Africa

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  • Everything now normal in Juba -- Defense Minister

    Date: 2013-12-16 10:15:09 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:46 - ID:442368

    KHARTOUM, Dec 16 (MENA) - Everything is back to normal in Juba as the president of South Sudan Salva Kiir prepares to hold a press conference to put his people in the picutre about what is going on on the ground, Defense Minister Kuol Manyang said ....

  • Popular army vehicles deployed in Juba

    Date: 2013-12-16 09:11:52 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:32 - ID:442231

    KHARTOUM, Dec 16 (MENA) - Armored vehicles of the popular army in South Sudan have been deployed in southern areas of the capital, Juba, very close to the headquarters of the Defense Ministry. This comes in the wake of clashes between South ....

  • Sacked Vice President leads coup attempt in South Sudan – sources

    Date: 2013-12-16 09:04:25 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:30 - ID:442086

    KHARTOUM, Dec 16 (MENA) - Sudanese Ashorooq Network reported Monday military forces headed by the sacked Vice President of South Sudan Riek Machar led a coup attempt this morning to overthrow President Salva Kiir. Pro-Kiir People's Army forces ....

  • Armed clashes outside Defense Ministry in Juba

    Date: 2013-12-16 07:58:55 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:21 - ID:442075

    KHARTOUM, Dec 16 (MENA) - Armed clashes took place between an armed group of the People's Army of the Republican Guard and army troops stationed in front of ammunition depots of the Defense Ministry in Juba Monday morning. People's Army spokesman ....

  • Juba hit by gunfire, reports about military coup

    Date: 2013-12-16 07:21:01 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:15 - ID:442055

    JUBA, Dec 16 (MENA) – Heavy gunfire have been heard early Monday morning in the South Sudanese capital Juba. There were reports about a military coup attempt. People's Army forces attacked the Ministry of Defense headquarters in Juba and tried to ....

  • Sudan says no political motives behind support for Ethiopia Dam

    Date: 2013-12-16 06:47:52 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:9 - ID:442028

    ADDIS ABABA, Dec 16 (MENA) - Sudan denied having any political motives behind its support for the controversial Renaissance Dam, currently being constructed by Ethiopia. "We support this project because it will benefit Sudan," the Ethiopian ....

  • Nelson Mandela buried at Qunu ancestral home

    Date: 2013-12-15 14:29:14 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:74 - ID:441279

    PRETORIA, Dec 15 (MENA) - Anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela's body has been laid to rest in a family plot, after political and religious leaders paid tribute to South Africa's first black president at a state funeral service, according to the ....

  • Nigerian army kills scores of Boko Haram militants during air raid

    Date: 2013-12-15 07:12:03 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:13 - ID:440435

    ABUJA, Dec 15 (MENA) - Nigeria's military killed scores of Boko Haram militants during an air raid on a funeral in northeast Nigeria. Spokesman Col. Muhammed Dole said the Boko Haram terrorist network has been forcefully conscripting youths and ....

  • Saudi-Mauritanian investment forum to kick off in January

    Date: 2013-12-15 06:45:22 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:7 - ID:440400

    NOUAKCHOTT, Dec 15 (MENA) - A Saudi-Mauritanian investment forum will kick off in the Mauritanian capital in January with the aim of increasing Saudi investments in Mauritania, Akhbar Nnouakchott newspaper reported on Sunday. Mauritanian Economy ....

  • UN chief condemns killing of peacekeepers in Mali

    Date: 2013-12-15 06:37:20 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:5 - ID:440394

    NEW YORK, Dec 15 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned in the strongest terms the bombing attack at the Banque malienne de solidarité in Kidal, taking the lives of two United Nations peacekeepers and injuring at least seven other ....

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