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Ethiopia honors outgoing Egyptian Ambassador in Addis Ababa
Date: 2015-08-21 10:17:59 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:28 - ID:3197089
ADDIS ABABA, Aug 21 (MENA) – Ethiopia's Foreign Ministry has held a farewell ceremony for outgoing Egyptian Ambassador in Addis Ababa Mohamed Edris, the media office of the Egyptian embassy here said in a statement. During the ceremony, Ethiopian ....
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30 Egyptian physicians to be sent to Ghana amid medical strike
Date: 2015-08-20 18:55:35 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:97 - ID:3195089
CAIRO, Aug 20 (MENA) - Thirty Egyptian physicians are scheduled to travel to to Accra to run hospitals hit by a doctors' strike. The Egyptian Agency of Partnership for Development (EAPD) will fund the medical mission upon an order by Foreign ....
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South Sudan: US threatens sanctions over rejection of pact
Date: 2015-08-19 07:49:01 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:12 - ID:3183397
WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (MENA) - The White House chastised President Salva Kiir of South Sudan for refusing to sign a peace agreement to halt that nation’s civil war, The New York Times reported Wednesday. The US threatened to pursue sanctions against ....
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Up to 150 reportedly drowned, killed fleeing Boko Haram in Nigeria
Date: 2015-08-18 17:18:34 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:100 - ID:3181957
ABUJA, Aug 18 (MENA) - As many as 150 Nigerian villagers were reportedly killed fleeing suspected Boko Haram gunmen, some of them shot dead while others drowned in a river, Sputnik reported. As many as 150 villagers were shot dead or drowned in a ....
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Britain urges South Sudan govt to sign peace agreement
Date: 2015-08-18 17:03:11 GMT - United Kingdom - Africa - SN:97 - ID:3181765
LONDON, Aug 18 (MENA) – British State Minister for North Africa Affairs, Middle East and Central Asia Tobias Ellwood has called on the government of South Sudan to sign a peace agreement proposed by the Intergovernmental Agency for Development ....
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US envoy to S. Sudan says Kiir's refusal to sign peace deal unexpected
Date: 2015-08-17 21:29:28 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:119 - ID:3176485
JUBA, Aug 17 (MENA) - Donald Booth, US special envoy to Sudan and South Sudan, said South Sudanese President Salva Kiir's refusal to sign a peace agreement with rebel forces as "unexpected," saying he hopes the president will sign the agreement ....
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South Sudan's leader refuses to sign peace deal
Date: 2015-08-17 20:07:28 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:102 - ID:3176269
ADDIS ABABA, Aug 17 (MENA) – South Sudan's President Salva Kiir refused Monday to sign a peace agreement with rebel forces, saying he needs more time, ABC News quoted mediators as saying on Monday. Kiir said he needs 15 days before he will sign ....
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Italian FM calls for urgent political agreement in Libya
Date: 2015-08-17 13:12:36 GMT - Libya - Africa - SN:50 - ID:3173541
TRIPOLI, Aug 17 (MENA) - Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said Monday Libya will be getting closer to the scenario of Somalia if the conflicting parties did not reach a political agreement swiftly. In statements here, the Italian foreign ....
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Arab League chief meets Sudan aid commissioner
Date: 2015-08-17 12:07:59 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:43 - ID:3172961
CAIRO, Aug 17 (MENA) – Arab League Secretary General Nabil el Araby met with visiting Sudan Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Ahmed Mohamed Adam on Monday. The pair probed means to provide financial funding for a number of development and ....
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SIS chairman meets with African media representatives
Date: 2015-08-17 11:42:42 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:37 - ID:3172773
CAIRO, Aug 17 (MENA) – Chairman of the State Information Service (SIS) Salah Abdel Sadeq met with 25 African media representatives hosted by the Egyptian Agency for Development Partnerships in the Foreign Ministry. This comes within the framework ....
