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Reports: Fire at Nigeria's Warri Oil Refinery
Date: 2013-10-23 08:33:22 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:18 - ID:350212
ABUJA, Oct 23 (MENA) - Rebels are claiming responsibility for a fire at Nigeria's Warri oil refinery that officials call a "minor incident," abc news reported Tuesday. Spokeswoman Tumini Green of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. said Tuesday ....
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Bashir returns home after Juba visit
Date: 2013-10-22 20:00:48 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:171 - ID:349800
KHARTOUM, Oct 22 (MENA) – Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir returned home Tuesday from Juba, the capital of South Sudan, after cooperation talks with South Sudan's President Salva Kiir. The one-day visit tackled a number of issues of mutual ....
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UN Special Envoy for Western Sahara arrives in Algiers
Date: 2013-10-22 19:34:13 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:162 - ID:349803
ALGIERS, Oct 22 (MENA) – UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for Western Sahara Christopher Ross arrived Tuesday in Algiers after a trip to Morocco, Sahrawi refugee camps, occupied Sahrawi territories and Mauritania, as a neighboring and observer ....
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FM wraps up visit to Burundi, Uganda
Date: 2013-10-22 19:05:26 GMT - Burundi - Africa - SN:157 - ID:349797
BUJUMBURA, Oct 22 (MENA) - Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi left here on Tuesday wrapping up a visit to Burundi and Uganda where he had cooperation talks with presidents Pierre Nkurunziza and Yoweri Museveni. During the visit, the minister ....
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Egypt, Uganda to open joint corn, wheat farm
Date: 2013-10-22 17:35:23 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:147 - ID:349615
CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) - Agriculture Minister Ayman Farid Abu Hadid announced that an agreement was reached with Uganda to set up a joint farm there for producing wheat and corn as well as seeds of important crops and some kinds of vegetables. Abu ....
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Egypt, Somalia discuss resuming Azhar's missions
Date: 2013-10-22 17:24:57 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:143 - ID:349611
CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) – Al-Azhar undersecretary Dr Abbas Shuman discussed Tuesday with Somalia state minister for presidency Farah Sheik Abdulkadir resuming Al-Azhar's missions soon. Shuman pointed out that Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed el-Tayeb has issued ....
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Bashir meets South Sudan counterpart
Date: 2013-10-22 12:41:20 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:96 - ID:349086
JUBA, Oct 22 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir met Tuesday with his southern counterpart Salva Kiir amid pressure to strike a deal on the disputed Abyei region and other issues left unresolved since South Sudan won independence, eNews ....
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Fahmy conveys message from Mansour to Burundian president
Date: 2013-10-22 12:32:12 GMT - Burundi - Africa - SN:90 - ID:349006
BUJUMBURA, Oct 22 (MENA) - Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza met Tuesday with Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy, currently on a visit to the African country. Fahmy, in statements to MENA after the meeting, said he conveyed a message from ....
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Mozambique's Renamo attacks police station
Date: 2013-10-22 11:29:48 GMT - Mozambique - Africa - SN:61 - ID:348905
MAPUTO, Oct 22 (MENA) - Mozambique's opposition Renamo movement staged a pre-dawn attack on a police station Tuesday, Radio France Internationale reported without giving further details. The attack took place hours after Renamo declared the end ....
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Media reports on appointing Abdelaziz Belkhadem new Algeria's ambassador in Cairo
Date: 2013-10-22 09:00:31 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:32 - ID:348431
ALGIERS, Oct 22 (MENA) - Media reports said that former secretary general of the National Liberation Front (FLN) Abdelaziz Belkhadem is likely to be appointed as Algeria's ambassador in Cairo. The Algerian Al-Nahar newspaper said that former ....
