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Faek to represent Egypt in Mandela memorial service
Date: 2013-12-10 14:49:44 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:98 - ID:432973
CAIRO, Dec. 10 (MENA) – Interim President Adly Mansour entrusted the Chairman of the National Council for Human Rights Mohamed Faek to represent Egypt at the funeral service of the South African former president and anti-apartheid leader Nelson ....
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Obama calls for arrests in C. Africa
Date: 2013-12-10 09:34:25 GMT - Central African Republic - Africa - SN:30 - ID:432055
WASHINGTON, Dec 10 – US President Barack Obama appealed for calm in the Central African Republic and for the arrests of those behind the surge of sectarian violence, the White House said. Deputy national security advisor Ben Rhodes told reporters ....
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Obama arrives in South Africa to attend Mandela's funeral
Date: 2013-12-10 07:32:18 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:13 - ID:431868
PRETORIA, Dec 10 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrived here on Tuesday to take part in the funeral of iconic South African leader Nelson Mandela. Also, former US presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter will ....
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AU expresses sorrow over death of Djiboutian soldier in Somalia
Date: 2013-12-10 06:17:41 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:8 - ID:431834
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 10 (MENA) - The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (SRCC) for Somalia, Ambassador Mahamat Saleh Annadif, expressed his heartfelt condolences to the Djiboutian contingent and the people of ....
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Tripartite meeting over Renaissance Dam successful -- Sudanese official
Date: 2013-12-09 21:34:09 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:159 - ID:431696
KHARTOUM, Dec 9 (MENA) – The newly-appointed Sudanese Water Resources Minister Moataz Moussa said on Monday that the second meeting of the irrigation ministers of Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia was successful. The meeting managed to treat a very ....
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Experts from eastern Nile Basin states resume talks
Date: 2013-12-09 09:02:54 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:28 - ID:430158
KHARTOUM, Dec 9 (MENA) - Experts from Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia resumed talks on Monday to discuss disputes about the lineup of an international committee that should be studying effects of the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the two downstream ....
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ICRC chief visits AU premises next week
Date: 2013-12-09 08:11:58 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:24 - ID:430066
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 9 (MENA) - International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Peter Maurer is expected to pay a visit to the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa on December 13 for talks with top AU officials, the AU Commission said ....
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Agip oil facility set ablaze
Date: 2013-12-09 08:08:58 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:22 - ID:430085
ABUJA, Dec 9 (MENA) - An oil facility belonging to the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC), located in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Igbomotoru in Bayelsa State was allegedly set ablaze by suspected oil vandals, killing one person, Nigerian ....
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New Climate Innovation Center to open in Ethiopia
Date: 2013-12-09 07:46:40 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:19 - ID:430084
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 9 (MENA) - The World Bank and the Addis Ababa University agreed to set up a new Climate Innovation Center (CIC), the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday. The WB will contribute five million dollars to the ....
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Ethiopian PM says Mandela devotes his life for better future of African continent
Date: 2013-12-09 07:12:46 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:10 - ID:430044
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 9 (MENA) - African Union leaders gathered to mourn the death of Nelson Mandela, honouring the former anti-apartheid leader's fight for pan-Africanism and liberation on the continent, France 24 reported. "Madiba's life was the ....
