Africa
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Sudanese leaders assert working on ending wars between Sudanese govt, rebel movements
Date: 2016-01-26 11:53:46 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:45 - ID:4190537
KHARTOUM, Jan 26 (MENA) – Sudanese leaders representing Darfur, south and west Kurdufan and Blue Nile asserted that they will continue work on ending wars and conflicts between the Sudanese government and the rebel movements. This came during a ....
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Kenya troops 'pull out of Somali el-Ade base'
Date: 2016-01-26 11:14:01 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:35 - ID:4190265
MOGADISHU, Jan 26 (MENA) - Kenyan forces have pulled out from a military base in Somalia which was attacked by militant Islamist group al-Shabab, the BBC quoted residents as saying. Al-Shabab said it had killed about 100 troops in an assault on ....
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Ethiopian PM arrives in Jordan
Date: 2016-01-24 16:34:48 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:90 - ID:4180525
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 24 (MENA) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn arrived in Amman on Sunday to meet with a number of senior Jordanian officials, including Jordanian King Abdullah II. During his stay, the Ethiopian premier will discuss ....
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Environment minister: Renewable energy initiative to be floated at African Summit in Addis Ababa in February
Date: 2016-01-24 15:13:03 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:21 - ID:4176149
CAIRO, Jan 24 (MENA) - Minister of Environment Khaled Fahmy said an initiative on new and renewable energy that has been approved by Paris Climate Change Summit will be floated at the African Summit in Addis Ababa next month. In statements to ....
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Sudan warns foreign organizations against practicing political activities
Date: 2016-01-24 10:28:10 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:33 - ID:4176721
KHARTOUM, Jan 24 (MENA) - Sudan's Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC), the government regulatory body charged with monitoring the work of international and national non-governmental organizations in the country, warned foreign organizations operating ....
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SPLM-N says informal talks with Sudanese government failed
Date: 2016-01-23 22:41:42 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:115 - ID:4175229
KHARTOUM, Jan 23 (MENA) – The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement - North (SPLM-N) said late on Saturday that the second meeting of the informal talks with the Sudanese government has failed. The meeting, which is organized by the African Union ....
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Egypt's permanent representative to UN participates in mission to Burundi
Date: 2016-01-23 12:52:56 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:45 - ID:4171701
CAIRO, Jan 23 (MENA) - Egypt's permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) Amr Abul Atta said that the members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) agreed that all the Burundian parties should respect their country's constitution ....
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Egypt strongly condemns Mogadishu terrorist attack
Date: 2016-01-23 12:05:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:36 - ID:4171453
CAIRO, Jan 23 (MENA) - Egypt on Friday condemned the terrorist attack that hit a restaurant in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. In a statement, Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Ahmed Abu Zeid deplored the attacks that killed at least 19 ....
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UK condemns attack on Somali civilians
Date: 2016-01-22 19:38:44 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:95 - ID:4168817
LONDON, Jan 22 (MENA) - The UK government on Friday branded an attack by Al Shabaab terrorist group against Somali civilians as "barbaric". "I condemn this barbaric and indiscriminate attack on Somalis who were simply meeting with family and ....
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More than 20 dead as Somali forces end restaurant siege
Date: 2016-01-22 08:25:10 GMT - Somalia - Africa - SN:18 - ID:4165189
MOGADISHU, Jan 22 (MENA) - Somalia's security forces ended a deadly siege of a beachfront restaurant in the capital, with more than 20 people killed in the attack, USA Today quoted a police official as saying on Friday. The security forces took ....