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Nigerian police wives widowed by Boko Haram beg for jobs
Date: 2014-01-04 18:00:21 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:114 - ID:479411
ABUJA, Jan 4 (MENA) - Some wives and children of policemen killed by Boko Haram insurgents, on Saturday appealed to the government and the Nigerian Police to provide them with vocational training and jobs, Nigerian local media reported. The ....
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Ethiopia aims to finish dam in 3 years - says project manager
Date: 2014-01-04 16:01:20 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:94 - ID:478929
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 4 (MENA) - Project manager Semegnew Bekele described the mega-dam as a "flagship" project for Ethiopia, ultimately aimed at improving citizens' lives. Ethiopia hopes to finalize construction of its $4.7 billion hydroelectric dam ....
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Sudanese official denies Sudan associated with fighting in S.Sudan
Date: 2014-01-04 14:35:36 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:70 - ID:478710
KHARTOUM, Jan 4 (MENA) - Sudanese Defense Minister Abdel-Rahim Mohamed Hussein reiterated his country's commitment to agreements and treaties, which were signed with South Sudan on boosting bilateral cooperation between the two countries. The ....
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South Sudan ceasefire talks fruitful: Ethiopia
Date: 2014-01-04 10:53:11 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:29 - ID:478511
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 4 (MENA) – Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tewodros Adhanom described the preliminary meetings held in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa between mediators and the warring parties in South Sudan have been "fruitful". Direct talks ....
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Khartoum talks aim to carry out expert opinions on dam - Ethiopia
Date: 2014-01-04 09:44:12 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:18 - ID:478279
KHARTOUM, Jan 4 (MENA) – The negotiations between water resources ministers and experts from Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt aim to carry out recommendations on Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam, said Ethiopian Water and Energy Minister Alemayehu ....
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Sudanese minister says eastern Nile Basin states keen on achieving aspirations of peoples
Date: 2014-01-04 09:24:33 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:16 - ID:478272
KHARTOUM, Jan 4 (MENA) - Sudanese Water Resources and Electricity Muattaz Musa said Saturday eastern Nile Basin countries are honestly seeking to achieve aspirations of their peoples. Negotiations between Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia on the ....
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Irrigation min. hopes Renaissance Dam talks achieve aspirations of Nile Basin states
Date: 2014-01-04 08:28:35 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:10 - ID:478185
KHARTOUM, Jan 4 (MENA) - Egypt's Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Mohamed Abdel-Moteleb voiced hope that the third round of negotiations, between experts and ministers in the eastern Nile Basin countries regarding the Ethiopian Renaissance ....
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Fresh cholera outbreak in Nigeria kills 25
Date: 2014-01-03 19:38:47 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:138 - ID:477818
ABUJA, Jan 3 (MENA) - At least 22 adults and three children have been confirmed dead while some 600 others are infected following a fresh cholera outbreak in Kano State in north western Nigeria, local media reports said. An epidemiologist with ....
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Ethiopian dam will not harm downstream countries: minister
Date: 2014-01-03 19:20:25 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:132 - ID:477739
ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 3 (MENA) - The Ethiopian parliament heard on Friday a detailed clarification on the progress of negotiations the Water, Irrigation and Energy Ministry entered with lower Nile River countries on the controversial Renaissance ....
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Shabaab claims responsibility over car bombs in Somali
Date: 2014-01-02 22:17:05 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:160 - ID:476308
MOGADISHU, Jan 2 (MENA) - Al Shabaab rebels claimed two car bombs outside an upscale hotel in Mogadishu that is often used by foreigners and government officials, FRANCE24 reported on Thursday. At least 11 people were killed and 18 were injured ....
