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UN urges more Darfur aid access as fighting displaces 34,000
Date: 2016-01-28 07:16:52 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:14 - ID:4202301
NEW YORK, Jan 27 (MENA) - The United Nations (UN) urged Sudan Wednesday to allow more aid into the western region of Darfur where fighting that broke out two weeks ago has displaced about 34,000 people. About 19,000 civilians have fled into North ....
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Bashir decides to open borders with S. Sudan
Date: 2016-01-27 22:49:01 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:132 - ID:4201661
KHARTOUM, Jan 27 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir decided Wednesday to open his country's closed borders with South Sudan. Al-Bashir ordered concerned bodies to implement the decision on the ground, Sudan News Agency ....
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Suicide bombers kill 13 in Nigeria
Date: 2016-01-27 16:25:36 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:95 - ID:4200253
ABUJA, Jan 27 (MENA) - Four female suicide bombers exploded at a market in the Chibok hometown of Nigeria's kidnapped schoolgirls on Wednesday, killing 13 civilians and wounding 32 people, witnesses were quoted by ABC News as saying. Three ....
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UN: Attacks on Aid Workers in Somalia Double in 2015
Date: 2016-01-27 16:12:13 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:94 - ID:4200273
MOGADISHU, Jan 27 (MENA) - Attacks on aid workers delivering supplies in Somalia almost doubled in 2015 and the number killed jumped to 17 from 10 the year before, the United Nations, quoted by Voice of America, said on Tuesday. Somalia has been ....
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Deputy FM to leave to Burundi Wednesday
Date: 2016-01-26 20:46:16 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:121 - ID:4194657
CAIRO, Jan 26 (MENA) - Egypt's Deputy Foreign Minister for African Affairs Hamdi Loza will head Wednesday for Burundi to probe ways to solve the Burundian crisis. Loza will meet with Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza to get acquainted with ....
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Egypt gears up for AU Peace, Security Council membership bid
Date: 2016-01-26 17:36:43 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:108 - ID:4193645
CAIRO, Jan 26 (MENA) – Egypt is preparing for the membership bid of the African Union Peace and Security Council of the AU during the coming AU Summit. The 26th AU summit will take place in Addis Ababa on January 30 and 31. The summit will be ....
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Senegal interrogates 900 people in counterterrorism operation
Date: 2016-01-26 17:08:22 GMT - Senegal - Africa - SN:106 - ID:4193769
DAKAR, Jan 26 (MENA) - Senegal interrogated about 900 people over a three-day period as part of efforts to prevent attacks by extremist militants following a series of strikes in the region. "Nearly 900 people were called in for questioning in ....
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Sudan envoy briefs UN on measures provided for UNAMID
Date: 2016-01-26 16:58:08 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:105 - ID:4193761
KHARTOUM, Jan 26 (MENA) - Sudan's Permanent Representative to the UN Hassan Hamed Hassan said on Tuesday that he briefed the UN on the measures provided by his country to facilitate the work of the UNAMID peacekeeping mission in Darfur. These ....
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OIC condemns suicide attack on market in Cameroon
Date: 2016-01-26 16:13:19 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Africa - SN:99 - ID:4193493
JEDDAH, Jan 26 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned Monday's suicide attack on a market in the village of Bodo in northern Cameroon, which left 32 people dead and 84 more wounded. In a statement Tuesday, OIC ....
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Cameroon attack death toll climbs to 32
Date: 2016-01-26 14:37:18 GMT - Cameroon - Africa - SN:78 - ID:4192513
YAOUNDE, Jan 26 (MENA) - Thirty-two people were killed on Monday when at least three suicide bombers blew themselves up at a market in northern Cameroon, a region often targeted by Nigeria’s Boko Haram militants, officials were quoted by Al Arabiya ....
