Africa
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160 persons die in Nigeria boat capsize
Date: 2013-03-20 10:04:13 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:14 - ID:25188
Nigeria-Boat-Sinking 160 persons die in Nigeria boat capsize ABUJA, March 20 (MENA) - Some 160 persons have died when a wooden boat capsized off the coast of Nigeria. The boat conveying 166 passengers capsized some 40 ....
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Egypt takes part in ICG meetings in Ethiopia
Date: 2013-03-19 18:38:41 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:114 - ID:24424
Ehiopia-Egypt-Somalia Egypt takes part in ICG meetings in Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA, March 19 (MENA) – Egypt has taken part in the meetings of two working groups under the International Contact Group (ICG) ....
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Shura MP: Egyptian-African relations will see marked progress soon
Date: 2013-03-19 14:09:34 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:54 - ID:23943
Shura-MP-Statements Shura MP: Egyptian-African relations will see marked progress soon CAIRO, March 19 (MENA) - Member of the Shura Council and head of the African Affairs Committe Ali Fath Elbab said on Tuesday ....
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Nigerian FM summons US amb. over Boko Haram statements
Date: 2013-03-18 14:59:18 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:69 - ID:21470
Nigeria-US-AmbassadorNigerian FM summons US amb. over Boko Haram statements ABUJA, March 18 (MENA) - Nigerian Foreign Minister Olugbenga Ashiru summoned Sunday evening US Ambassador here Terence P. McCulley over the ....
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Boko Haram destroy 50 of the 52 Catholic churches in Maiduguri
Date: 2013-03-18 13:57:10 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:64 - ID:21885
Nigeria-Churches-Attack Boko Haram destroys 50 of the 52 Catholic churches in Maiduguri ABUJA, March 18 (MENA) - Boko Haram has destroyed 50 of 52 Catholic churches in Maiduguri, the parish priest of Christ the King Catholic ....
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Sudan completed troops' withdrawal from buffer zone - defense minister
Date: 2013-03-17 18:43:24 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:88 - ID:20712
Ethiopia-Sudan-Negotiations Sudan completed troops' withdrawal from buffer zone - defense minister ADDIS ABABA, March 17 (MENA) - Sudanese Defense Minister Abdel-Rahim Mohamed Hussein affirmed his forces' withdrawal from a ....
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Nigeria "will not pay ransom" to secure release of French hostages
Date: 2013-03-17 16:36:10 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:66 - ID:20595
Nigeria-France-Hostages Nigeria "will not pay ransom" to secure release of French hostages ABUJA, March 17 (MENA) - Nigeria has assured it will work for the safe release of a French family of seven who were abducted in ....
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Spraying campaigns eliminate 5 types of locusts in Sudan
Date: 2013-03-17 16:09:51 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:54 - ID:20523
Sudan-Locusts-Combat Spraying campaigns eliminate 5 types of locusts in Sudan KHARTOUM, March 17 (MENA) - Sudan said it was able to control agricultural pests through spraying tens of thousands of hectares aerially and on ....