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Army kills over 40 suspected Boko Haram members
Date: 2013-11-27 18:54:20 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:152 - ID:410511
Abuja, Nov 27 (MENA) - Over 40 terrorists suspected to be Boko Haram Islamist sect members were killed Wednesday in a military raid, Daily Times Nigeria reported. The raid involved air strikes and ground troops in Bita village area along ....
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Angolan officials say reports on their country's banning Islam are groundless and bare of truth
Date: 2013-11-27 16:13:32 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:122 - ID:410127
CAIRO, Nov 27 (MENA) – Angolan officials said that reports on their country's banning Islam are groundless and bare of truth. An official with the Angolan Ministry of Culture indicated that local authorities have only banned an Islamic ....
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Syrian engineer abducted in Nigeria
Date: 2013-11-27 15:00:47 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:101 - ID:409536
ABUJA, Nov 27 (MENA) - The government of the southern Nigerian state of Delta has confirmed the kidnap of an expatriate engineer, Haitham Jamarkami, a Syrian working for Palmyra Construction Company. The Commissioner for Works, Chief Funkekeme ....
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Egyptian expats in Khartoum urged to register data to vote on constitution referendum
Date: 2013-11-27 12:27:08 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:60 - ID:409586
KHARTOUM, Nov 27 (MENA) -The Egyptian Embassy in Sudan renewed its call to the Egyptian expatriates here to register on the Supreme Electoral Commission's (www.elections.eg) page or go to the embassy so they can vote in the referendum on the ....
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Algeria FLN: Bouteflika to present medical file if he run for fourth term
Date: 2013-11-27 08:21:23 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:18 - ID:409023
ALGIERS, Nov 27 (MENA) - Spokesman for the Algerian National Liberation Front for Algeria’s National Liberation Front (FLN) Said Bouhedja said President Abdelaziz Bouteflika will present his medical file if he decides to run for office for a fourth ....
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Nigeria: 45 dead, 10 injured as gunmen invade Plateau villages
Date: 2013-11-27 07:47:27 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:12 - ID:408965
ABUJA, Nov 27 (MENA) - As many as 45 people were killed when gunmen attacked four villages in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, The Nation newspaper reported Wednesday. Among those killed were children and women. Ten persons ....
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ECOWAS commends 'orderly voting' in Mali
Date: 2013-11-26 21:06:11 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:172 - ID:408717
ABUJA, Nov 26 (MENA) - Head of ECOWAS Election Observation Mission (EOM) Amos Sawyer has commended Malians for their orderly conduct during Sunday's election to fill the country’s 147-seat parliament, ECOWAS said in a statement on Tuesday. "The ....
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Gunmen kill 37 in central Nigeria- military
Date: 2013-11-26 19:45:05 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:159 - ID:408657
ABUJA, Nov 26 (MENA) - Nigeria's military said Tuesday that gunmen killed 37 villagers in overnight attacks on four villages in the central Plateau state riven by conflicts over land rights between mainly Christian farmers and Muslim nomadic ....
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Eritrean president concludes visit to the Sudanese Red Sea
Date: 2013-11-26 17:14:30 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:128 - ID:408147
KHARTOUM, Nov 26 (MENA) – Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki concluded on Tuesday a three-day visit to the Sudanese Red Sea State. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, Governor of the Red Sea State Muhammad Tahir Aila and a number of Sudanese ....
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Egypt will never give up one drop of its Nile water quota -- Minister
Date: 2013-11-26 15:14:36 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:112 - ID:408108
MANSOURA, Egypt, Nov 26 (MENA) - Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mohamed Abdel Motaleb said that Egypt will never give up one drop of its Nile water quota. The remark came during his meeting with leaders of the irrigation ministry in ....
