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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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, ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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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Sudan to open 14 border crossings with neighboring countries in 2014
Date: 2013-12-27 17:03:06 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:99 - ID:465061
KHARTOUM, Dec 27 (MENA) – Sudanese Transport, Roads and Bridges Ministry has said it will inaugurate 14 border crossings with neighboring countries in 2014. In a press release on Friday, head of road transport department at the ministry Abdelilah ....
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Boko Haram claims resposibility for military base attack
Date: 2013-12-27 17:01:42 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:98 - ID:464931
ABUJA, Dec. 27 (MENA) – Rebel group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for Tuesday's attack on a military barracks in the village of Bama in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno, which left 15 soldiers and 50 fighters dead. “This is a victory ....
