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Al-Qaeda killed French reporters in Mali
Date: 2013-11-06 19:57:48 GMT - France - Africa - SN:149 - ID:373992
PARIS, Nov 6 (MENA) - The al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) group said Wednesday it has killed the two French journalists who were abducted in Kidal in north Mali, the BBC News reported. An AQIM statement said the killings on Saturday were in ....
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Nigeria president seeks state of emergency extension
Date: 2013-11-06 18:27:20 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:125 - ID:373795
ABUJA, Nov 6 (MENA) – Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan asked lawmakers on Wednesday to extend a state of emergency declared in the northeast in May for an additional six months, saying the Islamist insurgency had not yet been contained, Star ....
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S. Sudan amb. in Khartoum says president in Juba
Date: 2013-11-06 14:32:09 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:94 - ID:373361
KHARTOUM, Nov 6 (MENA) - South Sudan's Ambassador in Khartoum Mayan Dut Wol said Wednesday that President Salva Kiir Mayardit is in Juba and carrying out his work as usual. The diplomat denied rumors posted on websites about the whereabouts of ....
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Aide to UN chief arrives in Cairo
Date: 2013-11-06 13:19:46 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:74 - ID:373299
CAIRO, Nov 6 (MENA) - UN Assistant Secretary General for African Affairs Maged Abdel-Fattah arrived in Cairo Wednesday from Addis Ababa on a two-day visit to Egypt en route to the US. During his stop in Egypt, Abdel-Fattah will hold talks with ....
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British envoy cautions of deteriorating situation in Sudan's Abyei region
Date: 2013-11-06 08:55:42 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:32 - ID:372600
KHARTOUM, Nov 6 (MENA) – British Ambassador in Khartoum Peter Tibber cautioned of deteriorating situation in the disputed Sudanese region of Abyei. In statements to Khartoum newspaper out Wednesday, he stressed that his country rejected a ....
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UN rights office condemns attack on wedding convoy which killed dozens
Date: 2013-11-06 07:36:29 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:20 - ID:372500
ABUJA, Nov 6 (MENA) - The United Nations human rights office strongly condemned the attack on a wedding convoy in Nigeria, which killed more than 30 people. The guests were ambushed and killed on Saturday, along the Bama-Mubi-Banki road, in Borno ....
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Nigerian gov't declines to compensate Boko Haram victims
Date: 2013-11-06 07:36:27 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:19 - ID:372483
ABUJA, Nov 6 (MENA) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday received the final report of the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North with a declaration that the federal government would ....
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Ethiopia has capacity to foil terrorist attacks - says foreign ministry
Date: 2013-11-06 07:00:26 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:12 - ID:372422
ADDIS ABABA, Nov 6 (MENA) - The Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Ethiopia has the capacity to defend itself from possible terrorist attacks by al-Shabab, the East African affiliate of al-Qaeda, the Ethiopian Radio and Television Agency ....
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Nigerian army kills 7 Boko Haram militants
Date: 2013-11-05 18:29:54 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:84 - ID:372080
ABUJA, Nov 5 (MENA) - The Nigerian Army said Tuesday that it shot dead seven suspected Boko Haram militants after the team attacked their hideouts in Borno, The Nigerian Telegraph reported. The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, said it ....
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EU confirms support for the Eastern Sudan agreement
Date: 2013-11-05 17:43:58 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:81 - ID:371986
KHARTOUM, Nov 5 (MENA) - EU reaffirmed Tuesday its support for the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement which was signed in Asmara in 2006, Sudan News Agency (SUNA) reported. The EU said in a press release that the EU ambassadors accredited to Sudan, ....
