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Chad President to meet Sudanese leaders, MPs
Date: 2013-12-23 20:42:28 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:156 - ID:457891
KHARTOUM, Dec 23 (MENA) – Chadian President Idriss Deby will meet on Tuesday with a number of community leaders and MPs in Darfur as a part of his current visit to Khartoum. Deby will also attend a meeting of the higher mechanism for the ....
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Khartoum welcomes S. Sudan president's acceptance of dialogue to end crisis
Date: 2013-12-23 19:04:12 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:144 - ID:457763
KHARTOUM, Dec 23 (MENA) – The Sudanese government on Monday welcomed South Sudanese President Salva Kiir's acceptance of the mediation of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to end a current crisis in Juba. Khartoum also lauded ....
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Chadian president arrives in Khartoum
Date: 2013-12-23 18:05:30 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:138 - ID:457720
KHARTOUM, Dec 23 (MENA) – Chadian President Idriss Deby arrived in Khartoum Monday on a two-day visit for talks with his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir. Sudanese State Information Minister Yasser Youssef said the visit was quite important to ....
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S. Sudan rebellion spreads as UN evacuates
Date: 2013-12-23 17:34:59 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:133 - ID:457618
JUBA, Dec 23 (MENA) - The UN Mission in South Sudan said in a Twitter update that all non-critical staff in Juba are being evacuated to Uganda. It said all its civilian staff in Bor had been evacuated to Juba. Renegade troops loyal to South Sudan's ....
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Renegade S. Sudan general vows to teach Kiir 'lesson'
Date: 2013-12-23 17:00:58 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:127 - ID:457619
KHARTOUM Dec 23 (MENA) - A South Sudanese military commander who recently rebelled against the Juba government and joined forces with sacked vice-president Riek Machar said Monday that he would teach South Sudanese President Salva Kiir "a lesson" if ....
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Egyptian mission in S. Sudan evacuated to Juba
Date: 2013-12-23 16:47:23 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:125 - ID:457617
CAIRO, Dec 23 (MENA) – Members of the Egyptian medical mission, Irrigation Ministry representatives and Arab Contractors Company were airlifted from the South Sudanese violence-racked city of Bor to the capital Juba on Monday. Twelve Egyptians have ....
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S. Sudan FM denies army divisions
Date: 2013-12-23 16:04:20 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:114 - ID:457202
JUBA, Dec 23 (MENA) – South Sudanese Foreign Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin denied reports about dissidence among army ranks in the aftermath of a botched coup attempt by former Vice President Riek Machar. Such reports have nothing to do with ....
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Egypt to send special envoy to Juba
Date: 2013-12-23 16:01:57 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:111 - ID:457503
CAIRO, Dec 23 (MENA) – Egypt decided to dispatch deputy foreign minister for African affairs Hamdy Sanad Louza to Juba, South Sudan, on an urgent mission to help defuse the present crisis in the country and support existing regional and ....
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South Sudan army set to move on rebel-held town of Bor
Date: 2013-12-23 14:21:43 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:83 - ID:457310
JUBA, Dec 23 (MENA) - South Sudanese troops are preparing to enter the rebel-held town of Bor, President Salva Kiir has said. Kiir told parliament the army was "ready to move", adding that the counter-attack had been delayed to allow US ....
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AfDB says Egypt made progress in good governance, investment climate
Date: 2013-12-23 11:18:16 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:49 - ID:456783
CAIRO, Dec 23 (MENA) - Egypt has made progress in terms of good governance and investment climate, says Ali Abu-Sabaa, Vice President of the African Development Bank (AfDB). He still stressed that more efforts and reforms are needed. Egypt has ....
