aviation Ministry allowed to re-open Abuja International Airport, after it was closed for several hours over an incident involving a Boeing 747 cargo plane belonging to Saudi Air. The Saudi cargo plane ....
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Seven dead in car bomb attack on armed convoy in northern Somalia
Date: 2013-12-05 14:29:04 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:121 - ID:424371
MOGADISHU, Dec 5 (MENA) - Seven people were killed in a car bomb attack in northern Somalia on Thursday on an armed convoy escorting two foreigners working for a company training local security forces. The blast happened in Bosasso, a coastal ....
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Ethiopian PM concludes visit to Sudan
Date: 2013-12-05 10:55:35 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:58 - ID:423702
KHARTOUM, Dec 5 (MENA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn left here on Thursday after a few days' visit to Sudan. During his stay, Desalegn participated in the meetings of the third session of the Sudanese-Ethiopian higher ....
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Nigerian official urges deepening relations with Ethiopia
Date: 2013-12-05 08:32:51 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:28 - ID:423363
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 5 (MENA) - Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State underlined the importance that the Nigerian and Ethiopian governments would work on deepening relations between them to better serve their peoples' interests. Cooperation ....
