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Report: Israeli weapons being use in South Sudan conflict
Date: 2015-08-26 09:51:36 GMT - Israel - Africa - SN:28 - ID:3227457
GAZA CITY, Aug 26 (MENA) - Israeli-made rifles are being used in the South Sudan civil war, The Jerusalem Post quoted a UN report as saying. The report was issued by a group of experts appointed by the UN Security Council to analyze the ongoing ....
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UN council warns South Sudan over peace deal
Date: 2015-08-26 06:56:20 GMT - United Nations - Africa - SN:6 - ID:3226409
NEW YORK, Aug 26 (MENA) - The UN Security Council has warned that it is ready to 'act immediately' if South Sudan's president does not sign a peace deal, the BBC reported. President Salva Kiir is scheduled to sign the power-sharing agreement in ....
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Army destroys arms cache, vehicle, motorcycle in Sinai
Date: 2015-08-25 11:10:26 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:35 - ID:3221425
CAIRO, Aug 25 (MENA) - Egyptian Armed Forces have destroyed an explosives cache, a vehicle and a motorcycle used by terrorists in Hamadeen area in Sheikh Zwueid, North Sinai. According to Army spokesman, Brigadier Mohamed Samir on Tuesday, ....
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Sudan says states have no right to ban UNAMID’s flights
Date: 2015-08-25 11:01:01 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:32 - ID:3220957
KHARTOUM, Aug 25 (MENA) – The Sudanese government asserted on Tuesday that states have no right to impose air ban on flights of the hybrid peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID). The Sudanese Foreign Ministry is the only authorized body in this ....
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Sierra Leone discharges last Ebola patient
Date: 2015-08-24 20:35:34 GMT - Sierra Leone - Africa - SN:125 - ID:3219033
FREETOWN, Aug 24 (MENA) - Sierra Leone has released its last known Ebola patient, the BBC news reported. 35-year-old Adama Sankoh was discharged from a treatment centre in the northern Bombali district on Monday morning. The country has not ....
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Land terminals contribute to trade movement - official
Date: 2015-08-24 10:02:21 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:30 - ID:3213785
KHARTOUM, Aug 24 (MENA) – The trade and investment movement between Egypt and Sudan will witness a boost in the coming period thanks to land terminals between the two countries, head of Egypt’s General Authority for Ports and Dry Land Gamal Hegazy ....
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Mali: Two UN peacekeepers seriously injured in an explosion
Date: 2015-08-23 15:01:02 GMT - Mali - Africa - SN:76 - ID:3209593
BAMAKO, Aug 23 (MENA) - The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) condemned the use of landmines or explosive ordnance, which gravely injured two of its peacekeepers. “The MINUSMA strongly condemns ....
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Nigerian army chief escapes Boko Haram ambush
Date: 2015-08-22 22:20:50 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:107 - ID:3205773
ABUJA, Aug 22 (MENA) – Nigeria's new army chief drove to the front line of the war on Boko Haram and narrowly missed an ambush that killed one soldier and wounded two, ABC News reported on Saturday. The ambushed advance team nonetheless gunned ....
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Sisi urges proceeding with Ethiopia dam talks under declaration of principles
Date: 2015-08-22 17:30:09 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:74 - ID:3204197
CAIRO, Aug 22 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi had talks Saturday with Egyptian Ministers Sameh Shokry of Foreign Affairs and Hossam Eddin Moghazy of Water and Irrigation on the latest developments in the Ethiopian dam, the presidential ....
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Tens of thousands displaced by Boko Haram in Chad
Date: 2015-08-22 07:54:55 GMT - Switzerland - Africa - SN:12 - ID:3200997
GENEVA, Aug 22 (MENA) - Around 40,000 people have fled their homes in Chad in the past two weeks following attacks by militant group Boko Haram, according to an aid agency, as the insurgency stokes an escalating humanitarian crisis in the region ....
