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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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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UN peacekeepers killed in northern Mali
Date: 2013-12-14 15:03:04 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:71 - ID:439713
NOUAKCHOTT, Dec 14 (MENA) - Several peacekeepers in Mali have been killed by a bomb in the troubled northern town of Kidal, a spokesman for the United Nations peacekeeping mission said Saturday. Eyewitnesses said the blast hit a bank guarded by ....
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Twin explosions hit northeast Kenya
Date: 2013-12-14 11:36:51 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:37 - ID:439304
NAIROBI, Dec 14 (MENA) – At least one was killed and three were injured in an attack in northeast Kenyan town of Wajir, according to Sky News. Kenya is witnessing surge in attacks since its troops entered Somalia at the end of 2011 to combat ....
