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Environment Minister participates in 5th COMESA meeting in Ethiopia
Date: 2013-09-19 14:41:03 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:88 - ID:296929
CAIRO, Sept 19 (MENA) – Environment Minister Laila Iskander participates on Thursday in the 5th COMESA meeting of Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Ministers in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, to discuss Africa's comprehensive ....
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Nigerian president to meet Obama next week
Date: 2013-09-19 10:26:33 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:29 - ID:296756
President Goodluck Jonathan will arrive New York on Sunday to contend with what looks like one of his busiest UN schedules with five bilateral meetings and a strident campaign for Nigeria’s admission to the Security Council as a non-permanent ....
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Nigerian MPs exchange blows
Date: 2013-09-18 18:17:37 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:132 - ID:295984
ABUJA, Sept 18 (MENA) – Nigerian Members of Parliament on Wednesday exchanged blows after a splinter group from the governing party People's Democratic Party (PDP) tried to address Parliament, the BBC reported. The brawl lasted for about 10 ....
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Juba stresses no mediation needed for settling Abyei problem
Date: 2013-09-18 11:48:24 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:29 - ID:294917
Sudan/Abyei Juba stresses no mediation needed for settling Abyei problem KHARTOUM, Sept 18 (MENA) - Deputy Ambassador of South Sudan to Khartoum, Kaunk Mfare, underlined that North and South Sudan do not need a go-between to reach a settlement ....
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Nigeria: 16 soldiers killed, many missing in fresh Borno attack
Date: 2013-09-18 09:10:24 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:8 - ID:294754
Nigeria/Victims Nigeria: 16 soldiers killed, many missing in fresh Borno attack ABUJA, Sept 18 (MENA) - Army authorities disclosed that 15 soldiers and a lieutenant have been killed by Boko Haram terrorists along the Baga-Maiduguri Road ....
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Libya backs Egyptian army efforts to restore stability
Date: 2013-09-17 12:30:23 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:34 - ID:293199
Libya/Egypt/Politics Libya backs Egyptian army efforts to restore stability TRIPOLI, Sept 17 (MENA) - Libya backs the Egyptian army in its efforts to restore stability to the Arab state, a Libyan security and military expert of Benghazi ....
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Libyan official urges Egyptian factions to hold reconciliation talks
Date: 2013-09-16 14:26:26 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:60 - ID:291710
Libya/Egypt Libyan official urges Egyptian factions to hold reconciliation talks TRIPOLI, Sept 16 (MENA) - The chairman of the Libyan parliamentary committee for national security urged all Egyptian factions to resort to dialogue to realize ....
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Ethiopia/Health 2 last Addis Ababa
Date: 2013-09-15 00:27:26 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:130 - ID:289677
Ethiopia/Health 2 last Addis Ababa In 1990, the country's mortality rate for children under five was one of the highest in the world at 204 per 1,000 births. That rate now stands at 68 per 1,000, meaning hundreds of thousands of ....
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Ethiopia cuts child mortality by two-thirds
Date: 2013-09-15 00:24:24 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:129 - ID:289674
Ethiopia/Health Ethiopia cuts child mortality by two-thirds ADDIS ABABA — The United Nations Children's Fund, or UNICEF, says Ethiopia has achieved one of the Millennium Development Goals of reducing child mortality by more than ....
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Gabon's president receives credentials of Egypt's new amb.
Date: 2013-09-14 20:17:11 GMT - Gabon - Africa - SN:98 - ID:289442
Gabon/Egypt Gabon's president receives credentials of Egypt's new amb. LIBREVILLE, Sept 14 (MENA) - Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba received credentials of newly-appointed Egyptian Ambassador in Libreville, Hesham Fathy Mostafa. ....
