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Mauritania arrests terrorist over supporting Daesh
Date: 2015-08-29 07:32:16 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:9 - ID:3244329
NOUAKCHOTT, Aug 29 (MENA) – Mauritania arrested in the wee hours of Saturday a terrorist over supporting the Daesh group. Identified as Mohammad Salem al-Majlesy, he was previously sentenced to three years in jail over charges in connection with ....
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Chad sentences 10 Boko Haram members to death
Date: 2015-08-28 19:22:30 GMT - Chad - Africa - SN:71 - ID:3243433
N'DJAMENA, Aug 28 (MENA) - Chad has sentenced 10 members of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram to death on terror charges, after a three-day trial in the capital N'Djamena, BBC reported. The 10 were convicted over their roles in twin attacks ....
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Boko Haram militants kill 28 in northeastern Nigeria
Date: 2015-08-28 16:19:17 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:62 - ID:3242821
ABUJA, Aug 28 (MENA) - Boko Haram militants killed 28 people during attacks on remote farming and fishing villages in northeast Nigeria, Sky News quoted a Nigerian security source as saying Friday. A total of 24 people were killed in an attack in ....
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Ghana investigates Daesh recruitment in universities
Date: 2015-08-28 15:11:31 GMT - Ghana - Africa - SN:57 - ID:3242485
ACCRA, Aug 28 (MENA) - Ghana's authorities are investigating several universities over links to suspected recruitment for the so-called Daesh, the BBC reported. Daesh agents recruited students after urging them to join radical online forums, ....
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Sudan-Egypt Arjeen border crossing to open in Oct.
Date: 2015-08-27 10:31:09 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:32 - ID:3234681
KHARTOUM, Aug 27 (MENA) - The Arjeen border crossing between Egypt and Sudan will be opened in October, the head of the Sudanese parliamentary transport committee said. In statements Thursday after a meeting with a visiting delegation from the ....
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Sudan's FM, US envoy discuss relations, sanctions
Date: 2015-08-26 20:44:22 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:136 - ID:3232729
KHARTOUM, Aug 26 (MENA) - Sudan's Foreign Affairs Minister Ibrahim Ghandour held a meeting Wednesday with US envoy for Sudan and South Sudan Ambassador Donald Booth. The meeting took up relations and economic sanctions imposed on the Arab State. ....
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Sudanese VP returns home after taking part in S. Sudan peace deal ceremony
Date: 2015-08-26 20:31:02 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:134 - ID:3232725
KHARTOUM, Aug 26 (MENA) - Sudanese First Vice President Bakri Hassan Saleh returned home Wednesday after taking part in a ceremony of signing a peace deal in South Sudan, ending a 20-month conflict with rebels. South Sudan's President Salva Kiir ....
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South Sudan President Salva Kiir signs peace deal
Date: 2015-08-26 14:50:48 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:82 - ID:3230889
JUBA, Aug 26 (MENA) - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has signed a peace deal with rebels after a threat of sanctions from the UN, according to the BBC. He told those gathered for the signing ceremony in the capital, Juba, that he had ....
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EU envoys in Khartoum to visit East Sudan and Blue Nile states
Date: 2015-08-26 13:07:20 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:62 - ID:3228917
KHARTOUM, Aug 26 (MENA) - European Union (EU) envoy to Sudan Tomas Ulicny, said that ambassadors of the EU countries in Khartoum will visit East Sudan soon to follow up on development efforts in the region, according to Sudan Tribune. Ulicny on ....
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Nigerian officer killed in suspected Boko Haram suicide attack
Date: 2015-08-26 13:03:58 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:61 - ID:3229669
ABUJA, Aug 26 (MENA) - The Borno State Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the killing of an air force officer and two others when two male suicide bombers detonated explosives strapped on their body at a military check point around Gomari Airport ....
