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Algerian FM receives African Union policy chief
Date: 2015-08-03 15:42:56 GMT - Algeria - Africa - SN:68 - ID:3093665
ALGIERS, Aug 3 (MENA) – Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ramtane Lamamra received Monday African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs Aisha Laraba Abdullahi. In statements, Abdullahi said she discussed a number ....
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Shoukry meets African media delegation
Date: 2015-08-03 13:40:30 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:52 - ID:3092709
CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met on Monday with a 25-strong delegation of chief editors of countries from central and west Africa. The delegation's visit is part of regular visits organized by the Egyptian agency for ....
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FM meets senior Ugandan official
Date: 2015-08-03 11:26:58 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:36 - ID:3091245
CAIRO, Aug 3 (MENA) – Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with visiting Ugandan Foreign Affairs Ministry Permanent Secretary James Mugume on Monday. The meeting reflected the two sides’ keenness to promote bilateral relations and cooperation in ....
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Nigerian troops rescue 178 people from Boko Haram camps
Date: 2015-08-03 08:09:31 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:13 - ID:3089965
ABUJA, Aug 3 (MENA) - Nigerian troops rescued 178 people from Boko Haram in attacks that destroyed several camps of the Islamic extremists in the northeast of the country, Fox News reported quoting an army statement as saying Sunday. Spokesman ....
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Dozens killed in S. Sudan tribal clashes
Date: 2015-08-02 20:33:36 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:77 - ID:3088905
JUBA, Aug 2 (MENA) - Dozens of South Sudan's citizens were killed in violent clashes between tribal groups. The violence took place in Yambio, capital of western Equatoria state, on Saturday, local media quoted Information Minister Charles ....
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Over 100 militants killed in anti-Boko Haram operation - Chad army
Date: 2015-07-31 13:14:10 GMT - Chad - Africa - SN:56 - ID:3076105
N'DJAMENA, July 31 (MENA) - At least 100 jihadist fighters have been killed in an operation against Boko Haram Islamists holed up on the islands of Lake Chad, the Chadian army said in a statement. "117 terrorists have been killed, two Chadian ....
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Sudan's expert: Agricultural integration project to earn EGP 1bn annually
Date: 2015-07-31 11:44:56 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:42 - ID:3074769
KHARTOUM, July 31 (MENA) – The new Egyptian-Sudanese agricultural integration project expected to be established on an area of 100,000 feddans in Damazeen area in the Blue Nile state aims to bring in revenues over one billion pounds annually for ....
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Scores killed in suspected Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria
Date: 2015-07-28 13:32:50 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:54 - ID:3057985
ABUJA, July 28 (MENA) - At least 25 people were killed in suspected Boko Haram attacks during the past hours on three communities in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, military and police sources said. Reports said fighters in pick-up trucks ....
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Egypt offers $12.5m to develop Sudan water resources
Date: 2015-07-28 13:30:48 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:53 - ID:3057813
KHARTOUM, July 28 (MENA) – The Irrigation Ministry has allocated 12.5 million dollars to help Sudan develop its water resources. The money will be used in establishing a number of dams to store rainwater and some wells, Irrigation Minister Hossam ....
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Obama: Africa’s progress dependent on development, democracy
Date: 2015-07-28 12:27:20 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:43 - ID:3057253
ADDIS ABABA, July 28 (MENA) - In his farewell speech capping a historic trip to Kenya and Ethiopia, U.S. President Barack Obama hailed Africa's extraordinary progress, while noting that such progress can only be sustained through continued ....
