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US military aircraft hit by rebels in South Sudan
Date: 2013-12-21 13:48:58 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:45 - ID:453759
ABUJA, Dec 21 (MENA) - Two US military aircraft have been fired at during an evacuation mission in South Sudan, wounding three service personnel, according to reports. One is said to be in a critical condition. It is thought that at least one of ....
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40,000 Sudanese return to Sennar State from S. Sudan
Date: 2013-12-21 08:57:59 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:14 - ID:453184
KHARTOUM, Dec 21 (MENA) - About 40,000 Sudanese arrived in Sennar State from South Sudan over the past period, said governor of Sudan's Sennar State Ahmed Abbas. In statements to Sudan's Al-Tagheer newspaper on Saturday, Abbas said that measures ....
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Chinese firm pulls workers out of South Sudan oilfields after attack
Date: 2013-12-21 07:39:09 GMT - China - Africa - SN:12 - ID:453069
BEIJING, Dec 21 (MENA) - Chinese state oil company CNPC said it was evacuating workers from South Sudan because of political violence that has left hundreds dead, South China Morning Post reported Saturday. "We are arranging the orderly ....
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S. Sudan denies deployment of foreign troops in Juba
Date: 2013-12-21 07:37:44 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:11 - ID:453048
JUBA, Dec 21 (MENA) – South Sudanese Information Minister Michael Makuei Leuth denied media reports about the deployment of US or African troops in the country. No state is involved in the conflict in South Sudan, Al-Arabiya TV quoted Leuth as ....
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Kerry sends envoy to South Sudan as violence grows
Date: 2013-12-21 06:34:59 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:8 - ID:453013
WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry is sending a special envoy to South Sudan following an escalation of violence in the world's newest nation, CNN said Saturday. "Now is the time for South Sudan's leaders to rein in ....
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Suspected Islamists attack Nigeria military barracks: Army
Date: 2013-12-20 17:02:08 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:82 - ID:452636
ABUJA, Dec 20 (MENA) - A number of suspected Islamist militants stormed a military barracks in northeast Nigeria on Friday, spraying gunfire on the troops inside before torching the compound, the army and residents said, according to local media. ....
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UNMISS confirms death, injury of 3 soldiers in S. Sudan
Date: 2013-12-20 16:22:31 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:76 - ID:452558
NEW YORK, Dec 20 (MENA) - The United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) confirmed Friday that two soldiers of the Indian Battalion troops were killed and one other was injured during violence that erupted in Akobo ....
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Egyptian embassy in Addis Ababa hosts Ethiopian historian Zewde, discusses ties
Date: 2013-12-19 22:03:41 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:130 - ID:451435
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 19 (MENA) – Egyptian Embassy in Addis Ababa hosted Thursday the Ethiopian historian Prof. Bahru Zewde as part of efforts to boost ties with the African nation. The meeting with held in the honor of the Ethiopian writer by the ....
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Somalia to rebuild national library
Date: 2013-12-19 21:14:02 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:124 - ID:451410
MOGADISHU, Dec 19 (MENA) - A project has been launched in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, to rebuild the country's national library, the BBC reported on Thursday. Dozens of displaced families had been sheltering inside the building which has been ....
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UN warns against S. Sudan ethnic flare-up
Date: 2013-12-19 20:32:10 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:121 - ID:451370
NEW YORK, Dec 19 (MENA) - The United Nations has voiced concerns over a potential civil war between Dinka and Nuer ethnic groups in South Sudan. The United Nations said it feared casualties after attackers forced their way into a peacekeeping ....
