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Nigerian president to visit Cameroon on Wednesday
Date: 2015-07-28 11:58:46 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:39 - ID:3057045
ABUJA, July 28 (MENA) - A Nigerian official said newly elected President Muhammadu Buhari will make his first official visit to one-time enemy Cameroon on Wednesday to ease tension and bolster support for a regional army to fight the Boko Haram ....
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Renaissance Dam should do no harm to all parties: Sudan vice-president
Date: 2015-07-27 17:16:10 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:87 - ID:3052601
KHARTOUM, July 27 (MENA) – Sudan's first Vice-President Bakri Hassan Saleh said on Monday that his country's stance on the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is based on the rule of "no harm" to any party. Saleh made the remarks during his meeting with ....
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Egypt decries Mogadishu terror bombing
Date: 2015-07-27 15:52:25 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:79 - ID:3052517
CAIRO, July 27 (MENA) – Egypt condemned the terror attack that hit a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday and left 13 persons killed. In a statement, Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdel Aati extended Egypt’s condolences to Somalia ....
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Obama meets Ethiopia PM
Date: 2015-07-27 09:30:19 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:34 - ID:3049205
ADDIS ABABA, July 27 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama has begun talks with Ethiopia's Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on the second leg of his African tour, ABC news reported. They discussed trade and security and Obam called for greater ....
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Obama in Ethiopia for talks on South Sudan sanctions
Date: 2015-07-27 05:45:40 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:5 - ID:3047801
WASHINGTON, July 27 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama arrived in Ethiopia late on Sunday as part of an African tour that also took him to Kenya, a senior US administration official said. Obama will hold talks with leaders of Uganda, Kenya and ....
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President Obama arrives in Ethiopia
Date: 2015-07-26 20:11:57 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:79 - ID:3046965
ADDIS ABABA, July 26 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama has landed in Ethiopia, beginning a two-day stay and becoming the first American leader to visit the country, Sky News reported. Air Force One touched down at Addis Ababa's international ....
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14 killed after blast at market in northern Nigeria
Date: 2015-07-26 15:31:31 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:61 - ID:3046005
ABUJA, July 26 (MENA) - A blast set off by a female suicide bomber tore through a crowded market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu on Sunday, killing at least 14 people and injuring 47, a police spokesman, quoted by Voice of America, ....
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UN deeply shocked at killing of 27 aid workers in S. Sudan
Date: 2015-07-25 20:49:44 GMT - South Sudan - Africa - SN:84 - ID:3041561
JUBA, July 25 (MENA) - A top UN official says he is deeply shocked at the killing and harassment of aid workers in South Sudan, ABC News reported. UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator Stephen ....
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Togo president to attend New Suez Canal inauguration
Date: 2015-07-25 15:26:27 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:57 - ID:3040169
CAIRO, July 25 (MENA) - Togo's President Faure Gnassingbé will attend the official inauguration of the New Suez Canal next month, said Egypt's ambassador to the African country Karim Sherif. In a statement released by the Foreign Ministry, Sherif ....
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Egyptian agriculture, irrigation ministers visit cultivated areas in Blue Nile state
Date: 2015-07-25 07:29:24 GMT - Sudan - Africa - SN:8 - ID:3037129
KHARTOUM, July 25 (MENA) - Agriculture Minister Salah el Din Helal and Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi visited cultivated areas in Sinar, al Rasires and al Damazeen in the Blue Nile state, southeastern Sudan. The ministers want to inspect ....
