Africa
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Nelson Mandela released from hospital
Date: 2013-09-01 12:28:19 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:29 - ID:267907
South Africa/Health Nelson Mandela released from hospital PRETORIA, Sept 1 (MENA) - Nelson Mandela has been discharged from the Pretoria hospital where he had been receiving treatment since June, the BBC reported quoting South African ....
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Khartoum to apply new economic reform package - minister
Date: 2013-09-01 11:32:00 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:23 - ID:267656
Sudan/Economy Khartoum to apply new economic reform package - minister KHARTOUM, Sept 1 (MENA) – Sudanese Finance Minister Ali Mahmoud said a new economic reform package will be put into effect. The new package will focus on shrinking state ....
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Sisi meets AU committee on local, regional developments
Date: 2013-08-31 16:47:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:70 - ID:266893
Egypt/Armed Forces Sisi meets AU committee on local, regional developments CAIRO, Aug 31 (MENA) – Defense Minister Abdel Fatah el-Sisi met Saturday with visiting African Union (AU) high-level panel led by former Malian president Alpha Oumar ....
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Bashir pardons four convicted spies
Date: 2013-08-31 11:01:39 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:19 - ID:266246
Sudan/Pardon Bashir pardons four convicted spies KHARTOUM, Aug 31 (MENA) – Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir issued a decision to pardon four persons convicted of spying for foreign countries, including a diplomat and a director of a private ....
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Nelson Mandela hospital release reports 'incorrect'
Date: 2013-08-31 10:24:42 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:15 - ID:266262
South Africa/Mandela Nelson Mandela hospital release reports 'incorrect' PRETORIA, Aug 31 (MENA) - Reports that former South African President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from hospital are incorrect, the BBC quoted South Africa's ....
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Benin conducts contacts to support Egyptian stance on African level - diplomat
Date: 2013-08-30 13:19:23 GMT - Benin - Africa - SN:29 - ID:265078
Egypt/Benin/Politics Benin conducts contacts to support Egyptian stance at African level - diplomat COTONOU, Aug 30 (MENA) - Benin expressed its concern over the latest developments in Egypt and its desire that peace and stability be ....
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10 mln dollars from UN to Darfur, Kordofan
Date: 2013-08-30 10:27:40 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:18 - ID:264982
Sudan/UN 10 mln dollars from UN to Darfur, Kordofan KHARTOUM, Aug 30 (MENA) - The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), affiliated to the United Nation (UN), donated 10 million dollars to Sudan so as to meet the urgent needs of Darfur and ....
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AU intends to backtrack on decision to suspend Egypt's membership -- Tamarod
Date: 2013-08-29 19:26:47 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:120 - ID:264444
Egypt/Movement/Politics AU intends to backtrack on decision to suspend Egypt's membership -- Tamarod CAIRO, Aug 29 (MENA) – A visiting African Union delegation asserted, during a meeting with representatives of the opposition Tamarod ....
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AU welcomes agreement between Somali govt, Jubba administration
Date: 2013-08-29 14:05:35 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:73 - ID:263622
Ethiopia/AU AU welcomes agreement between Somali govt, Jubba administration ADDIS ABABA, Aug 29 (MENA) - The African Union welcomed on Thursday the agreement signed by the Somali Federal Government and Somalia's Jubba Interim Administration ....
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40 million jobless in Nigeria - official
Date: 2013-08-29 13:00:24 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:61 - ID:263499
Nigeria/Unemployment 40 million jobless in Nigeria - official ABUJA. Aug 29 (MENA) - Chairman, Subsidy Reinvestment and Employment Programme, Christopher Kolade, disclosed that no fewer than 40 million Nigerians are unemployed, reported ....