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Al-Qaeda claims attack on police station in north Mali
Date: 2016-02-06 17:32:17 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:98 - ID:4262481
BAMAKO, Feb 6 (MENA) – Al Qaeda's North Africa branch has claimed responsibility for an attack on a UN mission police station in northern Mali that killed one Malian soldier, ABC News quoted an organization that monitors jihadi sites as saying on ....
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Khartoum, Juba discuss Feb 15-17 on simplifying banking measures after opening borders
Date: 2016-02-06 14:39:09 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:69 - ID:4261229
KHARTOUM, Feb 6 (MENA) – A committee comprising central banks of Sudan and South Sudan will hold meetings on February 15-17 in Juba to discuss banking issues related to the decision of opening borders between both countries. The meetings will ....
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Al Qaeda claims responsibility for Australian couple kidnap in Burkina Faso
Date: 2016-02-06 06:39:49 GMT - Burkina Faso - Africa - SN:3 - ID:4258021
OUAGADOUGOU, Feb 6 (MENA) - Al Mourabitoun, an al Qaeda-linked militant group in northern Mali, on Saturday claimed responsibility for kidnapping an Australian couple at the joint borders with Mali in January. In an audio message, the group ....
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All but 3 rescued after collapse at gold mine in South Africa
Date: 2016-02-05 20:26:59 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:95 - ID:4257405
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 5 (MENA) – A building collapsed above a gold mine in South Africa on Friday, trapping dozens of people before they were rescued, ABC News reported. After several hours, three people remained missing, a union spokesman ....
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Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe declares drought disaster
Date: 2016-02-05 20:24:39 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:94 - ID:4257429
HARARE, Feb 5 (MENA) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has declared a state of disaster in rural parts of the country hit by a drought, the BBC reported. An estimated 2.4 million people are now in need of food aid, more than a quarter of the ....
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Dozens trapped in South Africa mine collapse
Date: 2016-02-05 12:53:25 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:47 - ID:4255101
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 5 (MENA) - Dozens of miners were trapped underground for several hours following the collapse of a gold mine in northeastern South Africa, the Sky News reported. A spokesman for the Association of Mineworkers and Construction ....
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Tunisia, Mali sign 4 economic deals
Date: 2016-02-05 11:31:25 GMT - Tunisia - Africa - SN:39 - ID:4254261
TUNIS, Feb 5 (MENA) – Tunisia and Mali concluded four economic agreements in the fields of higher education, health, trade and agriculture, Head of the Tunisian-African Business Council Bassam Al Wakel said on Friday. The aim behind inking the ....
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Gunmen attack UN base, army checkpoint in Mali's Timbuktu
Date: 2016-02-05 09:33:32 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:23 - ID:4254005
BAMAKO, Feb 5 (MENA) - Unknown assailants attacked a UN peacekeeping base and a Malian army checkpoint on the outskirts of Mali's northern city of Timbuktu early Friday, according to Sky News channel. Bodies lay on the ground near the UN ....
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OIC slams Boko Haram attack on Nigerian village
Date: 2016-02-03 12:13:48 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Africa - SN:50 - ID:4242021
JEDDAH, Feb 3 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned an attack carried out by suspected Boko Haram militants near Nigeria's northeastern city of Maidugur. A statement issued by OIC Secretary General Iyad Madani ....
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Sudan, Ethiopia discuss economic coop.
Date: 2016-02-02 15:12:43 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:91 - ID:4236473
KHARTOUM, Feb 2 (MENA) - Sudanese Vice President Hassabo Abdurrahman said on Tuesday that Sudan is keen on bolstering economic cooperation with Ethiopia in a manner that achieves the aspirations of the two countries. Abdurrahman made the ....
