Africa

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  • SPLM official terms as badly-directed play Juba developments

    Date: 2013-12-18 11:04:54 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:55 - ID:448183

    KHARTOUM, Dec 18 (MENA) - John Garang de Mabior, son of the founder of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), said what happened lately in Juba is a badly-directed play meant to topple all rivals of South Sudan President Salva Kiir. The ....

  • Uncertainty as doctors begin 5-day warning strike

    Date: 2013-12-18 09:05:04 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:30 - ID:447919

    ABUJA, Dec 18 (MENA) - Doctors under the auspices of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA have withdrawn their services from public hospitals across the federation, Vanguard newspaper of Nigeria reported Wednesday The phased warning strike, ....

  • Women in Nigeria protest against forced marriage to deities

    Date: 2013-12-18 08:54:45 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:28 - ID:447839

    ABUJA, Dec 18 (MENA) - Groups of women in southern Nigeria have been protesting in front of government offices in Enugu State against the killing of women through "fetish activities" and forced marriages to traditional gods, according to press ....

  • Sacked South Sudan vice president denies standing behind coup attempt

    Date: 2013-12-18 08:02:53 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:15 - ID:447796

    JUBA, Dec 18 (MENA) - Sacked South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar denied Wednesday standing behind the failed coup attempt that took place in South Sudan on Monday, Al Arabiya News Channel reported. President Salva Kiir accused Machar of ....

  • UN mission in South Sudan has full powers to defend civilians

    Date: 2013-12-18 07:24:52 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:10 - ID:447773

    NEW YORK, Dec 18 (MENA) - The UN Security Council said the UN mission in South Sudan has full powers to defend civilians, Sky news reported. Under the Seventh Chapter of the UN Charter, the mission has the right to use force to defend peaceful ....

  • Unrest in S. Sudan has no effect on agreements with Khartoum – amb.

    Date: 2013-12-17 21:40:33 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:132 - ID:447612

    KHARTOUM, Dec 17 (MENA) – Sudanese Government ruled out Tuesday that the clashes erupted in South Sudan's capital would affect the agreements made with the newly established state. Calm has significantly prevailed in the South Sudan's capital on ....

  • AU 'deeply concerned' over S. Sudan clashes

    Date: 2013-12-17 21:34:02 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:131 - ID:447604

    ADDIS ABABA, Dec 17 (MENA) - The African Union (AU) has said it is "deeply concerned" over the recent outbreak of clashes between rival military factions in South Sudan, which has left dozens of people killed. The AU "urges the government and ....

  • Former South Sudan ministers arrested over 'coup'

    Date: 2013-12-17 20:15:40 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:124 - ID:447527

    KHARTOUM, Dec 17 (MENA) - Ten senior political figures, including the former finance minister, have been arrested in South Sudan after a foiled coup attempt, the government has said. The authorities are looking to question five other prominent ....

  • US closes embassy in south Sudan, orders non-emergency personnel out

    Date: 2013-12-17 19:53:20 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:121 - ID:447470

    WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (MENA) - The United States is closing its embassy in South Sudan and has ordered all non-emergency personnel to leave as fighting rages there, the ABC News reported Tuesday. The State Department announced the move in a travel ....

  • Troops from other European countries to help in Central African Republic, says France

    Date: 2013-12-17 18:16:35 GMT - France - Africa - SN:109 - ID:447250

    PARIS, Dec 17 (MENA) - Laurent Fabius, the French foreign minister, announced on Tuesday that other European countries would deploy ground troops to the violence-hit Central African Republic, without identifying them, the France 24 reported. "We ....

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