Africa
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Somali militant group declares responsibility on Kenya's shootings
Date: 2013-09-21 22:01:48 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:118 - ID:300915
Mogadishu, Sept 21 (MENA) – A Somali militant group declared Saturday responsibility for mass shootings carried out in upscale Nairobi shopping center, the BBC News reported. On its Twitter feed, the Somali militant group al-Shabab, the ....
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British PM extends condolences for Kenyan president over Nairobi attack’s victims
Date: 2013-09-21 21:50:08 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:117 - ID:300889
LONDON, Sept 21 (MENA) – British Prime Minister David Cameron has spoken to Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta about the attack at Westgate shopping mall, the BBC quoted a Downing Street spokesman as saying on Saturday. Cameron told Kenyatta that ....
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Deaths of shootings in Kenya mall increase to 30
Date: 2013-09-21 20:33:17 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:105 - ID:300781
NAIROBI, Sept 21 (MENA) – Casualties of mass shootings in Nairobi upscale mall increased to 30 deaths at least and dozens injuries, France 24 reported on Saturday. Masked attackers stormed a packed upmarket shopping mall in Nairobi, spraying ....
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Kenya mall shooting kills at least 22
Date: 2013-09-21 18:56:54 GMT - Kenya - Africa - SN:91 - ID:300628
NAIROBI, Sept 21 (MENA) - Gunmen threw grenades and opened fire inside Nairobi's most upscale mall on Saturday, killing at least 22 people and wounding dozens, CBC News reported. A Kenya Red Cross official gave the death toll and reporters said ....
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Libyan PM leaves Benghazi airport minutes after arrival
Date: 2013-09-21 15:01:45 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:61 - ID:300234
TRIPOLI, Sept 21 (MENA) – Libyan interim Prime Minister Ali Zaidan left on Saturday afternoon Benghazi Airport after a short visit. After he disembarked from the plane, citizens chanted slogans against him, said a security source at Benghazi ....
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Sudanese reconciliation efforts blocked by renewed tribal conflicts
Date: 2013-09-21 13:33:35 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:52 - ID:300106
KHARTOUM, Sept 21 (MENA) – The reconciliation efforts, undertaken by the Sudanese government to stop hostilities between tribes disputing at the states of Darfur and Kordofan, and Blue Nile, are facing great difficulties due to the renewed tribal ....
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Malian president invited to visit Algeria
Date: 2013-09-21 10:32:42 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:19 - ID:299722
ALGIERS, Sept 21 (MENA) - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika invited Mali’s newly-elected President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to visit Algeria, according to Algerian newspaper Al-Fajr. Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal invited Keita ....
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Bashir set to address UNGA meetings Thursday
Date: 2013-09-21 09:54:23 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:13 - ID:299668
KHARTOUM, Sept 21 (ENA) - Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir will address the UN General Assembly meetings on Thursday, said Sudan's Al-Raay Alaam newspaper. Bashir also received an official invitation from the African Union to take part in the ....
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Mali's new president gets message from Egypt's Adly Mansour
Date: 2013-09-20 11:37:10 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:24 - ID:298466
CAIRO, Sept 20 (MENA) - Ibrahim Malhab, Egyptian Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Development, handed over a message from interim President Adly Mansour to Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Malhab attended the inauguration of ....
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Sudanese foreign ministry receives promise from US to grant Bashir entry visa
Date: 2013-09-20 10:57:25 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:19 - ID:298416
KHARTOUM, Sept 20 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir may get an entry visa to the US to participate in the United Nations General Assembly meetings. The Sudanese Foreign Ministry was promised by the US that Bashir will be given an ....